Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: gross@dg-rtp.dg.com (Gene Gross) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Fundamentalist doctrines Message-ID: Date: 6 Aug 90 01:12:52 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: Data General Corporation, Research Triangle Park, NC Lines: 29 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu Gary: Enjoyed the presentation of everything I believe in. However, I think that the term fundamentalist is a much abused and misused term. Why this need to put labels on folks is so rampant is beyond me. For me the matter comes down to what is the basis for our beliefs. I've already posted my position some time back. Got quite a few comments off of that. And I know that several people out there in netland disagree with me. For me, the Bible is the basis for all of our beliefs. It is not a creed, nor a confession of faith, nor the traditions of a church or denomination. Those things do not stand the test. They are aids many times, but not the foundations of faith. The essential beliefs that I share with thousands of other Christians are summed up in what you listed as fundamentalists beliefs. Am I fundamentalist? In that I accept those beliefs you ennumerated, yes. In the sense that that word is often used by the secular media and others, no! Am I then an evangelical? In the sense that I believe in the evangelical imperative of our faith (Go ye into all the world...), yes. Am I then a conservative? In the sense that this means holding to a stricter interpretation of the things of faith, yes. So now what am I? A conservative, evangelical fundamentalist!? Nope. Just a sinner saved by grace. A small child of the King. And I fellowship with other Christians at a local Moravian denominational church. For His name, Gene Gross