Definition of "Fundie"

[Christianbookworm]

Well - not in so many words, anyway.

[tabibito]

To many people in the churches, ignorance is a virtue. In debate on scriptural and other matters theological, where argument is demonstrated to have solid support, the opposition will often bring the anti-intellectual ball into play. "Oh - well - that's only knowledge .... these things are understood by faith" together with a swathe of out-of-context scriptural references used to support the contention that exercising logic is unseemly, maybe even ungodly. (and of course, the only way to counter the argument is by exercise of logic - so their point is proven.)

[themuzicman]

A fundamentalist is someone who withdraws from the culture around them (generally because it is too sinful or too corrupt to be saved), and lives in their own enclave that encapsulates their group and attempts to form a subculture that embraces the "fundamentals" of their religion as they interpret it. One of the frequent consequences of this environment is a strict an generally non-scholarly adherence to and general application of that religion's primary text.