Meet a true fundamentalist and you will meet a person who is plagued with an overactive case of certainty. For the fundamentalist knows that he knows that he knows that he is right about…everything. For to be wrong about anything, even the smallest, tiniest detail would be to open himself up to the attacks of [...]

For the aspiring fundamentalist preacher boy here is the end-all of instruction manuals for how to succeed in the ministry. A few nuggets of wisdom from this book: Do I? It’s like he’s reading my mind! What a great pastor I could be if I weren’t messing around with people all day long! It’s also [...]

What’s wrong with this picture? And in case you’re wondering, it is an actual picture from a fundamentalist church which comes to us via the rotating header of Faith Baptist Church of Avon. Many thanks to Steve for this catch.

Although there are exceptions, fundamentalist churches are predominantly full of (and I’m generalizing here) middle aged white people who like to watch reruns of the Lawrence Welk show. This lack of diversity comes as no surprise given the uneasy history of fundies with race relations. If you managed to get all the way through Christian high school [...]

Thanks to reader GuessWho for this classic example.

“Christians should never watch movies rated PG-13″, intones the fundamentalist. “Why not?” asks his companion. “I don’t see any reason why this movie is so bad.” “You’re asking the wrong question,” says the fundamentalist sternly. “Asking ‘why not?’ is the trick of rebellious children and compromisers. What you need to be asking is ‘why do [...]

Thanks to Stephen for the picture

Loyal SFL reader Erin sent along today’s fundy website pick of the week: modestapparelusa.com. I think that it goes without saying that if you’ve ever owned a maternity culotte slip, you’re probably a fundamentalist. And yes they are available up to size 4xlarge. (I’ll leave you for a moment to ponder that.) Since it’s also [...]