{"id":1847,"date":"2011-03-01T02:51:16","date_gmt":"2011-03-01T10:51:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oxgoad.ca\/2011\/03\/01\/a-fundamental-failure\/"},"modified":"2011-03-01T02:51:16","modified_gmt":"2011-03-01T10:51:16","slug":"a-fundamental-failure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oxgoad.ca\/2011\/03\/01\/a-fundamental-failure\/","title":{"rendered":"a fundamental failure?"},"content":{"rendered":"
Recent discussions here prompt a longer response, hence a new post on the question: Have Fundamentalists failed to separate from heretics on their \u2018right\u2019?<\/em><\/p>\n For context, I am going to quote from two of my correspondents. I\u2019ll link to the comments of each so you can see the whole context. First, from Larry:<\/p>\n on the KJVO thing, there are two points: (1) KJVO people deny what the Bible teaches about itself and therefore have denied a fundamental of the faith; as fundamentalists, if there were ever a cause for separation surely this would be it. Fundamentalism\u2019s willingness to tolerate doctrinal aberrancy in this situation is why many people are leaving it. (2) I am for not making it an issue. KJVO people make it an issue which they have done by their vocal stands. I am fine if someone uses only the KJV or believes it is the best translation or believes that the TR is the best text. I can and will work with that kind of person. There are no problems there for me. I would only make an issue of it if they did. (Full comment <\/font>here<\/font><\/a>.)<\/font><\/p>\n We should be willing to speak out about "us" just as freely and strongly as we do about "them." People should not get a pass on doctrine or practice simply because they separate from the same people we do. (Full comment <\/font>here<\/font><\/a> \u2013 different comment from above quoted paragraph.)<\/font><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n And from Dave<\/p>\n The issue with the "nutbars," as you call them, is not that they haven’t separated from mainstream fundamentalism themselves, but that they have not, by and large, been clearly repudiated by mainstream fundamentalism. \u2026<\/p>\n\n
\n