(November 17, 2021 at 4:50 pm)vulcanlogician Wrote: But what about the more rational and/or liberal theists? What's your opinion of their beliefs? I'm personally thinking of Quakers, Biologos Christians, and (in particular) a Jewish pantheist I've been following on YouTube. Not familiar with liberal Muslims (unless you count Rumi) but I'm sure they're out there.
Liberal theists can be interesting to talk to, but I think they have a huge blind-spot where the tenets of Christianity are concerned. They want heaven, and know that throwing out the myth of Jesus-is-God will condemn them in Christianity's eyes.
Liberal usually means showing tolerance and using reason. I think there is a lot of cognitive dissonance between their "reason" and their need to believe.
