What beliefs label someone a fundamental Christian?

Question

This is a follow up to an answer from someone stating they were Christian but not fundemental.

I ask for feedback from both secular folk and Christians.

Thanks!

Answer 1

Someone that believes the Bible is 100% true.



The first Christians in Acts in the Bible were all fundamentalists. Really it is to believe the FUNDAMENTALS of Christianity.



If someone claims to be a Christian, but rejects the fundamentals, then they're in error.

Answer 2

Fundamentalism is considered to be built around the five tenets of the Christian faith, although there is much more to the movement then those tenets. The five tenets are:



1) The insistence that the Bible is to be taken as literally true. Along with this is the belief that the Bible is inerrant, i.e. without error and free from all contradictions.



2) The virgin birth and deity of Christ—the belief that Jesus was born of the virgin Mary and conceived by the Holy Spirit and that He was and is the Son of God, fully human and fully divine.



3. The doctrine of substitutionary atonement through God’s grace and human faith—the belief that Christ was crucified for all the sins of man, and because of His perfect sacrifice, all men can find salvation through faith in Him.



4. The bodily resurrection of Jesus—the belief that He was crucified and died and on the third day, He rose from the grave and now sits at the right hand of the Father.



5. The authenticity of the miracles of Christ as found in Scripture and his pre-millennial second coming.

Answer 3

Fundamentalism dates from the 19th century. Specifically, many Christian churches were concerned with the direction that Biblical scholarship was taking at that time. Something called the historical-critical method was all the rage, along with a very destructive theology called "the historical Jesus", which posited that the historical Jesus and the Biblical Jesus were not the same. [We still encounter this particular nonsense today.]



Anyway, these various Churches and their leaders got together and agreed on several doctrines that in their view were "fundamental", as in the absolute minimum that someone had to believe in order for them to be considered a true Christian. This movement came to be known as Fundamentalism. I don't know the whole history of it, nor the full list of doctrines. You might try googling it. I know Sola Scriptura and Sola Fide were two of the doctrines, but I seem to remember that there were about 5 or 6 in total.



BTW-- I am not a fundamentalist. I'm Catholic, so I hold with the full Deposit of Faith and not just a minimum handful.

Answer 4

I am proud to call myself fundamental in my beliefs. I realize there is negative stigma associated with the term, so when someone voices a negative attitude toward "fundamental Christians," I ask what they mean by the term & why they object to the term.



I believe in the fundamentals of Scripture. I hartily AMEN everything you listed about your beliefs, except the version issue. I do not feel that a particular version (KJV) is inspired. Was the Bible originally penned in Elizabethan English? Actually, there are some political-type objections I have heard to a translation of the Bible written to satisfy a certain King James. But surely I digress here.



EDIT: Perhaps the Bible version issue & my eschatological view of what is biblical are what disqualifies me as officially a "fundamentalist." I am aumillenial in my position.

Answer 5

Are you speaking with reference to the certainly denomination Fundamentalist? Or are you speaking with reference to the popular term itself, meaning those Christians who adhere to the basics of the Bible? If it quite is the latter, then that transformations with each and each Christian. There are Baptists who declare to be fundamentals, yet place greater magnitude on Baptism. There are others in different denoms which will place greater magnitude on merely Claiming Jesus as Savior (over Baptism itself).... on an identical time as others will say you ought to declare Jesus IS God, and not basically Savior. The "fundamentals" are diverse with each and each individual... there is not any set fundamentals that are given for this popular term. As for the certainly denomination "Fundamentalist", i don't think of they are around anymore... in the event that they are, they actual are not as massive as they was and would possibly be nearer to the Southern Baptists than the different denom. I actual know the version.... it is why I call people who're extreme Fundies... not Fundamentalists.

Answer 6

That the bible is the Word of God.



That no man's interperatation could be better.



Fundamentals of anything are the most simple building blocks - the very basics of religion God.



If you are not on board with the basics, you are not necessarily a Christian.



God bless you.



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I did not say there is no room for human interperatation. Did God mean 6 human days, or 6 God days? It doesn't say.



I do not believe that the earth is 6000 years old.



It is not the bible that is flawed, it is the human take on it in every instance. Myself included.

Answer 7

Fundamentalists Christians interpret the Bible so that it appears to be without error.



This is not the same thing as interpreting the Bible literally.



The Honest Fundamentalist Syllogism



The Bible is 100% true

The Bible says X

Therefore, X is true. (Or therefore, I believe X)



The Dishonest Fundamentalist Syllogism



The Bible is 100% true

I believe X (Or X is true)

Therefore, the Bible says X

Answer 8

The mistaken belief that homophobia is "moral." Although other Christians such as Catholics can also make the error of promoting homophobia as morality, Fundamentalists seem to do it most often. Fundamentalists tend to elevate their homophobia to the level of idolatry.

Answer 9

I am a fundamentalist christian dont like it i dont care

Answer 10

Lack of intelligence and the ability to believe urban legends as gospel truth. And then you have to try to impose your will on everyone else.

Answer 11

Bible literalists, people who actually think that Adam was made of mud....you know, those kinds of people....

Answer 12

Go here:

http://www.fstdt.com/fundies/Default.aspx?archive=1



If you think like these people do, you're probably a fundamentalist.

Answer 13

Belief in Jesus + Psychosis