The Difference Between Fundamentalist (SOME) and The Rest Of Us.

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A Fundamentalist worst nightmare...confessing their sin in the light. (In public)

Fundamentalist will not dare bring their sins into the light! The rest of us will! There is a lot of self-righteous fundamentalist on the Christianity Boards. I love you all, but you are in error...you value the Law over the Love of Christ. For all those who do not claim to be fundamentalist and instead worship the love of God, his mercy, his grace and UNCONDITIONAL LOVE, post something you are guilty of. This post is for Christians only. I'm not scared in the least to bring my sins into the light. Only Fundamentalist do not do that. Don't keep your sins in darkness where the evil one will get a foothold.

Ps. Watch the fundamentalist, they will start posting scripture for defense. Because they are perfect. They have no sins.

I'll take the lead. In My Present:

These may not necessarily break the Law of the 10 Commandments and our Lord will convict me in his time, not your time.

1 I like to drink a few Nyquils before bed when I have a cold/flu (Yikes it has alcohol)
2. I am selfish at times
3. I love the taste of Copenhagen
4. I'm guilty of being obsessed with Jesus Christ as my Savior. (Oops, that is not a sin)
5. I eat PIZZA, WHICH IS SO UNHEALTHY! (Doesn't do the Temple of God well :( , the body)
By the way, I just ate a pizza at 09/27/2019, 1230am eastern time...5lbs overweight (teardrops)
6. Sometimes I get angry and say mean things to my spouse.
7. Sometimes I make promises i do not keep.
8. I sometimes put my boat before God (this makes me very sad)
No one is Perfect. Well Fundamentalist are....sigh

These definitely break the the law of the 10 commandments!
In my past (while I was still a Christian) I was Guilty of:

1. Adultery
2. Coveting
3. I think I stole a pen from work.
4. I'm sure there were more
I have repented of all these! And only God knows if I will get weak and fall flat on my face again.



Like I said, the Fundamentalist will try and use Law to minimize this post, they are perfect and self-righteous. I will take this back when they admit they are not perfect by naming something they are guilty of?

This is the Real Point "I worship a God Of Love, Not The Law"
"I'm still on that narrow road, and Our Lord is changing me into his Christ Like Image/Mind!"


The Fundamentalist still haven't listed a sin they are guilty of! They worship the Law and are to FULL OF PRIDE to confess. I practice humility and humbleness. I confess all! (private and public) Search my Heart Lord so that I can Confess. Please Humble those in this forum, that they may confess also. Please destroy their self righteous pride.
Hi, as a staunch Conservative Fundamentalist, please allow me a few words of rebuttal:

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Fundamentalists know we are saved by grace but judged by works because works - or the lack thereof - are the evidence for whether we are truly saved by grace. (Ephesians 2:8-10 KJV)

Non-Fundamentalists believe the fatal deception that grace is a license to continue in sin.
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Fundamentalists recognize the shame of our weaknesses apart from Christ, but focus instead on uniting our weakness with His strength to overcome sin which is available to anyone and everyone who chooses to take hold of it. (Romans 6:14-16 KJV)

Non-fundamentalists believe the fatal deception that being proud of one's weaknesses - for which they do not pray, fast, or plead to overcome - affords them a cloak of humility which they vainly seek as a substitute for Christ's Robe of Righteousness.
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Fundamentalists know that Christ came to "save His people from their sin". (Matthew 1:21 KJV)

Non-fundamentalists believe the fatal deception that Christ came to same them in their sin.
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Fundamentalists know that the Ten Commandments "stand fast forever and ever" and are the standard by which we will be judged. (Psalms 111:7-8 KJV; James 2:10-12 KJV)

Non-fundamentalists believe the fatal deception that "freedom in Christ" is a license to break them.
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Fundamentalists know that we can never receive by dead faith that which can only be received by living faith: eternal life. (James 2:17-18 KJV)

Non-fundamentals believe the fatal deception that they may receive by dead faith that which can only be received by living faith: eternal life.
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Would you go to a doctor who rejects the fundamentals of medicine? Or a mechanic who rejects the fundamentals of automotive technology? Or an investor who rejects the fundamentals of finance? But, so many today reject the Fundamentalist Bible preacher and flock to Non-fundamentalist, emergent church false prophets to have their itchy ears scratched, their oil changed for blown engine, and their money multiplied by men who do nothing but "fleece the flock". How sad.
 

