Why is Fundamental religion in any form associated with so much negativity?

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I would say it involves the various teachings and our collective refusal to take a moment to determine what the actual truth is. Religion minus the truth equals confusion of all kinds.

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From Dictionary.com, "A usually religious movement or point of view characterized by a return to fundamental principles, by rigid adherence to those principles, and often by intolerance of other views and opposition to secularism."

People tend to view Fundamentalists negatively because no one likes to be told they are wrong. If a Fundamentalist (of any religion) tells me I am going to hell because I do not share their exact beliefs, that's pretty upsetting. When so many religions are supposed to be based on love and forgiveness of others, the strict belief system of a Fundamentalist can make them appear hypocritical, which is not exactly a desired trait.

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"Why is Fundamental religion in any form associated with so much negativity?"

In my opinion it is the element of people drawn into the religion.

After my personal experiences I developed a great hatred and disdain for the people and their religion. Something very odd and adnormal happens to the mind of people in religion.

These people would not let it sink in that I wanted absolutely nothing to do with them as a people or fellowship them or their religion.

Their concept of life and what is acceptable human interaction was odd for me and very uncomfortable. Plus, I would never go along with the sexist role for women. I had preferred a quiet private married life only to suffer attempts to force me into the public eye and involve me in topics and debates I sincerely have no interest in.

They kept trying to convert me into something I do not believe in, do not need in my life or ever really believed in.

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I believe it is because they teach that we are unworthy. When a person sees themselves as unworthy, they look for the unworthiness in others. The way I see it is that our worthiness was never in question because we inherited it. We just need to become familiar with it. These misunderstandings come from an attempt to interpret the Bible literally, when it requires language of mind to get the correct pictures.

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I think a lot of the negativity associated with "fundamentalism" is due to the bad things said about it by the media. I think the media is so anti-Christian that they are constantly rubbing that in our faces by repeating the lie that fundamentalism in itself is a bad thing. Fundamentalism is simply belief in the fundamental teachings of one's religion, whether that be Christianity or another religion. Not all Fundamentalists are like the wild-eyed nuts portrayed on TV. But the media want you to think they are all like that.

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The reason it's considered NEGATIVE is because belief requires absolutes which MOST PEOPLE do NOT want to accept.

Religion requires intolerance to anything outside of GOD'S WORD and perfect will. It will always seem negative to those who refuse to be governed by laws, principles, morals or absolutes in order to please God. Most people are out to please themeselves and when faced with "conviction" that what they are doing is wrong, they see it as a "negative" affect.

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