Top Ten Signs You're a Fundamentalist Christian
10 - You vigorously deny the existence of thousands of gods claimed by other religions, but feel outraged when someone denies the existence of yours.
9 - You feel insulted and "dehumanized" when scientists say that people evolved from other life forms, but you have no problem with the Biblical claim that we were created from dirt.
8 - You laugh at polytheists, but you have no problem believing in a Triune God.
7 - Your face turns purple when you hear of the "atrocities" attributed to Allah, but you don't even flinch when hearing about how God/Jehovah slaughtered all the babies of Egypt in "Exodus" and ordered the elimination of entire ethnic groups in "Joshua" including women, children, and trees!
6 - You laugh at Hindu beliefs that deify humans, and Greek claims about gods sleeping with women, but you have no problem believing that the Holy Spirit impregnated Mary, who then gave birth to a man-god who got killed, came back to life and then ascended into the sky.
5 - You are willing to spend your life looking for little loopholes in the scientifically established age of Earth (few billion years), but you find nothing wrong with believing dates recorded by Bronze Age tribesmen sitting in their tents and guessing that Earth is a few generations old.
4 - You believe that the entire population of this planet with the exception of those who share your beliefs -- though excluding those in all rival sects - will spend Eternity in an infinite Hell of Suffering. And yet consider your religion the most "tolerant" and "loving."
3 - While modern science, history, geology, biology, and physics have failed to convince you otherwise, some idiot rolling around on the floor speaking in "tongues" may be all the evidence you need to "prove" Christianity.
2 - You define 0.01% as a "high success rate" when it comes to answered prayers. You consider that to be evidence that prayer works. And you think that the remaining 99.99% FAILURE was simply the will of God.
1 - You actually know a lot less than many atheists and agnostics do about the Bible, Christianity, and church history - but still call yourself a Christian.
Posted by Zoso at November 9, 2006 06:27 AMAmen.
Posted by: sarah at November 9, 2006 08:48 AMNicely stated Zoso! I'm going to take a wild guess and say that you've recently had the "pleasure" of running into a "fundie". *shudders*
Posted by: Mia at November 9, 2006 11:06 AMI'm a Christian, but I won't chase you down just to smack you over the head with a Bible. Me, I make mean faces at people who do that. It's just dashgarn insulting to the rest of us.
Just thought I'd clarify. Also, I could bring up points to clarify your list as well, but I currently have a headache and I think my eyes are trying to remove themselves from their sockets. Oww.
Posted by: Kantama at November 9, 2006 04:08 PMNot my list. Found it somewhere and thought it was ridiculously accurate.
Also, if you're not a Fundie, you don't need to clarify yourself. If you are a Fundies, please don't try anyway. It's pretty typical of Fundies to leap at anyone who pokes fun or questions thier religion (see item #10 and #1).
Posted by: Zoso at November 9, 2006 04:31 PMPeople who feel the unceasing need to defend or "clarify" themselves to others begs the question;
"Who are you trying to convince? Me? or You?"