Losing the Battle and Not Knowing It

[Navidad]

37 minutes ago, InCognitus said:

You can posts links to Wikipedia here.  Documentation is encouraged  

But I'm sure you can see why we are confused, and don't grasp the subtle differences that you are aware of.

Thanks, I have posted the link to the site. I understand most of what the author is saying, but it is an astonishing cornucopia of terms and concepts. Someone did a lot of work on this. It is a shame it is almost impossible to decipher. 

[Navidad]

11 minutes ago, The Nehor said:

Most of the Evangelicals I have encountered have been fundamentalists then. I might have horrible luck.

Well, yeh! That is what I have been trying to say on this forum since 2017! Ha! It is most likely a truth, because our Fundamentalist friends make it a point to seek out and approach members of the LDS Church wherever they can be found! Pageants and Temple Square  are such places!

[The Nehor]

1 hour ago, Navidad said:

Thanks, I have posted the link to the site. I understand most of what the author is saying, but it is an astonishing cornucopia of terms and concepts. Someone did a lot of work on this. It is a shame it is almost impossible to decipher. 

Also isn’t reformed fundamentalist a bit of a contradiction in terms?

[InCognitus]

25 minutes ago, The Nehor said:

Also isn’t reformed fundamentalist a bit of a contradiction in terms?

Maybe it's similar to someone who is a "reformed alcoholic"? 

[Navidad]

I have noticed something in my readings over the past few months. I find LDS folks using the term "fundamentalist evangelical" more often. I wonder what the source of that is? I don't remember seeing that term at all in years past. I use the term "conservative Evangelical" often because the Evangelical community, on its own a continuum. The other day I think I mentioned in a thread I had also read the term "mainstream fundamentalist." I like the beginnings of what may be an interest in being more careful and more specific about identifying those in the non-LDS Christian community. At the same time I am seeing the term "neo mormon" with greater frequency. Interesting stuff! 

Edited Thursday at 08:22 PM by Navidad

[Calm]

57 minutes ago, Navidad said:

. I find LDS folks using the term "fundamentalist evangelical" more often. I wonder what the source of that is?

I have never encountered that I recall over the years of online and offline encounters someone was an antimormon and Christian who hasn’t called themselves Evangelical, but fundamentalist/Fundamentalist.  From what I have heard among LDS, this is typical.  My guess is the other Saints, like me, want to distinguish between the Evangelicals who are not constantly challenging our Christianity and those who are while still respecting the rights of those claiming to be Evangelicals.  It may not be technically accurate, but I believe most people would understand what we are talking about.   Perhaps not though.