Originally Posted by davidmash

Is not possible for a word to be used in different ways? Some what simplistic but if I say that "you're a peach" as opposed to "I am eating a peach", I am using the same word with two distinct meanings.

Looking at this definition in Merrim would seem to bear that out.



Seems to me that Marty is only using definition 1. and refusing to accept the fact that there are different yet equally valid ways of using the word.

Originally Posted by martureo

In a recent discussion with someone, I came to the realization that the other individual didn't actually know what the term "fundamentalist" meant.

In case anyone didn't know, "fundamentalist" is a term describing a certain sect of Protestant Christianity. It is not merely a pejorative, nor a description of anyone considerably more conservative than yourself.

The term has been used for polygamous LDS sects and other religious groups, to describe a certain demographic who have reacted to the secular or scientific impact on their particular culture.


I have been accused of being a Fundamentalist on this forum quite a few times. I want to make it plainly clear that I am NOT a Fundamentalist, nor does my denomination have any room for the Fundamentalist label.

I'm not a Baptist.
I'm not Reformed.
I do not hold to the verbal inspiration and complete inerrancy of Scripture.
I am not premillenial.