Exactly, John.

Within my experience, I know a fair number of religious folks who want a clearer picture of what it is they believe in and relish new information that may provide it. But then, I go to a fairly liberal (Oh, Gawd! There's that word again!) church.

However, I've been to churches--or met people from those churches-- where they think they've got the whole thing locked in concrete, and they tend to be dogmatic, hard-nosed, and intolerant of any viewpoint but their own--including any new information that may upset their neat little applecart. Unfortunately, they are the ones who make the loudest noise about being "true Christians."

See André Gide quote, above.

Don Firth