The basic premis of the attraction to the fundamentalist movement is their view on the personal relationship with Christ and being born again. On more than one occassion I have tried to ask what makes the fundamentalist view on salvation any different than the Catholics view and it seems I can never get a clear answer.
What I do know is this group, as a rule, does not hold the Catholic Church in high regard. I have heard it referred to as that voodoo religion, and I frequently hear it disparaged for introducing paegan elements into the religion. In general there seems to be the opinion that anyone who does not believe exactly as the fundamentalists believe is doomed.
Where I have a huge problem is the fundamentalist movement is roughly only about 100 to 150 years old. Though the development of the movement can be traced to both Luther and Calvin, it has only been recently that there has been heavy emphasis placed on the personal salvation and being born again. Though Catholics do share this belief, and always have, I get the impression that it is not good enough for them.
So what is the disposition of the practicing Catholics between the death of Christ and the advent of the Luther and Calvin splits, or even between the Luther and Calvin splits and the born again movement. Were they all misled? It seems to me that in accepting their criticism of the church, you are condeming anyone who lived before the born again movement.