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A Fundamentalist worst nightmare...confessing their sin in the light. (In public)

Fundamentalist will not dare bring their sins into the light! The rest of us will! There is a lot of self-righteous fundamentalist on the Christianity Boards. I love you all, but you are in error...you value the Law over the Love of Christ. For all those who do not claim to be fundamentalist and instead worship the love of God, his mercy, his grace and UNCONDITIONAL LOVE, post something you are guilty of. This post is for Christians only. I'm not scared in the least to bring my sins into the light. Only Fundamentalist do not do that. Don't keep your sins in darkness where the evil one will get a foothold.

Ps. Watch the fundamentalist, they will start posting scripture for defense. Because they are perfect. They have no sins.

I'll take the lead. In My Present:

These may not necessarily break the Law of the 10 Commandments and our Lord will convict me in his time, not your time.

1 I like to drink a few Nyquils before bed when I have a cold/flu (Yikes it has alcohol)
2. I am selfish at times
3. I love the taste of Copenhagen
4. I'm guilty of being obsessed with Jesus Christ as my Savior. (Oops, that is not a sin)
5. I eat PIZZA, WHICH IS SO UNHEALTHY! (Doesn't do the Temple of God well :( , the body)
By the way, I just ate a pizza at 09/27/2019, 1230am eastern time...5lbs overweight (teardrops)
6. Sometimes I get angry and say mean things to my spouse.
7. Sometimes I make promises i do not keep.
8. I sometimes put my boat before God (this makes me very sad)
No one is Perfect. Well Fundamentalist are....sigh

These definitely break the the law of the 10 commandments!
In my past (while I was still a Christian) I was Guilty of:

1. Adultery
2. Coveting
3. I think I stole a pen from work.
4. I'm sure there were more
I have repented of all these! And only God knows if I will get weak and fall flat on my face again.



Like I said, the Fundamentalist will try and use Law to minimize this post, they are perfect and self-righteous. I will take this back when they admit they are not perfect by naming something they are guilty of?

This is the Real Point "I worship a God Of Love, Not The Law"
"I'm still on that narrow road, and Our Lord is changing me into his Christ Like Image/Mind!"


The Fundamentalist still haven't listed a sin they are guilty of! They worship the Law and are to FULL OF PRIDE to confess. I practice humility and humbleness. I confess all! (private and public) Search my Heart Lord so that I can Confess. Please Humble those in this forum, that they may confess also. Please destroy their self righteous pride.

I think the biggest problem with fundamentalists is how they stereotype people! You know, label them and assume certain things about them. Really, stereotyping is a form of judging, and Jesus said NOT to judge. So, that's my take on it.

LOL!!!!!:rolleyes::oops::confused:o_O:D I hope you know that what I said is tongue-in-cheek! It seemed that the OP was stereotyping fundamentalists.

Edit: James 5:16--"Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is very powerful in its effect."

Oh the irony of it all! Only a "fundamentalist," which I assume applies to a person who takes the Bible seriously and tries to live by it, would take this verse seriously.

However, IMHO it's very foolish to confess your sins on a public forum. You have no idea who is reading your confession and what they may do with this information about you. It's much wiser to confess in a private setting to Christians that you know you can trust.
 
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I've cut back on both, but eliminated neither. I don't consider them sinful, at least not at my present usual rate of consumption.

One of my worst sins these days is to desire to lash out at people on forums who cannot seem to get through their thick head that I am right. Sometimes I yield to the desire and do lash out knowing that it won't edify anyone.
I have the same problem. I am trying to cleanup my posts, trying to be more charitable. But it's hard when certain people stick to the same foolish straw man fallacies over and over again. I ignore as a last resort.
 

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You post, so it is up to you to ensure you post what you want to say.
If you can't write the words you want to say don't post untill you have written the words you want to say.


Well I would probably never post anything if I waited until I was perfect ;)

You don't even realize what you just said WindmillCharge.
 
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A Fundamentalist worst nightmare...confessing their sin in the light. (In public)

Fundamentalist will not dare bring their sins into the light! The rest of us will! There is a lot of self-righteous fundamentalist on the Christianity Boards. I love you all, but you are in error...you value the Law over the Love of Christ. For all those who do not claim to be fundamentalist and instead worship the love of God, his mercy, his grace and UNCONDITIONAL LOVE, post something you are guilty of. This post is for Christians only. I'm not scared in the least to bring my sins into the light. Only Fundamentalist do not do that. Don't keep your sins in darkness where the evil one will get a foothold.

