General question to all siblings...

[Outis the Unready]

Last time I was in Prague (03) we were told it was THE least, so there ya go.

[goat starer]

I have a fundamental dislike of the term fundamentalist. It seems to me to imply that extreme positions are in some sense fundamental to religion and that these people are essentially bigger or better believers or have some direct line to the essentials of a religion.

fun·da·men·tal (fŭn'də-mĕn'tl)
adj.

Of or relating to the foundation or base; elementary: the fundamental laws of the universe.
Forming or serving as an essential component of a system or structure; central: an example that was fundamental to the argument.

in nearly all cases it appears to me that fundamentalists are people who have missed the fundamental point of the religion they have associated with and have instead decided to treat the non fundamental fringe and extremist elements of a particular creed as the important bits.

[Outis the Unready]

I *love* the world fundamentalist.

-alist generally is used to refer to someone with expertise or experience in the thing it follows.

Now, look up fundament in a dictionary.

[Kiyoodle the Gambrinous]

I *love* the world fundamentalist.

-alist generally is used to refer to someone with expertise or experience in the thing it follows.

Now, look up fundament in a dictionary.

Have to stop laughing.

But I can't.

[goat starer]

want to tell you off for hijacking my serious point but cant as have just fallen off my chair laughing!

[Bob in a quantum-state-of-faith]

I *love* the world fundamentalist.

-alist generally is used to refer to someone with expertise or experience in the thing it follows.

Now, look up fundament in a dictionary.

LOL!  We need a "mooning" icon... <heh>

So, by your astute logic, a fanatic is someone who is expert at blowing hot air?  LOL!

[Aggie]

LOL!  We need a "mooning" icon... <heh>

[Bob in a quantum-state-of-faith]

LOL!  We need a "mooning" icon... <heh>

Thanks for that! Still chuckling over it... !

[Aggie]

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Those two above are great, but there's lots of other good stuff there too... 



WE NOW RETURN TO YOUR REGULAR PROGRAMMING

[Gloria The Camel]

Well I voted for other, which technically is not true. I was christened under the Church of England because my grandparents wanted it, my grandmother is very big on Christianity, she almost left and became a superior nun in New Zealand. But my parents always raised me to believe in my own truths, and I have.

[The Meromorph]

Welcome back, Gloria. We've missed ya!

[Swatopluk]

Here you can be a monastic being without the hardships (provided you don't fall into the moat and become a squid or alligator victim  )

[Pachyderm]

Brought up Church of England (Protestant) in a very half-hearted way. My parents are not religious at all, but schools had assemblies with hymns and little kids were taught Religious Education, and made Christmas cards and Easter bunny stuff as part of lessons (no separation of Church and State in England).
By the time I was in secondary school multiculturalism was more established and R.E. taught all major world religions, but mainly by teachers who believed none of them (except possibly Goat's fundamentalist socialism).

Same for me, but replace "England" with "Scotland".

Didn't bother when we were living abroad. (most of my life)

Got confirmed to get the long weekend away from boarding school.

Been to a couple of funerals and weddings since then, but that's it.

[Sibling Zono (anon1mat0)]

Mmm, other subject for the clone survey?

[Pachyderm]

We will undergo your clone survey.

If it is multiple choice,

The answer is A. To every question.

If it is not, all 3000 of me will be knocking on your door, demanding a multiple choice survey.