Bible Quote by Bart D. Ehrman

Fundamentalists are panicked by the apparent disintegration of the family, the disappearance of certainty and the decay of morality. Fear leads them to ask,…

— Garrett Hardin

Fundamentalism does mean reading quite conservatively and literally, saying 'the Bible is the word of God and we have to follow it. What it…

— Elaine Pagels

I've about given up on the fundamentalists, who have become so legalistic and letter-bound to the Bible.

— Anita Bryant

“we must renounce reading the Bible to find arguments to justify our behavior or that of our group.”

— Frank Schaeffer

You don't have to be a Fundamentalist Christian to be interested in the Bible. It's really a fascinating mythology.

— Robert Crumb

“By ignoring the apparent contradictions of scripture, fundamentalism ignores its questions, reducing its complexity to implicit equations. Hate equals love; obedience is freedom.”

— Jeff Sharlet

“Because modern critical thinking is corrosive of conventional religious beliefs, some Christians reject applying it to the Bible and Christianity. The result is fundamentalism…

— Marcus J. Borg

“A fundamentalist is a person who considers whether a fact is acceptable to his religion before he explores it. As opposed to a curious…

— Seth Godin

“Whether you are a believer—fundamentalist, evangelical, moderate, liberal—or a nonbeliever, the Bible is the most significant book in the history of our civilization. Coming…

— Bart D. Ehrman

Because of their excessive commitment to a literal Bible, fundamentalist Christians have fallen into the trap of biblioltry.

— Mel White

“We shouldn't go to the Bible to back up what we believe. We should look to the Bible to determine what we believe.”

— Jayce O'Neal

“Whenever we pick up the Bible, read it, put it down, and say, “That’s just what I thought,” we are probably in trouble.”

— Ellen F. Davis