Fundamentalism says
Someone's beliefs always affects every area of their lives.
Someone's lifestyle always affects every area of their beliefs.
"Don't trust an atheist, communist or homosexual"
Mainstream evangelicalism* says
Someone's beliefs or lifestyle can have an affect on any area of their lifestyle or beliefs.
Fundamentalism says
God tells us exactly what to think about every area of life.
We can always understand perfectly what God tells us.
"I vote/parent/think that way cause that's what God's word says"
Mainstream evangelicalism says
We should seek humbly to apply God's word to every area of life.
We can only imperfectly understand what God tells us.
Fundamentalism says
There is no different between a law and a principle.
"If women are to be busy at home they can never go back to the secular workforce"
Mainstream evangelicalism says
Laws are universal and timeless, principles are flexible.
*I don't know what the best nomenclature is here. I try to find something that was fairly neutral.
Fundamentalism and mainstream evangelicalism
