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For anecdotal purposes, would any self described fundamentalist/literalists be willing to give their age in this thread?
Alternatively, if you know a person who has similar beliefs - what is their age?
This would be interesting data, but I'm more interested in the ratio of fundamentalists/biblical literalists to self-professed Christians who don't take the Bible as being 100% inerrant and factually true.
For discussion purposes, I was first called a "fundamentalist" by a co-worker when I was about 21. I grew up in a nominal Roman Catholic home and became a Christian at age 20. I am now 43. I know people with similar beliefs across the age spectrum.
My first question is relevant, though--in that I'd be curious to compare the average age of "fundamentalist" Christians to that of "fundamentalists" in Islam.
Fundamentalist whatever. If you have a holy book that you believe to be inerrant you qualify.
I would also be curious about the differences, so perhaps people could append their religion as well. For instance, in your case you could answer "43 Christian"
This would be interesting data, but I'm more interested in the ratio of fundamentalists/biblical literalists to self-professed Christians who don't take the Bible as being 100% inerrant and factually true.
Also intersting. I suspect it would be near 1 to 1 relationship with people denying evolution/advocsting YEC. IIRC it was around 35% in the US. Sorry for spelling/grammar, on mobile.
Fundamentalist whatever. If you have a holy book that you believe to be inerrant you qualify.
that was another question I had -- what makes me a fundy.
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I would also be curious about the differences, so perhaps people could append their religion as well. For instance, in your case you could answer "43 Christian"
My first question is relevant, though--in that I'd be curious to compare the average age of "fundamentalist" Christians to that of "fundamentalists" in Islam.
I'd be interested in some data on this as well, for sure.
I have 3 college degrees (1 is a Master's in Theology), as well as a high school diploma, if that helps.
What are the other 2? Don't reverse chekhov's gun us!
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