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what's in a name is what instantly comes to mind when hearing that name.

There have been more than a couple of people who have noted certain characteristics with those who are called Fundamentalists.

StephanM noted almost the same as I did.
Evangelist6598 mentioned his time at Bob Jones University in the same vein.
Salty, though objecting, betrayed himself when he associated this warped pants standard with "Fundys"

Those who call themselves Fundamental seem to be denoting fundamental doctrines

But those who call themselves Fundamentalist almost certainly are denoting fundamental behavior

 

The "FIGHTING FUNDAMENTALISTS!" Oh God, please protect us from that insanity!!!

 

So now it's Fundamental vs. Fundamentalist?

Huh? What happened your capitalization-focused classification scheme?:

 

Fundamental seems to go hand in hand with fundamentalism, both in contrast with Fundamentalism.

But as I've said more than once, these "seem" to be the case, "from what I've seen"

I haven't embarked on any kind of scientific study to determine which of them is more or less like the other. I just leave them to their error

 

You keep saying that, but you haven't given any substantive answer to StephanM, Evangelist6598, Salty, me, or anyone else here who has noted the same exact traits in the same brand of churches, in varyious areas of the country.

Maybe you should take a closer look instead of denying the obvious truth expressed by multiple posters

 

And to be fair, I did add qualifiers to my statements. I had a stronger stance until people on this thread changed my mind. I doubt I will ever need to join an IFB church (a LOT of SBC churches are around), but I am not automatically assuming all are legalistic anymore.

I do categorically reject any KJVO churches as unacceptable for me, though.



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I also added qualifiers like "from what I've seen" and didn't take your statements as being without qualification.

 

Fair enough!


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Do you always live life on a pendulum? One extreme or the other? It's either none or all?

Do I have to be a member to observe patterns of practice?

Look, just because you've had a problem with church hopping doesn't mean I have

Says you....

The legalistic "christians" I'm talking about do a disservice to Christ by making Christianity more about behavior than hope in Christ.

 

False. I am a Fundamentalist...and I don't believe it standing on streets and holding signs that God hates fags and preaching hate. Those people preach hatred to such an extreme... They once had a homosexual comeTo their church and they told
Him he wasn't welcome at their church...made me angry they should have preached the gospel To him.. Westboro is not representative of the IFB circles that I am part of.

And yes we believe is separation and high standards. Call it legalism, I believe the bible teaches the things many here cry and claim "legalism".

 

I think it's safe to say on average that a typical SBC church isn't going to have the same "flavor" as an IFB church. The likelihood that a modern version of the Bible will be used from the pulpit in an SBC church is pretty high. It's lower in an IFB church. Even further, it's much more likely on average to find a KJVO church in IFB land than in SBC land.

But that doesn't necessarily mean that all IFBs have the same ideas. They're likely going to "do church" differently than SBC churches, but it's up to individual congregations.

I think everyone should be able to agree on these points.

 

The SBC is a very big tent. Entry restrictions extend little beyond:
1) Baptism by immersion
2) Only male pastors
3) No Pentecostalism

#2 compels SBC churches to lean to the conservative (Bible-believing) side.

SBC churches did a good job of sticking to the KJV and NKJV, at least before [Edited] (excuse me) [You are not excused] unleashed the HCSB to draw SBC churches away from the KJV and NKJV. The HCSB Bible, produced by the SBC's publishing arm, is very modern nothing like the KJV or NKJV.

 

so what? How are you gonna try to tell me what I haven't seen?

 

good grief, Tom. You've lost all sense of objectivity.

I have said over and over "FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN"

Now, until I see something different, then what I see will remain the same. But you still keep using verbiage that makes it look like you're accusing me of having said EVERY...ALL...BAR NONE...WITHOUT EXCEPTION.

Now please notice that I didn't say you made an accusation, but simply noted that your choice of words "looks like" an accusation.

That's how these circus act threads evolve, man. And that's why the church hopping comment. I don't think that for one second.

It was designed to make the point that you don't like it when people read into your words, and neither do I.

I have said "From What I've Seen" Fundamentalists are.....

All I can say is this. If what I've seen of your brand offends you, then you need to work at cleaning up your brand in my area.

If I say that ghettos in KC have a drug problem, don't try to drag me off to a suburb in Georgia to prove that what I've seen in KC isn't true.