What do you do, think, believe that makes you conservative ? why are you not a fundamentalist ?
What do you do, think, believe that makes you conservative ? why are you not a fundamentalist ?
This is similar to Hillary's "deplorables" insults. *Semi-Gnostics* is about as ridiculous as you can get.Fundamentalism is semi-gnostic in the way it disdains alcohol, drinking, the physical body, etc. and should be rejected.
I don't see any reason for coming to that conclusion. It's not as though ritual is some kind of innovation; it is very historic, like it or not, so to favor it because you feel that it is worth retaining IS to be conservative.Here is another view: Conservative actually speaks of being less ceremonial, ritualistic, etc. (somewhere between the High Church sects and "fundamentalism"
The word has come to mean dozens of different things, depending upon who's speaking. However, the word originally meant (and still does, if you check the Statement of Belief here on CF) an uncompromising defense of Christian basics that just about all denominations, whether Catholic or Protestant, would hold as essential in the face of religious liberalism.and I see fundamentalism as very independent and seeking to each have their own private interpretations.
I don't see any reason for coming to that conclusion. It's not as though ritual is some kind of innovation; it is very historic, like it or not, so to favor it because you feel that it is worth retaining IS to be conservative.
Well, ritual is not part of the NT faith (so IS in fact an "innovation"), and is only a carry-over by some sects from the RC religion ---the Church should hold to the pattern God gives us in this dispensation (age); and "historic" as you mentioned as ref. to Christianity, should only mean as God shows the Church, not of the OT ---right?
The word has come to mean dozens of different things, depending upon who's speaking. However, the word originally meant (and still does, if you check the Statement of Belief here on CF) an uncompromising defense of Christian basics that just about all denominations, whether Catholic or Protestant, would hold as essential in the face of religious liberalism.
I suppose "religious liberalism" as you say is the key difference; also, "Christian basics" must only be Bible-only to be conforming to God's mind ---right? When we speak of "fundamentalism" it is a relative term, and usually means to most people concerning Christian testimony, as a grouping of professing Christians who look keenly at every Bible verse, and that for their particular application, as I mentioned originally. That mostly means various uses of fundamentalism in the different sects. Just my understanding here!