Mock Trial of Joseph's Brothers

[Dana]

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.

I pretty much agree with you there in that the transfer from a fundamentalist religion transforms into a fundamentalist outlook, although maybe not always.

I went through an anti-theist phase after leaving my faith for a spell. My Catholic and Protestant religious background weren't all that fundamentalist. The concept of an afterlife was more than I could stomach, especially among some rather unpleasant people I would rather not be around. The Christian concept of forgiveness is pretty absolute, and the thought of forever too much.   I'm more or less agnostic now with a real appreciation for Judaism and Hebrew. Hebrew set me free from some of the more, for me, destructive beliefs.