Liberal Christianity

Liberal Christianity is just that bit vague. Liberal Christians belong to many different denominations.

Liberal Christian perspective
We've given you below a Christian perspective on Liberal Christianity.

"Perhaps the defining characteristic of liberal Christians is that they are comfortable with ambiguity and diversity. They realize that life is a complex spiritual journey, and that each person on that journey is confronted with unexpected revelations and unique experiences. Liberal Christians therefore welcome a variety of approaches to understanding God, and are open to new ways of talking about the divine. Religious questions are seen as complex, and answers only tentative. Certain that 'now we see through a glass, darkly' (1 Cor. 13:12), liberals are cautious about making dogmatic statements or claiming to have a monopoly on the truth. They see the search for truth as an ongoing task, rather than one that has already been completed."

Basically Liberal Christians are tolerant and spiritual.

Liberal Christians and the Bible
It means believing that the Bible is true, (in parts) that the Bible is inspired by God, (in parts). Liberal Christians aren’t quite sure if God did it or if the Big Bang did it and Evolution did it. Well Liberal Christians believe that God did the Big Bang and God also did evolution. Liberal Christians don’t take the whole of Bible based morality seriously either.

Liberal Christians tend to be happy people who don't force their religion onto others and don't frighten children or adults over hell. Liberal Christians and their children are always at risk that fundamentalists will undermine their happiness.

Liberal Christians tend to be comfortable with the more liberal bits of the Bible such as the Sermon on the mount and the parable of the Good Samaritan. Liberal Christians tend to ignore bits such as "the sons of Ham shall be hewers of wood and drawers of water" along with various other dodgy parts of the bible that have been used over the centuries to justify genocide, forced conversion, torture and execution of people of different religions, slavery, Homophobia, sexism, strict Sabbatarianism, Zionism, Anti-Semitism and assorted dietary rules that conflict with the modern western diet.

Liberal Christians and other Liberals
Liuberal Christians and Liberals generally embrace or at least admire ideas such as Love thy Neighbour, and blessed are the peacemakers even if they sometimes only pay lip service to Christian ideals of poverty, humility and care for prisoners. Other liberal Christians like the Quakers take care for prisoners and prison reform very seriously and have done good work in the prison service. Many Liberal Christians are actively involved in helping poor people in the developed world or the Third World.

References and External links

 * Liberals like Jesus
 * What is a Liberal Christian?