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While I respect that the United Church, (as a very limited example) does evolve its doctrine (see what I did there) with society, the fact is that there is no more evidence that God supports doctrinal 'evolution' than there is for a rigid fundamentalist viewpoint. I'm a live and let live kind of guy. I don't go around picking philosophical fights or challenging people's beliefs, let alone disparaging them, but if there is a discussion to be had, I'm not going to pretend to think any differently about religious beliefs just because a believer happens to agree with me on other issues. The fact of the matter is that while some believers will find support for what I would consider enlightened viewpoints, others will find support for regressive and oppressive nonsense. In my view, if the foundations underlying your beliefs support such vastly different interpretations with nothing to choose between them, there's a problem in the foundation of your belief structure whether you choose to see it or not.