Christian Liberals & Progressive People of Faith

Festivito

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4. Enjoying your post, I wonder how you define liberal.

Sun Dec 11, 2011, 07:05 AM

Dec 2011

Perhaps, I guess, you define liberal as not conservative, while defining conservative as conserving heritage.

Your examples show me a liberal in sense of liberty for women, poor, ... ,etc, which seems to come from your Biblically-based conservative ideology.

I like fiscal conservativism exemplified by Al Gore streamlining government, reducing size and cost of government services, only, intelligently. This has me called a Liberal by Conservative friends who cannot seem to answer the question: what do they conserve.

I see my self as liberal and you as "one of us." (And, a friend)

So, I'm seeing the title of the forum as somehow needing to incorporate both liberal and progressive.

Aside: Your post shows a time of 9:06 AM ET despite my calm assurance that it is before 7AM ET. I think I'll note this in the Meta forum.

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When are Christian Liberals not Progressive People of Faith? [View all] Festivito Dec 2011 OP

There is a distinction. But I agree with you that Progressive People of Faith pnwmom Dec 2011 #1

Is the & in the forum title mathematical or logical, adding the two or excluding not being both. Festivito Dec 2011 #3

I'm progressive, but not liberal Betty Karlson Dec 2011 #2

Enjoying your post, I wonder how you define liberal. Festivito Dec 2011 #4

"liberal" as meant in the theological way Betty Karlson Dec 2011 #5

I memorized Heidelberg as a junior high-age confirmand. I still know what my only hope in life and Critters2 Dec 2011 #9

I don't know how to get that waving smiley Betty Karlson Dec 2011 #11

Hey, yeah. Where'd the emoticons go? Critters2 Dec 2011 #12

I am both theologically and politically liberal supernova Dec 2011 #6

all Christian liberals are progressive people of faith arely staircase Dec 2011 #7

The point of distinction is clear. Bucky Dec 2011 #8

It is troubling. I travel in Girardian circles, and many of my peers are Catholic Critters2 Dec 2011 #10

Christian Liberals are Progressive People of Faith, however... Taverner Dec 2011 #13