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To what degree or in what manner do fundamentalist religions change?
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By their nature fundamentalist religions don't change much.To what degree or in what manner do fundamentalist religions change?
Let the pettifoggery begin!
By their nature fundamentalist religions don't change much.
But by the principles of evolution they will change when their survival is threatened (haemorrhaging adherents) or die out.
So they will change in a manner that keeps the pews filled and to the degree that the goal is just performed.
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To what degree or in what manner do fundamentalist religions change?
By their nature fundamentalist religions don't change much.
But by the principles of evolution they will change when their survival is threatened (haemorrhaging adherents) or die out.
So they will change in a manner that keeps the pews filled and to the degree that the goal is just performed.
I think the appropriate answer here is dependant on one's definition of 'fundamentalist'.
To be a 'fundamentalist', in the technical definition of the term, implies strict literalism and a return to perceived "fundamentals", in terms of non-negotiable values or doctrines of a given creed.
If that's what one means by fundamentalism, then it is often both inflexible and inherently resistant - one could say impervious - to having those core beliefs challenged or 'changed' in any way to accommodate situations or societies that would desire the fundamentalist to 'compromise' on some of their fundamentals.
On the other hand, fundamentalism is often characterised by a 'radical reactionary' mindset that seeks to "change" mainstream or normative institutional religious frameworks which the fundamentalist deems to have strayed from the path of truth or been corrupted - and thus, in this sense, fundamentalist religions can be capable of seismic "change", just not in a progressive sense.
To what degree or in what manner do fundamentalist religions change?
Let the pettifoggery begin!