Ideological Purity

I strikes me how ideological purity is demanded and expected more and more. One has to conform to a political party's entire agenda and talking points, or one really has no space. The same goes for faith communities. One must agree with every piece of every confession and engage in every practice, or one really has no space. That leaves alot of people on the outside looking in-- or just faking for expediency. Why such small tables? It used to be that faith communities, political and social movements, had huge inclusive tables…

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SW-User

Did they? (faith communities)

damselfly · 100+, F

@SW-User yes

SW-User

@damselfly can you give an example? In my experience it was pretty narrow

damselfly · 100+, F

@SW-User im not sure what you are asking of me. A RC priest told me you can't cherrypick which parts of a religion to follow. That's what he said, in those words.
He meant you cant mix and match any of it and discard bits you dont like. Its all or nothing.

SW-User

@damselfly I get you now. I was asking about Copper's statement about how faith traditions had bigger tables in the past - whereas in my memory there was quite a lot of secularism

CopperCicada · M

@SW-User I think it’s a question of welcoming anyone to a congregation, regardless of who they are, what demons they have, what they believe— as opposed to limiting a congregation, explicitly or implicitly, to people with a specific set of views, specific lifestyles.

CopperCicada · M

@SW-User Or in the political sphere, welcoming a broad coalition of views to build consensus on shared issues, as opposed to litmus testing views and attitudes for true believers.

SW-User

@CopperCicada Got you. Yes, that's so true actually. You were valued regardless of any number of factors

SW-User

@CopperCicada yes, I already understood you on that one