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Categorization of Fundies.
rageaholic:
Yeah, I'm bored so I made the list of fundies.
-The apologetic: Relies on really bad logic and reasoning to try to prove god. They attempt to approach things scientifically and logically, but the logic is simplified and doesn't take into account third options (ie: others religions may be right). They often fail to understand the concepts they are critiquing (mainly evolution) so their arguements also fail. Think of venomfangx of youtube fame for an extreme example of one.
-The Ranting Fool: Not so much fundie as they are bigoted jerks. They rant on feminists, homosexuals, Muslims, blacks, gays, or anyone who they don't like. However, they aren't necessarly religious, and if they are, it doesn't show so much, nor do they use it to justify their views. Some are rather extreme and scary (particularly the racists and sexists) but for the most part, they just come across as grumpy old men who have never come out of their time period.
-The political fundie: The most dangerous. These are the ones who have political power, and in some cases, try to run for President. They are almost always Republican (Rick Perry, Sarah Palin, Michelle Bachman). It's hard to tell if their really religious or if they are just using religion to appeal to the masses, but either way, they are a scary bunch.
-The Cult Leader: The most extreme and evil of the bunch. They are like the political fundies only on a smaller scale. However that doesn't make them any less influencial. They are very good at mind games and use them to control people in their community. They are the ones who use the bible to advocate horrific ideas, such as child abuse, treating women as property (and blaming them for what happens), and in some extreme cases, murder. To keep those in line, they claim that the outside world is evil and will corrupt your soul. Think Fred Phelps, Michael Pearl, Jack Hyles, Ronald E Williams, and David J Stewart. What makes them dangerous and scary are that they are viral, creating...
-The Paranoid Extremist: These are the ones who are sucked into the cult. They are paranoid about... well just about anything. Every second they live they live for "god" and think that even fellow Christians are going to hell. They most likely live in constant fear and depression about the devil, hell, and the rapture. They worry about every little sin possibly sending them to hell, and are completely shut off from any media unless it's faith related. Think most of the people on rapture ready.
-The conspiracy theorist: Similar to the Paranoid Extremist and the Cult Leader, they live in paranoia and fear, thinking that nothing on earth is as they see it. However, these guys are not necessarly religious, they just have some very scary ideas.
-The Street Preacher: The ones going on the street telling all the pedestrians they are going to hell. They typically go after women who they think are dressed immodestly or gay people, trying to "save" them. However, this usually doesn't go over well with some of the people who strike back against them. Usually this just feeds their ego, believing they are being persecuted for Christ. For an example of one,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObmTojbmw94
Feel free to add your own, comment, or critique.
Random Gal:
Flame Warriors is always good for categorizing Internet users in general. While most fundies are some variety of Deacon, Artful Dodger and Ferrous Cranus tend to show up among creationists a lot.
Another category of fundie would have to be The Prophet of Doom. This guy will make predictions of the imminent Rapture/Apocalypse/End of Days/whatever using questionable readings of the Bible or some other equally-improbable method and convince enough gullible people into following him and threaten even more people. When the world inevitably fails to end on schedule, he will simply start over with another prediction and repeat until people finally stop listening.
Lithp:
I was just thinking, the idea is similar to Flame Warriors, but different. Maybe Flame Warriors should have a subpage for Fundies?
I've been reading about the whole issue over the banner, & this one guy gave me 2 ideas for categories, though I'm not sure what you'd call them.
One talks horrible, hateful shit towards you. You're going to Hell. You deserve to be hated & beaten up. You're a cunt. You're stupid. Everyone agrees with me &, consequently, hates you. Et cetera. But what's the source of his beef with you? You're persecuting him, of course! Also, if you so much as swear, it shows what a hateful ad hominem-prone individual you are.
Another lists incredibly looooooong obviously copy/pasted lists of "evidence" against evolution. This somehow proves Creationism. The evidence is usually so incredibly wrong that you can shoot down 90% of it on an elementary school education. If you fail to rebuke EVERY SINGLE THING, you lose. If you do manage to tackle the whole list, don't you have something better to do? A good example is "101 Scientific Facts in the Bible," which is notable for the vast majority of its entries not only being incorrect, but having nothing to do with scientific issues.
Osama bin Bambi:
--- Quote from: Random Guy on January 17, 2012, 09:25:25 pm ---Flame Warriors is always good for categorizing Internet users in general. While most fundies are some variety of Deacon, Artful Dodger and Ferrous Cranus tend to show up among creationists a lot.
Another category of fundie would have to be The Prophet of Doom. This guy will make predictions of the imminent Rapture/Apocalypse/End of Days/whatever using questionable readings of the Bible or some other equally-improbable method and convince enough gullible people into following him and threaten even more people. When the world inevitably fails to end on schedule, he will simply start over with another prediction and repeat until people finally stop listening.
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I think the Prophet of Doom would probably be a subcategory of the Klaxon.
rageaholic:
Wow that flame warriors is pretty neat. It's like a TVtropes for message board users.
Apologetic: Ferrous Cranus.
Ranting Fool: Troglodyte
A lot of others would be Klaxons (particularly the doomsday and hellfire preachers).
Religious types who comment on blogs come across as Furious Typers.
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