1. How dare you call me a fundamentalist

Comment #40573 by cheerful hamster on May 14, 2007 at 1:56 pm

If the definition of fundamentalism is "a movement or attitude stressing strict and literal adherence to a set of basic principles", and those principles are rationality and the scientific method, why should we feel insulted?

Transparently the theists are trying to tar us with all the popular bad connotations they themselves have given that word, but I think it would be far more useful to cut to the heart of the matter - yes, atheists have a fundamentally different way of assessing reality, one based on evidence. I personally have no problem with calling myself a fundamentalist in that regard.