Have you ever met a fundamentalist Christian who was not dogmatic?

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No. Fundamentalist Christianity is, by definition, dogmatic, because believing the Bible to be absolutely perfect and the literal word of God is an inherently self-contradictory, black-and-white, and unreasonable theological standpoint.

If Jesus and the Apostles weren't "fundamentalists" under your definition, then what were they, exactly?

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Yes actually. He believes in hard-core sola scriptura interpretations on everything but those interpretations seem to change like every ten minutes. He identifies as a libertarian strangely enough but has spiritedly taken both sides of almost every political issue I can think of.

Depite having religious and political beliefs that are occasionally contradictory, incoherent, or strange, he is actually a pretty smart guy when it comes to math and science and I think will end up doing well for himself in his field.

was this posted in the wrong thread?  because you're not stating who you're talking about

[Swing low, sweet chariot. Comin' for to carry me home.]

Yes actually. He believes in hard-core sola scriptura interpretations on everything but those interpretations seem to change like every ten minutes. He identifies as a libertarian strangely enough but has spiritedly taken both sides of almost every political issue I can think of.

Depite having religious and political beliefs that are occasionally contradictory, incoherent, or strange, he is actually a pretty smart guy when it comes to math and science and I think will end up doing well for himself in his field.

was this posted in the wrong thread?  because you're not stating who you're talking about

Eh?  I think he's pretty clearly talking about someone he knows but we don't.

oh, yikes...I thought we was attempting to reply to a previous post, I didn't think about him replying to the thread question.  Makes sense now.