(11-30-2021, 03:22 PM)Dana Wrote: I don't believe the fundamentalist personality is exclusive to Christianity. Fundamentalism runs in other religions. There are fundamentalist atheists as well that would like to force their conscience by imposing various punishments against dissenters.
Very true. Anti-theist critiques of the Bible sometimes presume that it can only be read in a fundamentalist manner. It's not surprising that they are often reacting to their own fundamentalist upbringing.