Bible-thumper
Aggressive religious proselytizer
A Bible-thumper is someone who aggressively promotes Christianity, especially through literal interpretation of scripture.
The term is dismissive or mocking, suggesting zealotry and closed-mindedness: My uncle's a real Bible-thumper who thinks everything is a sin.
The image is of someone pounding the Bible for emphasis while preaching.
Also Bible-beater.
Overly zealous person
- fundamentalistStrict original-doctrine adherent
- extremistOne holding fringe views
- firebrandAgitator or burning stick
- crusaderZealous advocate for change
militant · devotee · fervent · obsessive · uncompromising · radical · hardliner · fire-and-brimstone
Religious sermon deliverer
- proselytizeAdvocate one's beliefs
- gospelSacred choral tradition
- salvationDeliverance from harm
- revivalReturn after decline
sermon · missionary · convert · testimony · crusade · pulpit · ministry · evangelism
Following long-held customs
- pro-lifeAgainst elective pregnancy termination
- puritanicalExcessively strict about morals
- old-fashionedBelonging to earlier times
- conventionalFollowing accepted practices
Violation of divine law
- damnationEternal punishment decree
- repentanceRemorseful rejection of past wrongs
- hellfireEternal punishment by flame
- abstinenceVoluntary forgoing of indulgences
temperance · modesty · purity · righteousness · condemnation · wrath · fornication · abomination
Wholly free from fault
- infallibleIncapable of being wrong
- scripturalOf sacred writings
- creationistOrigins-by-design proponent
- GenesisFirst biblical book
fanatic
Overly zealous person
- fundamentalistStrict original-doctrine adherent
- extremistOne holding fringe views
- firebrandAgitator or burning stick
crusader · militant · devotee · fervent · obsessive · uncompromising · radical · hardliner · fire-and-brimstone · holier-than-thou
preacher
Religious sermon deliverer
- proselytizeAdvocate one's beliefs
- gospelSacred choral tradition
- salvationDeliverance from harm
revival · sermon · missionary · convert · testimony · crusade · pulpit · ministry · evangelism · born-again
traditional
Following long-held customs
- pro-lifeAgainst elective pregnancy termination
- puritanicalExcessively strict about morals
- old-fashionedBelonging to earlier times
sin
Violation of divine law
- damnationEternal punishment decree
- repentanceRemorseful rejection of past wrongs
- hellfireEternal punishment by flame
abstinence · temperance · modesty · purity · righteousness · condemnation · wrath · fornication · abomination · backslider
inerrant
Wholly free from fault
- infallibleIncapable of being wrong
- scripturalOf sacred writings
- creationistOrigins-by-design proponent
Bible-thumperSunday Christian
Person religious only at services
secular humanist · freethinker · spiritual but not religious · cafeteria Catholic
Bible-thumperatheist
One denying gods exist
secularist · nonbeliever · agnostic · heathen · godless
Bible-thumperfreethinker
Rejects doctrine for reason
skeptic · rationalist · empiricist · doubter · questioner
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