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What do you consider a fundamentalist? Are you one? In any religion, what defines one? Are most of them crazy/dangerous, or is there good reason to be that way about your religion? Does it matter what religion they're from?

For me, being a fundamentalist is knowing a thing, learning about it, believing in it and following it.
e.g. a doctor is a fundamentalist in madicals ...etc.

And I am a fundamentalist in Islam.

I disagree. I am a Christian and I believe the Bible is the Word of God and inspired by the Holy Ghost, but it is not with out error.

Of course. I don't deny that man is prone to error, which is why I stated my reply the way I did.

i tend to dislike most fundamentalists, because of the habit that most of them have to be stuck-up elitists and self-righteous pricks. so many times have i had to sit there and be ripped a new one because i don't agree with everything they believe in or say 100%. it's ******** bullshit. stare havn't they ever heard of "live and let live"? seriously, it's enough to make me wanna kill someone! stressed

Then according to that definition, you aren't a Fundamentalist. I do believe it's without error, and that when it's used wrong, it's human interpretaion that fails and not the Book.

Depends on the religion we're talking about.
If it's Christianity (which is what I automatically jump to when I hear the word "fundamentalist"), I consider that a Protestant who's a fan of Sola Scriptura, as well as other fairly mainstream Protestant teachings, and interprets the bible 100% literally.

As for other religions, nothing comes to mind. I don't know enough about other religions to tell what would qualify as a "fundamental" in those faiths.



Not even close. In fact, all the fundie groups on campus tend to make it a hobby to try to convert all of us poor mislead Catholics.



The fundies define what it means to be a fundamentalist. Some group pops up and claims the title, giving their own interpretation of what exactly is so fundamental about their religion.



Of course they are. They put the mental in fundamental. 3nodding

Just kidding.



Personally, I don't understand why Christian fundies have the beliefs they do, but I assume that at least some of them, hopefully most of them, have good reasons for following that particular Christian path.
Of course, this is just in reference to the main stream fundie beliefs, not certain actions taken by certain individuals or groups who identify as such. I mean, I still think the various fundie groups on my college campus who ride people down for being Catholic are completely unjustified, but as far as I know, that's not really a central belief of all fundies. I could be wrong though . . . .



Does it matter for what?
For whether I think they're sane or crazy?
For whether they qualify as fundamentalists?
Something else?

oh, no no, not all of you. xd i tend to expect it when i hear someone refer to themself as a fundamentalist, or when i hear someone else refer to them as it, but i have a personal rule about always giving someone a chance. i won't make a definite judgement about someone till i interact with them myself. if you don't come across as a self-righteous elitist i won't assume you are one just because your a fundamentalist. xd it's just that in my experience, most of them are, so i tend to be wary. it's the same way i feel about wiccans. alot of them are total fluff-bunnies,so i am disillusioned with the religion itself. however, i have some wiccan friends who are a bit less fluffy.