From: Elizaphanian (elizaphanian@tiscali.co.uk)
Date: Sun Apr 06 2003 - 18:16:24 BST
Hi David,
> DMB SAYS:
> There are statistics about this stuff....
> I think Rick has solid reasons for thinking that Christians tend to take
it
> literally. Its true, at least in the USA. Fundamentalism is an extreme
> postion is the sense that it is a radically divergent worldview, but in
> terms of numbers and such, it really IS quite mainstream. The predominance
> of fundamentalism in our politics and in our cultural life is hard to
> ignore. This is not a caricature, just a snapshot of the sociological
> landscape.
This is interesting and suggests I should be a bit more cautious in my
language. Confirmation in today's newspaper: apparently 56% of US citizens
expect the Book of Revelation to be literally enacted (which given events in
the Middle East should perhaps give us pause).
> PS Sam, there are more Anglicans in Africa than in the UK, and they tend
to
> be far more theologically conservative. I guess that makes you a
left-winger
> of sorts. ;-)
He he! Very true! Fortunately the head of the Anglican Church is someone
who taught me, and my views are really only a pale imitiation of his.
Sam
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