re: #169 Walter L. Newton

Yes, I mentioned that.

Now our Wiki friends go on to define a “fundamentalist” as:

“refers to a belief in a strict adherence to a set of basic principles (often religious in nature)…”

I will stick to the term “extremist” from now on, but what I had in mind was more the “strict adherence” part rather than the religious aspect.

The fact that it seems to be closely connected to religious beliefs just tells us a lot about how a lot of people view their religion, and does not necessarily reflect on the religion itself.