Tom Oord: Eschew Fundamentalism in All Its Forms

Hat Tip: Science & Religion Today

One of the aspects of the New Atheism that I find less than scholarly is their narrow appropriation of what counts as knowledge. As someone who hangs around Christian fundamentalists more than most scholars, I see this same tendency in their ranks.
This leads me to think that the New Atheism parallels Christian fundamentalism in both its narrow consideration for what counts as legitimate knowledge and the concomitant fanaticism of their view.
I propose that we eschew fundamentalism in all its forms—both Christian and atheist—and open ourselves to the evidence we find in the natural sciences, social sciences, theological sciences, religious experience, and moral intuitions.