Although there may be many things that a fundamentalist pastor will instruct his congregation to do, ” get a second opinion” will never be among them. For a fundamentalist, truth is not found by listening to all the evidence and getting as many perspectives as possible.  To the contrary,  it is only when a person has finally shut out all voices but one that he may be sure that he has found the absolute, total and perfect truth.  Truth is just another word for no dissent.

Like the man who wears two watches, how can anyone be sure that he has the truth if more than one point of view is present? It is so much simpler to subscribe the views of one preacher. One church. One camp. In the multitude of counselors there is…way too much bothersome information.

You hear only the sound of my voice…

To illustrate this point, here is a fundamentalist pastor describing the best way to get counsel…