evolved into something very different from the fundamentalists. Two totally different sects of Christians. The puritans would now be known largely as congregationalists, and they're largely liberal. They're joined by the Quakers, who are perhaps the MOST liberal of all Christian denominations.
The fundamentalists evolved more from mainline protestants who were later arrivals, like the Baptists and methodists, and who weren't puritans.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/monkeyt.../e_gospel.html
And, said fundamentalists AROSE from the issue of evolution, so it's not at all ironic that they're still fighting that battle.
Catz