To Fundamental Joe:

Submitted by D. Connell (United States), Nov 20, 2002 at 12:10

Is there anything that you think to be fundamental in the area of truth or morals? If so, is your kind of fundamentalism also an "anathema" to peace, understanding and tolerance? The word anathema means an accursed thing.

By what authority or basic truth would you use to accurse fundamentalism. That authority or basic truth becomes your fundamental belief. Actually Fundamentalism is defined in the Webster's New World Dictionary, Second College Edition. I don't think that Christian Fundamentalism (taking the Bible literally as truth), is something to be accursed. Christians are tolerant, and peaceful. But tolerating others' beliefs does not mean that we believe your beliefs are true. If it hurts your feelings to think that we don't accept your beliefs as equal to ours, so be it. We are not the enemy. We are your friend.

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