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Christian Liberals & Progressive People of Faith

WildEyedLiberal

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10. There are many Roman Catholic priests who also hold PhDs in astrophysics and biology

Reply to AlbertCat (Reply #5)

Mon Dec 12, 2011, 02:54 AM

Dec 2011

The Catholic Church does not deny evolution and the Vatican has legitimate scientists. I would say that satisfies the "championing science and empirical study" criteria. Surely we don't have to go down that old tired road of discussing Galileo, since I would argue that what happens now is more persuasive to a present-day argument than what happened 500 years ago.

Also, I have no problem with your post because it's pretty civil, but this IS the Christian Liberals group, so this is probably not the place to demand that religious people justify why they consider their faith progressive. Clearly many of us do, else we would not be here and this group would not exist.

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The fact that there are 5 times as many atheists as Christian Left on DU3 -- kinda says it all. [View all] Leopolds Ghost Dec 2011 OP

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Survey A Physicist Dec 2011 #2

I think it is referring to the amount of posts in the 2 different groups - Tuesday Afternoon Dec 2011 #4

Says all of what? I am agnostic and don't begrudge anyone their beliefs. geckosfeet Dec 2011 #3

Most religions do espouse liberal social agendas. AlbertCat Dec 2011 #5

Well, the religious texts themselves tend to be liberal Muskypundit Dec 2011 #6

the religious texts themselves tend to be liberal AlbertCat Dec 2011 #7

Well which others ones would you consider the major world religions? Muskypundit Dec 2011 #9

Not to make this a religious debate, but how do you tell the difference... Humanist_Activist Dec 2011 #18

But, i LOVE religious debates! I am jewish, remember? Muskypundit Dec 2011 #19

So you make it up as you go along? n/t Humanist_Activist Dec 2011 #21

Yes. Just like life. Muskypundit Dec 2011 #22

Yeah. That's what we do. Critters2 Dec 2011 #26

Girard likes to say "Jesus is our interpretive lens" nt Critters2 Dec 2011 #23

See, that just illuminates my problem with religion in general... Humanist_Activist Dec 2011 #24

Oh, great. Now we get criticized for discussing our faith in a group supposedly dedicated to our Critters2 Dec 2011 #25

"I prefer to at least try to see things as they really are rather than what I'd like them to be." Fortinbras Armstrong Jul 2013 #28

There are many Roman Catholic priests who also hold PhDs in astrophysics and biology WildEyedLiberal Dec 2011 #10

Good points all. And for the religious institutions generally true. I do think community based geckosfeet Dec 2011 #11

You're basing your view of the population on group activity? darkstar3 Dec 2011 #8

I'm just posting because I'm interested in keeping this group going. JDPriestly Dec 2011 #12

I'm a UU JustAnotherGen Dec 2011 #13

Maybe we should have a UU group? JDPriestly Dec 2011 #15

Woo hoo! JustAnotherGen Dec 2011 #17

That's only because we curl up and allow its. Thats my opinion Dec 2011 #14

if you have taken a look at r/t in DU 2 or religion in DU 3 Thats my opinion Dec 2011 #16

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