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I was with you until you said: "I have far more respect for fundamentalists - at least they are honest with themselves and others about what they truly believe, and have the conviction to see things through."

They may be firm in their beliefs, but many of their beliefs are in conflict with modern science - not good.   And fundamentalists believe they should impose their beliefs on others.

Also, I'd say you are too hung up on the scriptures (much the way fundamentalists are).  Liberal Christians may go overboard in interpreting the Bible to mean whatever they want it to mean, but truly, there is a lot of Biblical scholarship out there, written by seminary professors (not apologists) that indicates that much of the Bible was not meant to be taken literally.[/quote]

Well, the fundamentalists have chosen their side, their religion over everything else. This is what religion teaches and they have followed it. They are honest about it with themselves and others. Now you say that much of the bible was not meant to be taken literally. But with that, you've revealed religion to be hollow and completely artificial, because now you have no foundation on which to base your practice. For example if the religion you believe in claims that Christ died and was resurrected, which conflicts with modern science in a very real sense, do you discount this as a "not meant to be taken literally?"  If that's the case then what really happened? if Jesus wasn't resurrected, then what proof is there that he is the son of God? If he never died in the first place, then how are the sinners of this world redeemed? Was there even a person named Jesus? And if there wasn't....

Where do we draw the line between facts/reality, and teachings/parables?

If no one knows for sure, how can you practice that as a religion, which requires a specific system of belief at its very foundation.

So given the above, while I don't find any religion to be valid or convincing, at least I can appreciate the mindset of the fundamentalist believers.

McLeanAthiest
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