“We can only hope that the conservatives in it will change the organization’s culture, but I’m not hopeful. They reject the absolute authority of Scripture and instead believe their hierarchy has that power, not unlike liberals wanting govt to have absolute power.”
When one has to work their way to heaven they don’t want to encumber themselves with too many sins they have to avoid. The point about the comparison between Liberals and Romanists is spot on. The Liberals are looking for a secular salvation and receive their atonement by way of governmental machinations.
Thank you. I think you are expanding the point better than I could. My initial focus was on how in both cases the individual is required to give up their independence to the authority of a select group.