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Chapter 9. WHAT IS A LIBERAL RELIGION?

The word liberal, correctly used, has a noble meaning. The true liberal hates slavery of every kind. He battles for human freedom. He wants liberty in thought and action. He is tolerant, free from bigotry, and generous in all his deeds. He places truth above all else and hungers for full truth. He welcomes all new improvements and calls for more-the telegraph, electric light, telephone, printing press, typewriter, railroad, airship, radio. He insists that every new invention must be used for human welfare, with full respect to civil and moral law. In short, the liberal seeks to make better the day in which he lives, and he becomes therefore a crusader for the betterment of the human race. [..]

Unfortunately, the word liberal is not always properly used. It has been used, or misused, for so many purposes that its original meaning has largely vanished. Word-juggling, making a good word cover a doubtful or an ugly cause, is an age-old pastime. Words are too often used as shields to hide or disguise truth. Many men are inclined to hide their true motives behind a word.

It is folly to speak of a liberal religion, if that religion claims that it rests upon unchanging truth. Neither can one be a liberal in religion except in the application of the underlying doctrine to human needs. It would be as preposterous as speaking of a liberal science, since science rests upon truthful observations of nature. It is only in the use of scientific discoveries that the word liberal may be used. One either accepts or rejects truth. There is no middle course.

Under the true definition of liberalism, the Church of Jesus Christ is preeminently liberal. First, it makes truth and love of truth its foundation. The whole latter-day work was initiated by Joseph Smith's search for truth.
Apostle John A. Widtsoe: Evidences and Reconciliations (Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1960)

Mormon Liberal

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Comments: The L.D.S. Church is liberal in the classical sense of the term. In modern terms this "classical liberalism" could be more accurately defined as libertarianism. However, the church maintains certain moral imperatives that are decidedly conservative and not libertarian. This conservative-libertarianism is the result of the church's emphasis on the principles of both personal liberty and responsibility. These views stand in direct contrast to modern liberal philosophy which takes a relativistic view of moral issues and has adopted an ideology of victimization and dependency on the collective, where personal accountability is essentially ignored. So, in response to the question as to whether or not the L.D.S. Church is a liberal institution in the current connotation of the word the answer is no, absolutely not.

Liberal Mormon? Studies Doctrine Mormon

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Comments: In the same manner that you have written your "article," I will now reply. Conservatives are simply those who accept everything they are told without question.