I pretty much agree with everything you have said. Would just like to point out that "God's law" (AKA "Universal Law") is above the Constitution, and the founders DID assume this when creating the document. It is the reason the Bill of Rights was added as an afterthought.
And for those who believe that Jesus equates to God...I say no. Jesus is the son of God. But what does the word son mean in the context of an infinite creator who is decidedly not human? God is a very personal thing to each of us. If you find comfort in the words of Jesus, that is fantastic. You have found your path. Others find God through the wisdom of Buddah, Mohammed, Krishna, or any of a hundred other spiritual leaders.
We all have our own personal feelings about this subject, and what makes our country great is that this dissensus is not only allowed, it is encouraged. BUT...that only works if we all defer to God's law. When you get a group, such as the globalists, who break God's law/Universal law/Natural law/etc. that is where things become untenable. And that is where we are today.
And yes, religious fundamentalism also breaks God's law. We all have the right to form our own relationship with God and not have it dictated to us by a group following specific religious dogma. If we are ever going to restore our country, we all need to learn this.
"God is a very personal thing to each of us. If you find comfort in the words of Jesus, that is fantastic. You have found your path. Others find God through the wisdom of Buddah, Mohammed, Krishna, or any of a hundred other spiritual leaders."
I am sorry, but that is not a Christian worldview. You may choose to believe that, but you cannot believe that and also claim to hold a truly Christian worldview.
For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;
1 Timothy 2:5 KJV
I do not nullify the grace of God, for if righteousness comes through the Law, then Christ died needlessly.”
Galatians 2:21 NASB1995
Read that second one again. The apostle, Paul, was addressing the same pagan belief you claim above: the belief that you can get to God via other means, such as following the Law (10 Commandments, etc.). Paul says, if that is true, then Christ died for nothing.
Now, again, you may have your own thoughts, and that's fine. But they are not Christian thoughts. They are pagan.
As a Christian, I choose to trust God and the Bible more than I trust my own mind. To trust my own mind more than God and His word would be the sin of pride which made Lucifer fall. I would also be breaking a commandment: Have no other gods before me. If I choose to follow my mind and not God and His Holy Word, then I am - in my pride - saying that I am my own god, and that I am putting myself and my mind above God. I am choosing to "Do what thou wilt!" and ignoring God, His will, and His Law. That is Satanism.
I used to think more like you. It's terrifying looking back how easily one is led astray and how readily the sinful flesh seeks to rationalize sin and evil. Truly, as the apostle said, the Devil is the ruler of this world until Christ's return.
As long as you realize this is your personal view, and do not try and force the rest of us to accept that interpretation, then it is perfectly fine and well within the bounds of both this great country and God's law. A Christian fundamentalist would not allow anyone the choice to believe differently. That is the essence of the problem. Dissensus is a great things, and the reason why the human experience is so rewarding. It is the basis for growth of the spirit. Show us through your shining example why that is the correct belief, and allow others to follow you by choice.
Perhaps once you realise that telling Christians to leave you alone so that you are "free to choose" all while being ignorant of every subversive attack the enemy uses through society to pull you away thus leading you to think you are making a "free and informed choice", you may then appreciate the efforts Christians are doing purely give proper caution to the significant efforts underway to steal your soul from your very birth.
What is fundamentalism? Its getting back to the fundamentals of ones religion and I don't see anything wrong with that.
I imagine that most folk imagine it to be something put in place by a firebreathing hell-fire preacher who is highly intolerant of any and all sins, much like Savanarola in medieval Florence.
It isn't and is just another knee jerk word loaded with inbuilt preconceptions, there are a lot of those around.
What is fundamentalism? Its getting back to the fundamentals of ones religion
No, I don't think this is a correct understanding of what 'fundamentalism' is in the context of religion.
I can understand one might WANT it to be that, and that the expression does lend itself to be subjectively interpreted to possibly mean that, but that's not how language works.
Expressions take on their own meaning that in many cases is NOT what is implied by the morphemes or components themselves.