Ps. Watch the fundamentalist, they will start posting scripture for defense. Because they are perfect. They have no sins.
'Behold, for peace I had great bitterness:
but Thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption:
for Thou hast cast all my sins behind Thy back.'

(Isaiah 38:17)

Hello @jshiii,

Would you please define what you perceive a 'Fundamentalist' to be? and why you believe you are justified in vilifying them here?

If God cast the sins of Nehemiah 'behind' His back, surely we can also say the same. If He remembers them no more, why then should we? Is it not a denial of His forgiveness, to keep on bringing them before His face.

I am a sinner who has been saved by the mercy and grace of God, on the basis of the sacrificial work of Christ His Son, on my behalf. I will glory in that fact.

In Christ Jesus
Chris
 

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'Behold, for peace I had great bitterness:
but Thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption:
for Thou hast cast all my sins behind Thy back.'

(Isaiah 38:17)

Hello @jshiii,

Would you please define what you perceive a 'Fundamentalist' to be? and why you believe you are justified in vilifying them here?

If God cast the sins of Nehemiah 'behind' His back, surely we can also say the same. If He remembers them no more, why then should we? Is it not a denial of His forgiveness, to keep on bringing them before His face.

I am a sinner who has been saved by the mercy and grace of God, on the basis of the sacrificial work of Christ His Son, on my behalf. I will glory in that fact.

In Christ Jesus
Chris


I am a Fundamentalist, but i'm not a self-righteous one. Fundamentalist take all scripture literally, when they can, and I am at liberty to disagree on some scriptures, there is not just one type of Fundamentalist, we can all vary on secondary doctrine. However, we need to be careful of not becoming self-righteous as I have seen some fall in this trap.

I'm sorry for the confusion in my post. My thoughts were aimed more at the self righteous, than the Fundamentalist.
 
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I think the biggest problem with fundamentalists is how they stereotype people! You know, label them and assume certain things about them. Really, stereotyping is a form of judging, and Jesus said NOT to judge. So, that's my take on it.
Hi, PW, I feel your pain when it comes to those "ministers of justice" that are all to commonly found in our midst, but is it wrong to "judge" someone as whatever they demonstrate themselves to be? I don't think it's wrong to judge a rapist papist priest, a drunk, or a wife abuser as such if that is exactly what they are...now, to judge their ETERNAL DESTINY - well, that's another matter entirely; it's to what Jesus was referring when He said "judge not". But fruit inspectors? We are all called to be such. If the doctor calls it a rash in order to spare the feelings of his patient when it is really skin cancer, he's not helping, is he? King David said, "Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil that shall not break my head."
Edit: James 5:16--"Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another"
The KJV says "faults" not sins, which is a better translation, for what may seem to some to be a hair-splitting point: if we consider that a "sin" is "transgression of God's law" and consider also "against Thee and Thee alone have I sinned", it becomes clear that the only Person we can "sin" against is God (you and I have authored no law upon which we may transgress) and therefore, it is really "faults" that we should confess to one another...which may seem like a small issue, but when we consider that over a BILLION Christians are taught the only way to get forgiveness of sin is to go and confess them to a sinful priest, it really isn't that small an issue, it's colossal...after all, religious deception is the only thing ever drove our Lord to anger, right? Blessings :)
 
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I am a Fundamentalist, but i'm not a self-righteous one. Fundamentalist take all scripture literally, however, we need to be careful of not becoming self-righteous as I have seen some fall in this trap.

I'm sorry for the confusion in my post. my thoughts were azimed more at the self righteous, than the fundamentalist.

I hear ya, but what about all the self-righteous anti-fundamentalists?? There are plenty of self-righteous liberals who hate God and his word. Just watch CNN, LOL.

I think a fundamentalist would take all scripture as being the inspired, inerrant word of God, but not necessarily every single word in the Bible as being literal. There are obviously some metaphors used in the Bible. Jesus said that He is the door, but He wasn't literally a slab of wood. The liberal tendency, however, is to take literal events in the Bible as being figurative, like the flood or the miracles....
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Ha! Is your hair messy? I didn't notice. :)

What is that expression on your face? Are you perturbed or bored? I'm not quite sure.

