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[RainDog]

113. Fundamentalism in the U.S. refers to a cultural movement

that began in the 1920s that stressed the "fundamentals" of the bible for protestants.

Fundamentalism held that evolution was not true, that the bible is a literal "historical" document of events and that segregation, btw, was also part of god's plan - the KKK was heavily aligned with fundamentalist religious groups and politicians at the time.

The Scopes trial figured into the fundamentalist movement - its primary motivation was a reactionary response to science.

Catholicism doesn't deny evolution. No doubt the Catholic church has also had its moments, with Galileo and now, with women.

But fundamentalist protestants and conservative Catholics have found common ground in aspects of the culture wars - such as oppression of women and the GBLT population in the U.S.

Fundamentalist Protestants, traditionally, have hated the Catholic church and claimed it was the "whore of Babylon" mentioned in the book of Revelations because of the "pagan" worship of saints, and because Catholic doctrine claims the Pope is inerrant and b/c, all the way back to Martin Luther, Protestants claimed the right to interpret the bible according to individual conscience, rather than decree - tho the fundie prots also make certain claims that their congregants are supposed to adhere to in order to be a member in good standing.

So, whether the current Pope has agreements with fundie prot povs isn't the point - they have major doctrinal differences and fundies would never claim the pope as their spokesperson.