Zaphnathpaaneah
December 11th, 2007, 03:46 PM
http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20071211/sc_livescience/historianfirstenglishbiblefueledfirstfundamentalis ts
Historian: First English Bible Fueled First Fundamentalists Heather Whipps
Here are a few choice excerpts from this article I just saw on Yahoo News:
"It was destructive for [Protestants], because it did not invite freedom but rather fear of misinterpretation and damnation," Simpson said.
"Scholarly consensus over the last decade or so is that most people did not convert to [Protestantism]. They had it forced upon them," Simpson told LiveScience.
Whenever I hear someone cite, "Scholarly consensus over the last decade or so..." it raises the fur on the back of my neck!
The rise of fundamentalist interpretations during the English Reformation can be used to understand the global political situation today and the growth of Islamic extremism, Simpson said as an example.
"Very definitely, we see the same phenomenon: newly literate people claiming that the sacred text speaks for itself, and legitimates violence and repression," Simpson said, "and the same is also true of Christian fundamentalists."
Gosh, you couldn't possibly read the Bible and understand it, could you?
Oh, by the way, the Reformation and Islamic extremism have the same roots????
:scratch:twitch:rolleyes
Historian: First English Bible Fueled First Fundamentalists Heather Whipps
Here are a few choice excerpts from this article I just saw on Yahoo News:
"It was destructive for [Protestants], because it did not invite freedom but rather fear of misinterpretation and damnation," Simpson said.
"Scholarly consensus over the last decade or so is that most people did not convert to [Protestantism]. They had it forced upon them," Simpson told LiveScience.
Whenever I hear someone cite, "Scholarly consensus over the last decade or so..." it raises the fur on the back of my neck!
The rise of fundamentalist interpretations during the English Reformation can be used to understand the global political situation today and the growth of Islamic extremism, Simpson said as an example.
"Very definitely, we see the same phenomenon: newly literate people claiming that the sacred text speaks for itself, and legitimates violence and repression," Simpson said, "and the same is also true of Christian fundamentalists."
Gosh, you couldn't possibly read the Bible and understand it, could you?
Oh, by the way, the Reformation and Islamic extremism have the same roots????
:scratch:twitch:rolleyes