I can always construct a Biblical argument for my wishes, and can reject the contrary arguments as an attempt to foist a Creed upon me. My wishes will come in fact not from Scripture but from the impulses of my fallen nature and from the influences of the surrounding culture. Therefore, the tendency of Protestant Fundamentalism will always be towards adoption of the beliefs of the surrounding culture. The lag of a generation or so in some groups simply means that the slide into the cultural stew has a slow lane as well as a fast lane. Liberal Protestantism is the fast lane to cultural accommodation.
Fundamentalism is the slow lane.
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