re: Fundamentalism and Science
Judaism has a concept of "holy anxiety" - there are some things Man cannot know, such as the nature of God, and therefore Man must endure some anxiety.
Fundamentalists seem to handle that same anxiety by "knowing" without learning, without evidence, knowing by definition. An example is "Creationism". Therefore, they do not have to either think or feel that anxiety.
In fact, questioning leads to the very anxiety which is unacceptable to them.
I used to wonder why fundamentalists, when scratched, seemed so anxious, so afraid. I believe that's it, and that Judaism has a reasonable approach.
Arf