Historian: First English Bible Fueled First Fundamentalists

Live Science via Yahoo ^ | 12-11-07 | Heather Whipps

[squireofgothos]

Without the clergy guiding them, and with religion still a very important factor in the average person's life, their fate rested in their own hands, Simpson said.

The rise of fundamentalist interpretations during the English Reformation can be used to understand the global political situation today and the growth of Islamic extremism, Simpson said as an example.

"Very definitely, we see the same phenomenon: newly literate people claiming that the sacred text speaks for itself, and legitimates violence and repression," Simpson said, "and the same is also true of Christian fundamentalists."

[squireofgothos]

This is rich. "Reading became a tightrope of terror across an abyss of predestination"
As they say-- a mind is a terrible thing...

[DManA]

More problematic for the elites of the day, they could read for themselves that the “Divine Right of Kings” was pure balderdash.

[DManA]

BTW, what does this trash have to do with science?

[SolidWood]

English Reformation can be used to understand the global political situation today and the growth of Islamic extremism

Yeah, 9/11 is to be blamed on those wily English Protestants!/barf

[iowamark]

So we are supposed to believe that Islamic terrorism was created by English Protestants?

Who knew?!

[Domandred]

That’s a good question! Why’s this is the science section?

[Fitzcarraldo]

All the world's current problems attributed to an English version of the Bible.

Another block placed in the tomb the hysterical God haters are trying to seal us into.

[Domandred]

and legitimates violence and repression," Simpson said, "and the same is also true of Christian fundamentalists."

Yes Christians hijack airplanes, blow buildings up, suicide bomb pizza parlors, behead journalists, riot about political cartoons, and throw people in jail for naming a child's toy Jesus Christ.

[Fitzcarraldo]

"Why’s this is the science section?"

Science and pseudo science are sometimes hard to tell apart. Ask Al Gore.

[Da Coyote]

“Why is this in the science section?”

Ans: One of the premier coups of the liberal “arts” jokesters was to create academic areas called “Political Science” and “Social Science”. Of course, when compared to real science, both of these titles are Oxymorons. For the most part, practitioners of these trades demonstrate only the “moron” part.

[DoughtyOne]

Without the clergy guiding them, and with religion still a very important factor in the average person's life, their fate rested in their own hands, Simpson said.

Yes, how sad...  dimwit!

Evidently this jackass is ignorant of the circumstances surrounding the lack of scriptures available to the general populace during the dark ages.  The scripts were strictly controlled by the church, and it was unlawful for others to have them.  The church strictly interpreted the scriptures to suit it's own purposes.  This period was a very dark period, with religious persecution on a large scale.  To act as if the release of scriptures was the inception of trouble, isn't just nonsense, it's disinformation on a grand scale.  King James may not have been the first, but at his directive scholars of the day brought together the scritpures and formed what we commonly refer to as the Bible today.

Look what White Christians have brought the world.  Then please tell me how that relates to what Muslems have presented to humanity.

[Monterrosa-24]

The level of biblical scholarship in the 1600s was soooo much higher than what is bandied about today that there is simply no comparison. The Presbyterians, various types of Independents and Separatists, Anabaptists, and various schools of thought within the King’s Church, all conducted debates on a higher plane than what goes on today. Yet “fundamentalists” like Cromwell himself could call for an understanding and common belief from the “various sects”.

[TruthConquers]

Why’s this is the science section?

Because, science wants to pretend that God does not exist.
Therefore, science is the new god. Bow and worship, all you ignorant peons!!! /s

[blu]

How much was the author paid? I could have told you this after teaching 10th grade world history!! Duh!

[Theo]

Welcome to FR.

[PAR35]

Pingworthy?

[Free Vulcan]

There was no Spanish Inquisition. I repeat, the Spanish Inquisition is a myth. Persecution in the church did not start till the insidious-evil-intolerant-burgousie-oppressor Protestants put the Bible into the hands of the common man.

To the reeducation camps with you.

[ari-freedom]

Welcome to FR.

[ari-freedom]

don’t you know? only conservatives believe in that old fashioned thing called double blind controlled experiments

[Campion]

it's disinformation on a grand scale

Your post is disinformation on a grand scale. Possession of the Bible per se was never illegal, except in one area in southern France in the 13th century, which prohibition lasted for about 50 years.

Possession of Protestant bibles was illegal in England for a period of time leading up the reformation ... whereupon possession of Catholic bibles or anything else Catholic became illegal.

Personal Bible ownership was scarce prior to the invention of the printing press for the simple reason that a Bible (if you could even read it) cost about what a moderately-priced new car costs today.