No, just don't care for my pic to be taken...kind of like...oh, "okay-go ahead and take it, sigh" I am very expressive, to the point that every thought or mood does come out. Even if I have no idea, lol. Others do notice and it has gotten me in trouble all my life! I should just shoot my face up with Botox :D
Hairs not really messy, just had my glasses pushed up onto my head :)
 
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I just loved this distinction:
A Philosopher is a blind man on a dark night in a deep cellar looking for a black cat that isn't there.
A Fundamentalist is a blind man who pretends to come up with the absent cat on the basis of a blizzard of biblical prooftexts used to compensate for his lack of evidence!
 

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Hi, PW, I feel your pain when it comes to those "ministers of justice" that are all to commonly found in our midst, but is it wrong to "judge" someone as whatever they demonstrate themselves to be? I don't think it's wrong to judge a rapist papist priest, a drunk, or a wife abuser as such if that is exactly what they are...now, to judge their ETERNAL DESTINY - well, that's another matter entirely; it's to what Jesus was referring when He said "judge not". But fruit inspectors? We are all called to be such. If the doctor calls it a rash in order to spare the feelings of his patient when it is really skin cancer, he's not helping, is he? King David said, "Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil that shall not break my head."
The KJV says "faults" not sins, which is a better translation, for what may seem to some to be a hair-splitting point: if we consider that a "sin" is "transgression of God's law" and consider also "against Thee and Thee alone have I sinned", it becomes clear that the only Person we can "sin" against is God (you and I have authored no law upon which we may transgress) and therefore, it is really "faults" that we should confess to one another...which may seem like a small issue, but when we consider that over a BILLION Christians are taught the only way to get forgiveness of sin is to go and confess them to a sinful priest, it really isn't that small an issue, it's colossal...after all, religious deception is the only thing ever drove our Lord to anger, right? Blessings :)

I appreciate what you're saying, but I was being a tad sarcastic about judging. :)

Judging others is a very sticky topic. I don't have a problem calling sinful behavior sinful as long as God has made it clear that the behavior is a sin, like adultery, for instance. This is pretty cut-and-dried.

I think where we get into trouble is assigning an evil motive to behaviors that aren't inherently sinful when we don't really know what's in a person's heart. Perhaps this would be judging according to how things appear to us, which Jesus said not to do in
John 7:24.

Hope this makes sense. I'm ready for a nap.
 
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No, just don't care for my pic to be taken...kind of like...oh, "okay-go ahead and take it, sigh" I am very expressive, to the point that every thought or mood does come out. Even if I have no idea, lol. Others do notice and it has gotten me in trouble all my life! I should just shoot my face up with Botox :D
Hairs not really messy, just had my glasses pushed up onto my head :)
Botox??????? No!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That's from the deadly bacteria that causes botulism.
 
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I appreciate what you're saying, but I was being a tad sarcastic about judging. :)

Judging others is a very sticky topic. I don't have a problem calling sinful behavior sinful as long as God has made it clear that the behavior is a sin, like adultery, for instance. This is pretty cut-and-dried.

I think where we get into trouble is assigning an evil motive to behaviors that aren't inherently sinful when we don't really know what's in a person's heart. Perhaps this would be judging according to how things appear to us, which Jesus said not to do in
John 7:24.

Hope this makes sense. I'm ready for a nap.
Ahhh, it seems then I misread your post. Thank you. And if I may borrow from that 1920's Coke commercial, here's to middle of the day naps - the "pause that refreshes" LOL
 

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I have the same problem. I am trying to cleanup my posts, trying to be more charitable. But it's hard when certain people stick to the same foolish straw man fallacies over and over again. I ignore as a last resort.


Hey there...I haven't talked to you for many moons....hope you are doing well and behaving yourself ;)

God bless....H
 

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If you can't write the words you want to say don't post until you have written the words you want to say.
Good advice. He forgot to put down *poor communication* as one of his failings.

Anyway, as far as I'm concerned, this Non-Fundamentalist has yet to show us where the Bible asks Christians to broadcast their sins and failings to the whole world (which is what Internet communication is).
 
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Good advice. He forgot to put down *poor communication* as one of his failings.

Anyway, as far as I'm concerned, this Non-Fundamentalist has yet to show us where the Bible asks Christians to broadcast their sins and failings to the whole world (which is what Internet communication is).


Hey, be sweet, I like him, he is 'refreshing'.
This Site has got too stuffy and needs loosening up again, like it used to be ....eh @Nancy ? :)