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"Bible bashing" redirects here. For opposition to Christianity, see Anti-Christian sentiment.

Bible thumper (alternatively Bible basher^[1]) is a pejorative term used to describe someone perceived as aggressively imposing their Christian beliefs upon others. The term derives from preachers thumping their hands down on the Bible to emphasize a point during a sermon. The term's target domain is broad and can often extend to anyone engaged in a public show of religion, fundamentalist or not. The term is most commonly used in English-speaking countries.^[2] Similar epithets include Fundie, Holy Roller and Jesus freak.

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^ Dalzell, Tom (2007). The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English. London: Routledge. p. 51. ISBN 978-0-415-21259-5. http://books.google.com/books?id=7UIjVGcSe8MC&pg=PA51&dq=%22bible+thumper%22+etymology&hl=en&ei=aiPmTuPbCKy10QGixbzZBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CDoQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=%22bible%20thumper%22%20etymology&f=false.
^ Gilbert, Robert E. (October 1, 2008). "Ronald Reagan's Presidency: The Impact of an Alcoholic Parent". Political Psychology 29 (5): 737–765. doi:10.1111/j.1467-9221.2008.00662.x. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467-9221.2008.00662.x/full.

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