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Originally Posted by Original Position
Do you think it is illiberal for a church to require its pastor to assent to their statement of faith?
If not, then what is wrong with an avowedly religious college requiring its faculty to also sign a statement of faith? They aren't coercing anyone to sign it. You aren't religious and don't care for their beliefs. Fine, go to a different school then.
It is coherent to believe that procedural liberalism should guide government, but Christian morality and theology should guide private life and education. If someone wants to run a university on that basis, they do not need to give up the belief that government in diverse societies like ours is best run with rules guaranteeing freedom of religion, press, speech, assembly, etc. They are not setting up a government.
I'm not sure we if we really disagree here. It's perfectly fine if you want to join a religion, or a religious school, where you celebrate beliefs based on faith, not empiricism, and choose to succumb to authoritarianism rather than individual freedom. That's just not liberal.
Find me a church that bases it's beliefs on falsifiable research instead of revelation, and I'll show you a liberal religion.