(November 22, 2021 at 1:22 pm)The Grand Nudger Wrote: I’m not talking about theists at all. Theism, god belief…like belief in the afterlife, is a superstition, not a religion.
What you’re more used to in the uk -is- a liberal religion.
I have to say, I still don't see exactly how you're defining it, but I guess it doesn't matter. Basically on the one hand in the UK we don't (to my knowledge) have extreme churches like the Westboro Baptist Church who preach hate... so in comparison to things like that, UK churches are indeed liberal. But if you were to lay out the most extreme examples of American churches, WBC and its ilk on one side vs the sort of liberal, gay-friendly church that Belacqua was talking about on the other, then on that scale I wouldn't say UK churches are particularly liberal... or at least not necessarily... just middle of the road really. For instance I can't imagine them doing same-sex weddings at my dad's church or any other church I've been to growing up. So basically it seems to depend on what you mean by 'liberal' and what it is contrasted with.
