What is the difference between Fundamentalist and Conservative?

[Paul McGraw]

I always think of myself as a Bible-believing Christian. I am new to this forum and I see that here there is a difference between being a Conservative Christian and a Fundamentalist Christian. According to this forum, what is the difference? I have read the statement of faith of each, but they seem identical.

I am going to post the same question on the conservative forum and see what the people there think is the difference. If you really know the answer, please share with me.

 

[SkyWriting]

I always think of myself as a Bible-believing Christian. I am new to this forum and I see that here there is a difference between being a Conservative Christian and a Fundamentalist Christian. According to this forum, what is the difference? I have read the statement of faith of each, but they seem identical.

I am going to post the same question on the conservative forum and see what the people there think is the difference. If you really know the answer, please share with me.

There are no commonly accepted differences.

 

[Willie T]

The difference? Probably a willingness to hear God.

 

[Paul McGraw]

The difference? Probably a willingness to hear God.

I'm sorry, I don't understand. I hear God through reading His Holy Word, the Bible. Is that what you mean?

 

[Willie T]

I'm sorry, I don't understand. I hear God through reading His Holy Word, the Bible. Is that what you mean?

No, it isn't what I mean. Have you ever felt God was impressing upon you to do something that you couldn't specifically find in the pages of the Bible?

 

[Paul McGraw]

No, it isn't what I mean. Have you ever felt God was impressing upon you to do something that you couldn't specifically find in the pages of the Bible?

If you are referring to being called to a particular ministry or a particular spiritual gift, that is simply a specific for something that is generally in the Bible. Being called to give to a particular charity or ministry would also be a specific for something generally instructed in the Bible.

God would never call anyone to do something in opposition to His Holy Word.

Do you call yourself a Fundamentalist Christian?

 

[1watchman]

The best way to settle the matter of fundamentalism or conservatism beside a matter of degrees, is to look for Bible-only assemblies. That means to be testing all things by "all the counsel of God" and "rightly dividing the Word of Truth" There are such gatherings in the world, and one can read some about God's intent for His testimony at the site: Biblecounsel.net on the Internet. One can ask questions there.

 

[Newtheran]

I always think of myself as a Bible-believing Christian. I am new to this forum and I see that here there is a difference between being a Conservative Christian and a Fundamentalist Christian. According to this forum, what is the difference? I have read the statement of faith of each, but they seem identical.

I am going to post the same question on the conservative forum and see what the people there think is the difference. If you really know the answer, please share with me.

Fundamentalist has come to have unspoken implication that one is an IFB, an independent, fundamental, baptist though this isn't inherent to the definition of the word.

1. 1.
   a person who believes in the strict, literal interpretation of scripture in a religion.

 

[jdcastro1972]

Fundamentalists often subscribe to unscientific and irrational beliefs, like young-earth creationism or kjv-onylism.

 

[DragonFox91]

Here at CF it seems Catholics & Orthodox claim title to conservative & traditional (they probably do worldwide), traditional at least. I'd guess a conservative definition would at least include them in its definition.

Fundamentalist is Bible is final authority. We reject 'it's primarily metaphor' or 'it has to be changed to fit the times' or 'changed to appeal to the most people', put plainly we reject 'the pagans are right.'

I've posted a thread in this section recently, how a lot of teachings now rejected as 'too fundamentalist' were originally the bread & butter but lost out to pagan thought infiltrating seminaries & congregations, relatively recently. No we are not crazies.

How Churches Adopted Modernity & Fundamentalism Lost

When I look around, I see so many churches not fundamental. The congregations are full of teachers who teach the Bible's just another story, we'll teach about Jesus but are in fact skeptical ourselves b/c 'science' & we're pretty much only coming here b/c 'better safe than sorry.' I noticed it's...

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