A headcase is not a case in which to carry a head. A sophist was a teacher in ancient Greece, but today a sophist is someone who "deliberately argues using fallacious arguments or reasoning, in order to mislead"
There are certain characteristics that are often part of the denotation of "fundamentalism", including a certain level of rigidity, inability to recognize or acknowledge fallibility, often a tendency to literal interpretations of scripture, assertion that the superiority of the belief system justifies coercion, etc.
Whether you use fundamentalism to mean this or something that suits your own choice, from a language and linguistics viewpoint, that's what it means, because that is how it is widely used and understood by the language community as an entirety.
Of this, I remain fully in the conviction that this is so.
Btw, next day I whipped up a batch of kimchi jjiggae using the last of my recent kimchi batch (about 7 weeks I think, it lasted). Kept the Jjiggae running three days, by adding more kimchi, more broth and more tofu to the initial batch. 50% of our mob ate this while the others have been consuming the dwenjjang jjiggae - the fire of the kimchi jjiggae was not for such as they.
But yesterday, I kinda goofed. Leftover tteokbokki for lunch, kimchi jjiggae for dinner. Just a little too much fire in the hold!!! But boy, it was fun (delish).
Language community? Is that the community who preach for the acceptance of ambiguity in all areas of life, the ones that try to confuse us all with their overly educated arguments and spells? Why do we spell, why is it called spelling?
Language is not ambiguous at all, if it was then the Tower of Babel is being restored, by you and your community of confusion.
Woah, woah, nellie. Kinda heavy with the accusations and the aggressive tone there, ain't you?
I'm just saying, no, you are wrong, this is NOT what fundamentalism means to everyone else on the planet, who speaks English.
Why don't you just type fundamentalism or religious fundamentalism into any search engine and reference documents?
Fyi, the language community is the community of human beings who share a language, as in English.
You can pretend or believe that the expression "fundamentalism" means what you want it to mean, but that doesn't make it true. It's much more than "getting back to the fundamentals of one's religion".
Disagree if you want, but I suggest you pull back on attacking others.
I pretty much agree with everything you have said. Would just like to point out that "God's law" (AKA "Universal Law") is above the Constitution, and the founders DID assume this when creating the document. It is the reason the Bill of Rights was added as an afterthought.
And for those who believe that Jesus equates to God...I say no. Jesus is the son of God. But what does the word son mean in the context of an infinite creator who is decidedly not human? God is a very personal thing to each of us. If you find comfort in the words of Jesus, that is fantastic. You have found your path. Others find God through the wisdom of Buddah, Mohammed, Krishna, or any of a hundred other spiritual leaders.
We all have our own personal feelings about this subject, and what makes our country great is that this dissensus is not only allowed, it is encouraged. BUT...that only works if we all defer to God's law. When you get a group, such as the globalists, who break God's law/Universal law/Natural law/etc. that is where things become untenable. And that is where we are today.
And yes, religious fundamentalism also breaks God's law. We all have the right to form our own relationship with God and not have it dictated to us by a group following specific religious dogma. If we are ever going to restore our country, we all need to learn this.
"God is a very personal thing to each of us. If you find comfort in the words of Jesus, that is fantastic. You have found your path. Others find God through the wisdom of Buddah, Mohammed, Krishna, or any of a hundred other spiritual leaders."
I am sorry, but that is not a Christian worldview. You may choose to believe that, but you cannot believe that and also claim to hold a truly Christian worldview.
For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; 1 Timothy 2:5 KJV
I do not nullify the grace of God, for if righteousness comes through the Law, then Christ died needlessly.” Galatians 2:21 NASB1995
Read that second one again. The apostle, Paul, was addressing the same pagan belief you claim above: the belief that you can get to God via other means, such as following the Law (10 Commandments, etc.). Paul says, if that is true, then Christ died for nothing.
Now, again, you may have your own thoughts, and that's fine. But they are not Christian thoughts. They are pagan.
