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Fundamentalists are crazy. They're the real world equivalent to the evil geniuses of our spy fiction and our superhero comics. They want to mold the world into a specific shape that they really believe in, and if you don't believe in that, if you can't relate to that, it just seems crazy.

— Christopher McCulloch

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

I think a fundamentalist is somebody who believes something unshakably and isn't going to change their mind.

— Richard Dawkins

Fundamentalism is such a pejorative word and immediately evokes images of angry extremism. In my experience, that's not usually what it looks like. I was a fundamentalist in high school.

— Scott Derrickson

The fundamentalists have taken the fun out of the mental.

— Ken Kesey

I don't think that fundamentalism has anything to do with Jesus Christ. They call themselves Christians, but if that's Christian, count me out. Fundamentalism is built on fear and greed. They're telling you to give them your money otherwise you're going to hell.

— Matthew Fox

I cannot comprehend fundamentalism. It's fundamentally wrong.

— John Lydon

One of the reasons why fundamentalists are so aggressive in trying to promote fundamentalism is because deep down they know it's arbitrary. If you're comfortable with your belief you don't need to convince other people to agree with you.

— Moby

I don't believe in any kind of fundamentalism.

— Antonio Banderas

Fundamentalism does mean reading quite conservatively and literally, saying 'the Bible is the word of God and we have to follow it. What it says is this.'

— Elaine Pagels

Within the Christian tradition, fundamentalism arose in the 19th century as an effort to push back against modern' readings of the Bible that suggested everything in the text wasn't true in some literal sense.

— Jay Parini

✗Opposing Perspectives

It's easy to get tired of religious fundamentalists. They're such a bore. They have no sense of mystery. It's a drag, man.

— Kurt Elling