This paper will examine the monopolistic truth claims of various religious fundamentalisms. These have been, and are continuing to be, observed during an ethnographic, or participant-observational, field study on Paltalk, an online multimedia chat service, via text, microphone, and webcam.

The poststructural approach taken here will attempt to deconstruct certain of the theological narratives witnessed on Paltalk into a post-theological sociology; that is to say, a sociology of religions which critiques all attempts at the reification of religious knowledge.

Points to cover:

1. I have been working on the project since May, 2006, and am an administrator in the room.
2. Name of Room: The Great Debate Who is Jesus
3. It is one of the largest rooms in the Christianity section of Paltalk (often the largest).
4. Three room owners: two non-trinitarian Christians and another with an unusual approach to trinitarianism and a strong belief in extraterrestrial influence
5. Room participants include persons from a variety of religious backgrounds, including: fundamentalist Christians, evangelical Christians, liberal Christians, Muslims, Buddhists, UFO enthusiasts, Wiccans, Neopagans, Bahá'ís, and others.
6. Rules of the room: Everyone is allowed to speak in here, regardless of beliefs... 3-4 min on mic if hands are up, no personal attacks, no promoting religious material for personal profit, no red text(unless you’re an admin), don’t use ALL CAPS, don’t flood the room, don’t jump the mic, no yelling on mic, don't question how admins run the room, no music/files unless permission by admin...admins will use their discression and may occasionally go beyond these rules.
7. Many of the participants might be categorized as "fundamentalists." For our purposes here, a fundamentalist is defined as a person hostile, on the basis of religious traditionalism, to one or more aspects of modernity or postmodernity. Their characteristics may include intolerance, a difficulty with relativity, absolute moral values, anti-scientific thinking (believing in special creation or intelligent design).
8. In this room, one of the more common behaviors I observe is the repeated accusations of lying. Differences of opinion are constructed as lying. When I have challenged people on this label, most have responded by quoting Psalms 116:11, "All men are liars." (The actual passage verse reads in its entirety, "I said in my haste, All men [are] liars." Obviously, those first five words may considerably alter what the individual was writing.)
9. Discuss the point of Structurization Theory (nominalism, constructionism, particulars not real, names or categories as abstractions or social constructions).
10. Examine the room in the context of Structurization Theory. Focus on differing constructions and conflicts between room participants on their constructions.