How much was the author paid? I could have told you this after teaching 10th grade world history!! Duh!
My letter to the “author” of the article:
Dear Ms. Whipps,
Once again, you and your ilk write an editorial in the form of a news piece. I wish I had more time, but suffice to say you are not a biblical scholar and your selective choice of scholars, plus your editor’s wacky template produced yet another useless and misleading piece. You should be ashamed of yourself.
In no way did “fundamentalism” as you attempt to characterize start when you suggest it did. It’s just dead wrong. If anything, with the passage of a couple thousand years, there has been an overall slide from literalism (your version of fundamentalism) to interpretation. During that time, you can find both conservative and liberal forms of each. Underlying this is a rich history of debate about God and creation, and morality, etc. that makes up philosophy and theology that predates Aristotle and Plato. Anyway, that is just the beginning of the discussion and I have to move on.
A piece such as yours is a classic example of confusing the menu with the meal.
Disgusted,
Bioqubit