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Starboy · 05-27-2003, 09:48 AM

At the request of Rational BAC I have create this poll. These are Rational's questions (except for #4). Please direct all comments or questions regarding this poll to him.

Starboy

Actually I have run out of ideas. (Will admit that the first 2 were mine)

Anyone else want to add anything else as far as "What is a Fundy"?

Rational BAC

Rational BAC · 05-27-2003, 09:56 AM

Actually Starboy,---------- I didn't do #4, but I like it.

Annabel Lee · 05-27-2003, 09:58 AM

You need an "All of the above" vote option.

Starboy · 05-27-2003, 09:59 AM

Arg! Sorry. Only mods can edit a poll.

livius drusus · 05-27-2003, 11:02 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Annabel Lee
You need an "All of the above" vote option.

Done.

Annabel Lee · 05-27-2003, 11:12 AM

Thank you, Livius.

CJD · 05-27-2003, 11:37 AM

I couldn't vote.

Fundy: A group of folks in the 20th century who attempted to defend their understandings of Scripture against liberal theology and higher criticism. There was a strong focus on the inerrancy of Scripture, as well as a tendency to read the bible as if it were a modern textbook (e.g., reading poetry like straightforward narrative).

If this is the best definition of a fundy, some of the other options on the poll will get subsumed under this one.

The term, however, should not be disassociated with its historical roots. In particular, a "fundamentalist" was one of those who in the 1920s fought zealously to resist Darwinism and modernism�contra the main-liners. Hence blue laws like prohibition, etc.

CJD

Rational BAC · 05-27-2003, 07:33 PM

Seems to be pretty close between the 1st proposition of "What is a Fundy?" and "All of the above"

Don't know how to research "all of the above" ---so can we come up with a concensus that #1 would work well enough?

Rational BAC · 05-28-2003, 10:01 AM

Well, that poll changed very quickly to favor #5 down -----------Suspect a bit of a "vast atheist conspiracy" there. Just kidding.

Anyway, I have no idea how to research "all of the above"---so you are still stuck with #1

Nice try though.

Sci_Fidelity · 05-28-2003, 04:22 PM

Why is Starboy banned?

View Poll Results: What is a fundamentalist?
The Bible is the inerrant word of God in all of its parts. It is the direct word of God and is not open to questioning by humans.	10	20.83%
A fundamentalist believes that Genesis is correct in all its practical applications. Which means that the universe is only 6000 years old, that men lived with dinosaurs, that all the nonsense in Genesis is the inerrant word of God in all ways. No disbelief possible.	3	6.25%
A fundamentalist believes that his assertions (whatever they happen to be) are correct and that everyone else is going straight to hell --no salvation beyond that of a severely limited choice.	2	4.17%
A person that takes any part of the bible or any other claim for that matter as inerrant and then acts on it with complete conviction and without regard for the opinions of others.	2	4.17%
All of the above	31	64.58%
Voters: 48. You may not vote on this poll

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05-27-2003, 09:48 AM	#1
Starboy Banned Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Tallahassee, FL Reality Adventurer Posts: 5,276	What is a fundamentalist? At the request of Rational BAC I have create this poll. These are Rational's questions (except for #4). Please direct all comments or questions regarding this poll to him. Starboy Actually I have run out of ideas. (Will admit that the first 2 were mine) Anyone else want to add anything else as far as "What is a Fundy"? Rational BAC

05-27-2003, 09:56 AM	#2
Rational BAC Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Tampa Bay area Posts: 3,471	Actually Starboy,---------- I didn't do #4, but I like it.

05-27-2003, 09:58 AM	#3
Annabel Lee Veteran Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Let Buzz Stay!! Posts: 5,567	You need an "All of the above" vote option.

05-27-2003, 09:59 AM	#4
Starboy Banned Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Tallahassee, FL Reality Adventurer Posts: 5,276	Arg! Sorry. Only mods can edit a poll.

05-27-2003, 11:12 AM	#6
Annabel Lee Veteran Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Let Buzz Stay!! Posts: 5,567	Thank you, Livius.

05-27-2003, 11:37 AM	#7
CJD Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: greater Orlando area Posts: 832	I couldn't vote. Fundy: A group of folks in the 20th century who attempted to defend their understandings of Scripture against liberal theology and higher criticism. There was a strong focus on the inerrancy of Scripture, as well as a tendency to read the bible as if it were a modern textbook (e.g., reading poetry like straightforward narrative). If this is the best definition of a fundy, some of the other options on the poll will get subsumed under this one. The term, however, should not be disassociated with its historical roots. In particular, a "fundamentalist" was one of those who in the 1920s fought zealously to resist Darwinism and modernism�contra the main-liners. Hence blue laws like prohibition, etc. CJD

05-27-2003, 07:33 PM	#8
Rational BAC Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Tampa Bay area Posts: 3,471	Seems to be pretty close between the 1st proposition of "What is a Fundy?" and "All of the above" Don't know how to research "all of the above" ---so can we come up with a concensus that #1 would work well enough?

05-28-2003, 10:01 AM	#9
Rational BAC Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Tampa Bay area Posts: 3,471	Well, that poll changed very quickly to favor #5 down -----------Suspect a bit of a "vast atheist conspiracy" there. Just kidding. Anyway, I have no idea how to research "all of the above"---so you are still stuck with #1 Nice try though.

05-28-2003, 04:22 PM	#10
Sci_Fidelity Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 595	Why is Starboy banned?

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