Some fundamentalists believe that the enemies of our world are socialism and communism. Having identified them, they will take care of protecting people against these evils. Such an attitude is highly appreciated by the rightist power brokers. The more people stay out of politics and social issues, the easier it becomes for rightist politicians to impose their conservative capitalist agenda on the whole society. …show more content…
Many fundamentalists are sectarian. They believe that “we are right and everyone else is wrong.” They think in the form of an anti-thesis. Statements are either true or false. One is either saved or condemned. We either opt for God or for the devil. We must either be for creation or for evolution. Such an antithetic thinking has an underlying approach to knowing. It is a form of rationalism, which teaches that all knowing must be certain and clear, and expressed in doubtless proportions. It views truth as literal truth. It means that if something is true, it must be true historically or