Word: fundamentalist
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Wills directs his argument at secular intellectuals who have focused on the decline of Establishment theologies and overlooked the rise of Fundamentalist Christian sects. Knowing the nonbeliever's weakness for social-science data, he begins by preaching the gospel according to George Gallup. Nine Americans in 10 say they have never doubted the existence of God. Eight in 10 fear they will have to answer for their sins. Life after death is a reality for 7 out of 10. More important, Wills notes, Americans vote their religiosity. All candidates must invoke the Deity or face rejection on Election...
...BGLSA demands not just tolerance, but acceptance. One of their posters equate a biblical, "natural law" critique of homosexuality with "biblical" rationalizations of racism, implying that anyone who disapproves of their lifestyles is a pin-headed fundamentalist bigot. No matter that not even the most conservative theologian would ever use a biblical argument against mixed-race marriages. No matter that some very rational people discern a distinction between race and sexual orientation...
...debate goes to the heart of American education. "Who is in charge of children -- parents or the state?" asks Linda Williams, a Christian Fundamentalist mother of four boys, ages 4 to 13, who teaches them for two hours each morning at home in Bangor, Me. "We're saying the parents are." She points out that there are no drugs in her bathroom, or switchblades in the hallways. "We're kidding ourselves if we think we're putting our kids in the same schools we went to," she says...
...backbone of the home-school movement is the Christian Fundamentalist community, which believes that religion is either abused or ignored in the classroom. Other parents reject public education for more conventional reasons: poor academic standards, overcrowding, safety. The most uncompromising group call themselves "unschoolers," viewing as anathema any notion of educational structure...
...ites of Arabia's east coast have for decades met with cultural and religious intolerance from the dominant Wahhabi (Sunni fundamentalist) authorities. Among young Shi'ite men, the unemployment rate is 30%, and would be far higher but for Aramco...