Explaining Fundamentalism

[Z]

You are very welcome! And welcome to the boards, since I don't think I've met you before1

 

[farmermike]

What I am mostly getting at is the inability to read between the lines, which does strike me as immaturity-- sort of a perpetual 6th grader so to speak. I worked with lots of teenagers over the years and before that ability to think and relate abstractly kicks in you can have a hell of time trying to teach through metaphor. I'm just wondering if that relationship carries over into the faith arena. Have you ever read fundi poetry or listened to Christian music? It is almost devoid of metaphor, which says something to me anyway. Check out this link:



http://dickstaub.com/links_view.php?record_id=4662

Or this one from Gellman's article "What would Dylan do?":



http://www.keepmedia.com/pubs/Newsweek/2005/01/26/764404?extID=10032&oliID=213

Flick

Very interesting although I'm not sure if I really get it.Could you or someone elaborate on that?Don't we pass on information to one another through metaphor.would someone relating that they could feel the hand of god working through them be speaking metaphorically.Is it abstract thinking with a nonsensical end?Jesus the lamb,lion of Judah,god gives me arms of steel to crush the enemy?