My Current Situation

if they were fundamentalist, they werent mussies
what i mean is, the term "fundamentalist" is specific to Christians, who hold to the "irreducible" fundamentals of the Christian Faith, as laid out in "the fundamentals, a testimony to the truth"
it is a collection of 90 essays by leading Christian theologians and was published as a four book series in 1917 (i have a copy in my library)
if i remember correctly, the 5 fundamentals are:
the plenary inspiration of the Word of God
the Deity of Christ
the sufficiency of His Sacrifice
the Virgin birth
and as always, the fifth one escapes me

my point is, the term fundamentalist is exclusive to the Christian religion, and though i understand what you meant, there has got to be a better word for it (though they would be infinitely better of if they were fundamentalist)


pardon my intrusion, carry on

from The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

Fundamentalism: noun, A usually religious movement or point of view characterized by a return to fundamental principles, by rigid adherence to those principles, and often by intolerance of other views and opposition to secularism.

That's the definition I was thinking of, particularly the intolerance part.