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In a message dated 3/13/04 07:37:29 PM Central Standard Time,
Lmanathome@... writes:
I had a different understanding of shele428's posting than Sandra's response.
I understood shele428 to be saying not to judge all christian homeschoolers
as being limited in scope and that not all fundamentalist and christian
homeschoolers are pushy, school at home types. (She being a case in point.) And
that assuming anything about "all" christian homeschoolers is a form of bigotry.
Shele428, did i get this right? Perhaps I misunderstood.

Lisa H.
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I don't think any of us have ever said ALL Christian homeschoolers are
fundamentalists or that all fundamentalists are pushy school-at-home types. But the
majority ARE. And if someone is not aware of this very vocal movement they
should be. I am a Christian, but not a fundamentalist, and I have some views that
many Christians would probably consider unchristian, I'm sure. As such I'm in
a minority amongst the fundamentalist-rigid-child suppressing-Christian-Right
Wing-School-at-homers (as a Christian who homeschools particularly unschools
because most who are like the above do not unschool) and with unschoolers as
well. (But I am accepted with unschoolers; Christian or not where I would never
be with the above mentioned.)

It is too bad that there are degrees of Christianity. And anyone who would
say there aren't is lying to himself. I am active in my church; participate on
various councils, women's group, youth leader, etc. But there are those who
would say after all that that I am not a good Christian nor am I the "right" kind
of Christian. I don't wear a dress every day, I don't sit my kids down at 8
am sharp every morning for prayer and lessons, I don't go to the "right"
church, I don't practice wifely submission, I don't read my bible everyday ... Then
there are the things I do! I do believe in women's rights, I do listen to all
sorts of music, I do believe in listening to my kids and truly hearing their
voices and opinions, I do "allow" them to participate in sports and mingle with
all sorts of other motley children, I do "allow" interests and individualism
.... All of which make me unfit as a Christian in their eyes.

So where I see the OP's point in that using the word fundie for
fundamentalist is a slight or slur, I must object to the insinuation that its use makes for
bigotry. Because I will be friends with you no strings attached I don't care
if you wear a dress or not, worship trees or God or nothing. But Mary down the
street won't give you or me the time of day because I have cage free kids and
no matter what committee I join, or how often I go to church it will never be
right or enough in her eyes. So who is the bigot?

~Nancy


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arcarpenter2003

--- In [email protected], Dnowens@a... wrote:
> So where I see the OP's point in that using the word fundie for
> fundamentalist is a slight or slur,

Ah, I think that was me who used the word fundie. If the word
bothered you, I do apologize. I didn't mean harm -- it was shorter
than typing out fundamentalist, and that was the only reason I used
it. I didn't mean a slur, just something that wasn't for me.

Peace,
Amy