Liberal Religion vs. Conservative Religion, Is One Inherently Better?
Blogsnark: Liberal Religion vs. Conservative Religion, Is One Inherently Better? Sunday June 4, 2006 #spacer{clear:left}#abc #sidebar{margin-top:1.5em}zSB(3,3)It’s common – far too common – for liberal religious believers to act like their form of religion is superior to what you find among conservatives and fundamentalists. They act like they have the only “true” religion and others are following a corrupted form of that religion. Funny, but isn’t that the same thing which the fundamentalists say? Barbara O’Brien writes at Glen Greenwalds blog in response to Barry Seidmans criticisms of people trying to organize a Religious Left political movement: Christianity may be the most dogmatic major religion on the planet, I admit. In most denominations the follower is presented with an elaborate belief system and told he must accept these beliefs absolutely; doubt often is considered weakness. Since the West is ov