The Fundamentalist Litmus Test

Someone sent this to me recently and I have to say that it really sums up what irritates me about fundamentalist! I have to state very clearly here that I have nothing against Christians in general and in fact I have some friends and colleagues who are one of the nicest people in the world and they are Christians (though I also know of some very nice folks who are of other religious or no belief even). The trait that separate these nice Christian friends from some other irritating "crusaders" is that they don't wear their faith like some kind of honour badge. They are people of strong faith but they respect other people for their beliefs and do not try to drag people kicking and screaming into churches while proclaiming that they are saving their souls.

The people that I have issues with are the Creationists who try to set humanity's porgress backwards by twisting science to suit their agenda. If the 17th and 18th century is now hailed as the Age of Enlightenment when the world's civilization, especially the Europeans start to emerge from the darkness of supersition, igorance and irrationality into knowledge, rationality and secularism, then the Creationist movement could well be called the "Un-enlightenment"

The other group that is a parasite to society and humanity at large are all those flashy, TV-savy, God-thumping evangelists that go around on some kind of crusade to convert the entire human race; that preach all kinds of absolutist and intolerant values and in the process make tonnes of money from the "sheep" that worship them like Christ himself.
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Top Ten Signs You're a Fundamentalist Christian


10 - You vigorously deny the existence of thousands of gods claimed by
other religions, but feel outraged when someone denies the existence of
yours.

9 - You feel insulted and "dehumanized" when scientists say that people
evolved from other life forms, but you have no problem with the Biblical
claim that we were created from dirt.

8 - You laugh at polytheists, but you have no problem believing in a
Triune God.

7 - Your face turns purple when you hear of the "atrocities" attributed
to Allah, but you don't even flinch when hearing about how God/Jehovah
slaughtered all the babies of Egypt in "Exodus" and ordered the
elimination of entire ethnic groups in "Joshua" including women,
children, and trees!

6 - You laugh at Hindu beliefs that deify humans, and Greek claims about
gods sleeping with women, but you have no problem believing that the
Holy Spirit impregnated Mary, who then gave birth to a man-god who got
killed, came back to life and then ascended into the sky.

5 - You are willing to spend your life looking for little loopholes in
the scientifically established age of Earth (few billion years), but you
find nothing wrong with believing dates recorded by Bronze Age tribesmen
sitting in their tents and guessing that Earth is a few generations old.

4 - You believe that the entire population of this planet with the
exception of those who share your beliefs -- though excluding those in
all rival sects - will spend Eternity in an infinite Hell of Suffering.
And yet consider your religion the most "tolerant" and "loving."


3 - While modern science, history, geology, biology, and physics have
failed to convince you otherwise, some idiot rolling around on the floor
speaking in "tongues" may be all the evidence you need to "prove"
Christianity.

2 - You define 0.01% as a "high success rate" when it comes to answered
prayers. You consider that to be evidence that prayer works. And you
think that the remaining 99.99% FAILURE was simply the will of God.

1 - You actually know a lot less than many atheists and agnostics do
about the Bible, Christianity, and church history - but still call
yourself a Christian.