Rodent Regatta

to be certain she is understood, Susanna posted a masterful entry last night.

As for using fundamentalist Christian as an insult, well, as it so happens, I am about as fundamentalist as you can get, in pure terms that is to say, Im not a member of the evangelical denominations that have to some degree co-opted the term to designate a specific array of beliefs and behaviors. Rather, I believe that the Bible is the inerrant word of God, that all I need to know about living my life according to his will is in those pages, and I make a concerted effort to order my life along those principles (the degree I have succeeded is a matter of my own will and conscience, not a commentary on whether the Bible is right). The dictionary definition also says that a fundamentalist is rigid in her adherence, and intolerant of secularism. I could give you a nice list of people who would be more than willing to say I am both, so I must be one o’ them.