Clete,
I probably found the webpage you took those 5 points. Or at least it's pretty good site for describing the phenomena:
http://www.sullivan-county.com/news/
I will use it to back up some of my claims.
Originally posted by Clete Pfeiffer
This is not what self-righteousness is. If you want to call it that go ahead, but don't be deceived, true Christianity pulls no punches. If you do not come to God through Jesus Christ you do not come to God at all. And since the alternative to God is Hell, then the choice is clear.
It's similar for conservatives and fundies i think. Lemme quote what is specific for fundies in this matter:
"3) an assurance that those who do not share their religious viewpoint are not really "true Christians""
So for fundies it's not only the matter do we believe that Jesus is Saviour. For them it's important that we should believe it in "correct" way. I.e. as they understand the truth.
For example here, in Estonia, some Christians believe that most Lutherians are not Christians because they havent experienced "new birth" in certain moment of their life. What they miss is that being born again might be different experience for different people, i.e. some experience it after they pray "sinner prayer", some experience it in different way. But they both are Christians if they have dedicated their lives to Jesus.
God ordained the government to execute criminals (including Homo's) by due process of law. Criminal justice was God idea and Fundamentalist believe that God is smarter than they are and that He is better able to figure out what should be done with those who commit crimes.
Excellent example of fundamentalist thinking. They take whatever they can to justify their "sense of justice". In this example they ignore the fact that NT does't confirm the idea of excecuting homos, and rely on Mosaic Law what was relevant in certain time, certain place and for certain nation.
Generally: they are unable to differ culture and God's eternal truths.
There is a danger of favoring a particular interpretation of the Bible over clear extra-biblical evidence on certain issues, however, if the Bible makes an unambiguous claim about the nature of the universe which God created then science will not be able to disprove it, as hard as it might try.
The science cannot prove, nor disprove that God created the universe. So any christian can believe that God is the Creator and is not labelled as fundy by doing that. The fundy is the one who tries to read from the Bible more than is meant in it. The point of Creation story is to tell us that God created the Universe, and it describes it in form that was understandable for people to whom it was initially written. Today - i believe - the Creation story would be described bit differently, but the eternal truth (that God was behind of it all) would still remain. The Fundy takes over the exact description from the Story and ignores all facts that contradict to it, even if those facts are the realities.
Yes, everyone should do rightly. How could you have a problem with that?
The problem is that you cannot force to non- Christian the same values what Christians follow. At first they need to become Christians and then those values imply to them also.
