Quote Originally Posted by bmolsson
Posted by Pindar
So if I ask someone if they're religious and they say: "yes, I am a member of X" and I follow up with a question about why they joined that faith, to which they reply: "Because I believe it" Your position would be I created this and I am unable to see reality?

You used fundamentalist incorrectly.


Yes and No.


What you mean with religious has nothing to do with belonging to a religion. Sure there are religious people in all religions, but they have very little to do with the reality of the religion in question.

As noted in your own definition of fundamentalism: it is sectarian and a movement. I haven't argued any sectarian position. The question has been focused on the general.

If you reject parishioners own statements about their faith, you have no basis from which to judge religiosity. I understand that for you declaring to be Muslim was a simple expediency (getting married), but it is an error to assume that your own lack of belief is standard.