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To: steve-b
The correct term is "Islamic Fundamentalists".

I like Islamic Fascists better because the term you state as correct is closer and sounds like term "Christian Fundamentalists" and that is a problem

The Left wants to create a moral equivalence between conservative Christians and Radical Islamic fascists.

The truth is that Christian Fundamentalists are not running around blowing up innocent people or beheading them.

27 posted on 09/12/2006 8:31:37 AM PDT by frogjerk (REUTERS: We give smoke and mirrors a bad name)
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To: frogjerk

You said -- "The truth is that Christian Fundamentalists are not running around blowing up innocent people or beheading them."

Yes, and it would help to understand where this "terminology" came from. Let's *see* what the "Five Fundamentals" are -- that form the basis for the terminology of "Fundamentalist"

1. Inerrancy of the Scriptures

2. The virgin birth and the deity of Jesus

3. The doctrine of substitutionary atonement through God's grace and human faith

4. The bodily resurrection of Jesus

5. The authenticity of Christ's miracles (or, alternatively, his premillennial second coming)

Now, this is *really scary* isn't it? Surely the Christians might chop your head off or force you at "swordpoint" to convert.

This reference to the "Five Fundamentals" came from Wikipedia, if you're interested in reading some more.

You said -- "The Left wants to create a moral equivalence between conservative Christians and Radical Islamic fascists."

Yep, that's right. And without those "definitions" of the "Five Fundamentals" someone (in ignorance, and in political persuasion) might want to think so. But, when examining those Five Fundamentals against the "fundamentals" of Islam -- it is *impossible* for anyone to make a comparison of the two. They are in two different worlds -- one from the other.

Regards,
Star Traveler


35 posted on 09/12/2006 8:43:47 AM PDT by Star Traveler
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To: frogjerk
I like Islamic Fascists better

The correct use of the language does not bend to presonal preferences, Bill Clinton to the contrary notwithstanding.

because the term you state as correct is closer and sounds like term "Christian Fundamentalists" and that is a problem

No, it isn't, any more than it is a problem to use the same word to refer to the local "county police" and to the Taliban "religious police". Persons of normal intelligence can keep track of which is which.

39 posted on 09/12/2006 8:48:15 AM PDT by steve-b (The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.)
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