As a Christian, I choose to trust God and the Bible more than I trust my own mind. To trust my own mind more than God and His word would be the sin of pride which made Lucifer fall. I would also be breaking a commandment: Have no other gods before me. If I choose to follow my mind and not God and His Holy Word, then I am - in my pride - saying that I am my own god, and that I am putting myself and my mind above God. I am choosing to "Do what thou wilt!" and ignoring God, His will, and His Law. That is Satanism.
I used to think more like you. It's terrifying looking back how easily one is led astray and how readily the sinful flesh seeks to rationalize sin and evil. Truly, as the apostle said, the Devil is the ruler of this world until Christ's return.
As long as you realize this is your personal view, and do not try and force the rest of us to accept that interpretation, then it is perfectly fine and well within the bounds of both this great country and God's law. A Christian fundamentalist would not allow anyone the choice to believe differently. That is the essence of the problem. Dissensus is a great things, and the reason why the human experience is so rewarding. It is the basis for growth of the spirit. Show us through your shining example why that is the correct belief, and allow others to follow you by choice.
Perhaps once you realise that telling Christians to leave you alone so that you are "free to choose" all while being ignorant of every subversive attack the enemy uses through society to pull you away thus leading you to think you are making a "free and informed choice", you may then appreciate the efforts Christians are doing purely give proper caution to the significant efforts underway to steal your soul from your very birth.
What is fundamentalism? Its getting back to the fundamentals of ones religion and I don't see anything wrong with that.
I imagine that most folk imagine it to be something put in place by a firebreathing hell-fire preacher who is highly intolerant of any and all sins, much like Savanarola in medieval Florence.
It isn't and is just another knee jerk word loaded with inbuilt preconceptions, there are a lot of those around.
No, I don't think this is a correct understanding of what 'fundamentalism' is in the context of religion.
I can understand one might WANT it to be that, and that the expression does lend itself to be subjectively interpreted to possibly mean that, but that's not how language works.
Expressions take on their own meaning that in many cases is NOT what is implied by the morphemes or components themselves.
A headcase is not a case in which to carry a head. A sophist was a teacher in ancient Greece, but today a sophist is someone who "deliberately argues using fallacious arguments or reasoning, in order to mislead"
There are certain characteristics that are often part of the denotation of "fundamentalism", including a certain level of rigidity, inability to recognize or acknowledge fallibility, often a tendency to literal interpretations of scripture, assertion that the superiority of the belief system justifies coercion, etc.
Whether you use fundamentalism to mean this or something that suits your own choice, from a language and linguistics viewpoint, that's what it means, because that is how it is widely used and understood by the language community as an entirety.
Just saying.
Of this, I remain fully in the conviction that this is so.
Btw, next day I whipped up a batch of kimchi jjiggae using the last of my recent kimchi batch (about 7 weeks I think, it lasted). Kept the Jjiggae running three days, by adding more kimchi, more broth and more tofu to the initial batch. 50% of our mob ate this while the others have been consuming the dwenjjang jjiggae - the fire of the kimchi jjiggae was not for such as they.
But yesterday, I kinda goofed. Leftover tteokbokki for lunch, kimchi jjiggae for dinner. Just a little too much fire in the hold!!! But boy, it was fun (delish).
Language community? Is that the community who preach for the acceptance of ambiguity in all areas of life, the ones that try to confuse us all with their overly educated arguments and spells? Why do we spell, why is it called spelling?
Language is not ambiguous at all, if it was then the Tower of Babel is being restored, by you and your community of confusion.
Just saying.
Woah, woah, nellie. Kinda heavy with the accusations and the aggressive tone there, ain't you?
I'm just saying, no, you are wrong, this is NOT what fundamentalism means to everyone else on the planet, who speaks English.
Why don't you just type fundamentalism or religious fundamentalism into any search engine and reference documents?
Fyi, the language community is the community of human beings who share a language, as in English.
You can pretend or believe that the expression "fundamentalism" means what you want it to mean, but that doesn't make it true. It's much more than "getting back to the fundamentals of one's religion".
Disagree if you want, but I suggest you pull back on attacking others.