Which Christian denomination is generally more Liberal; Protestant or Catholic?
I know there are loads of protestant denominations, but I'm just asking generally. Also excluding the fundamentalists.
I'm a liberal (more of a leftist) Catholic. I know many, many liberal Catholics. However, I know some who are extremely conservative, as well. In Protestantism, you'll find a really wide range of viewpoints, too. The most theologically and socially liberal of the Protestant denominations include Episcopalians, the United Church of Christ, Metropolitan Community Churches, Swedenborgians, Unity, Unitarian Universalists (although that group includes non-Christians as well as Christians), Quakers, and others. It would also depend upon the area in which you live (for instance, the Southern U.S. has its liberals, but on the whole, is going to be more conservative overall than, say, California).
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January 26 2009 09:36 am | Protestant
guitarrman45 on 26 Jan 2009 at 2:41 pm #
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solarius on 26 Jan 2009 at 3:19 pm #
I'm a liberal (more of a leftist) Catholic. I know many, many liberal Catholics. However, I know some who are extremely conservative, as well. In Protestantism, you'll find a really wide range of viewpoints, too. The most theologically and socially liberal of the Protestant denominations include Episcopalians, the United Church of Christ, Metropolitan Community Churches, Swedenborgians, Unity, Unitarian Universalists (although that group includes non-Christians as well as Christians), Quakers, and others. It would also depend upon the area in which you live (for instance, the Southern U.S. has its liberals, but on the whole, is going to be more conservative overall than, say, California).
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attan on 26 Jan 2009 at 3:43 pm #
that's a generalization and so there is no right or true answer to this. They are both part of a faith that believes that God is the master of all and Jesus is his only begotten son.
Here's a few questions:
If man is made in the image of God, why should he worship a God? Does God worship a God? No, because he wouldn't be God.
If Jesus needed to save us from our sins, why do we still sin? And how is this moral? I can do any wrong I want and it doesn't matter, since Jesus saved me. It's moronic.
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James O on 26 Jan 2009 at 4:29 pm #
There are some 30,000+ Protestant denominations and most are "Bible Conservative"
Even excluding Fundamentalists, most groups seem conservative or traditional in sex morality
The Catholic Church of course is traditional and orthodox in morality both sexual and other life issue morality but also in ecomonic morality which would actually dispose it more to the Left("I was hungry and you gave me no food…" and the encyclicals on economic life)
Liberal Protestant Churches ,such as UCC in USA, are more leftist in sex and life issue morality (situation ethics, "gay marriage", abortion,contraception, cohabitation, etc) and are to the Left in ecomonic and political issues.
So the Catholic Church is more liberal on science (evolution) and economy than many Protestant Evangelicals such as Lutheran Church -Missouri Synod and just as traditional in life issues ( and more so on contraception and divorce and remarriage)
but less so on sexual and life issues( if one sees "liberal" as permissive" and "leftist") than Liberal Protestant Churches ("Mainline " like ABC, TEC,PCSA, UMC, etc)
the most leftist and theologically liberal is UU(Unitarian Universalist)
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Kate on 26 Jan 2009 at 4:39 pm #
It kind of depends on the person. Born-again Christians tend to vote conservatively, (they are the religious right in the US). Catholics can be either. Many Catholics are politically conservative, because the Catholic Church takes a hard line on abortion/abortative birth control. But many other Catholics are liberals because they believe that families need the government support programs that liberals endorse.
The more mainstream protestants I know don't seem to follow a particular party line. This has just been my experience, however.
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http://www.bible-reviews.com on 26 Jan 2009 at 4:59 pm #
"Protestant" is not a denomination. Your question is like asking, "what is faster, a Chevy Blazer of Fords?" There are literally thousands of Protestant sects – some of which are much more liberal than the Roman Catholic Church, some of which are much more conservative.
Jim, http://www.bible-reviews.com
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