The 1963 BFM reflects the belief that truth is personal. The 2000 BFM reflects the belief that truth is rational. Mainstream Baptists believe that truth is personal. Jesus is the way, the truth and the life. For Mainstream Baptists, Jesus embodies Eternal Truth and real faith can only be established in a personal relationship with Him.
Fundamentalists are uncomfortable with processes of spiritual growth and discovery.
For Fundamentalists, truth must be objective and rational. Fundamentalists believe that truth is embodied in the cold, dead logic of timeless precepts and rational propositions. The Fundamentalists are not alone in establishing their faith on logic and reason. The Pharisees perfected it. The mindset of the Pharisees lives on in the faith of Fundamentalism.