Respecting Christian family and friends

[watchamadoodle]

Not really - rigid beliefs make it hard to adapt to new situations.

I agree that flexibility is good sometimes, but there are sometimes when rigidity wins.
For example, a Catholic marries a Protestant. The Catholic insists on a Catholic marriage ceremony (the Protestant doesn't care). Then after the wedding preparations are almost done and it is too late to change churches, the Catholic priest insists that the Protestant swear to raise any children as Catholics. The more rigid denomination replicates.