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To: DoorGunner
I wasn't being sarcastic at all. How about this definition: A usually religious movement or point of view characterized by a return to fundamental principles, by rigid adherence to those principles, and often by intolerance of other views

Sounds like Dawkins, right?

68 posted on 04/11/2010 2:23:53 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway
Great definition. And for a reference on atheism being a religion check out a site I avoid like the plague: The BBC

Religions: Featured Religions and Beliefs

The very first religion listed is....

"Atheism
Atheists are people who believe that god or gods are man-made constructs."

71 posted on 04/11/2010 2:32:08 AM PDT by danieldu
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To: nickcarraway
>>”Sounds like Dawkins, right? “

Possibly, although one could posit that Dawkins is bereft of any principles.

Furthermore, In the context of a discussion of a religious topic, it might be presumed that you intended the original meaning of the word; i.e. One who accedes to certain basic statements regarding the Christian faith. That is to say, certain “fundamentals.” Your definition appears to be informed by the constant media propaganda which would conflate “fundamentalism” variously with “snake handlers,” self righteousness, pharaseeism, and Jihadis. When one uses this mal-definition; it soon becomes a portmanteau word which can be used to tar anyone to whom the writer disagrees.

Further furthermore, “fundamentalist” defined thus, could legitimately be used to categorize many of the more prominent pro-Catholic posters, here on FR.

Do they not have “religious...point of view”?

Do they not “return to fundamental principles?” (Specifically, the distinctive doctrines of the Roman Catholic Church.)

Do they not “... adhere rigid(ly) to those principles, and often by intolerance of other views?”

I am not saying this in a pejorative sense, merely demonstrating that your definition is perhaps too broad.

DG

84 posted on 04/11/2010 3:29:30 AM PDT by DoorGunner ("Rom 11: until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in; 26 and so, all Israel will be saved")
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