In Babylon, they were all unified under Nimrod with one purpose and program. Isn’t there much to be said for division? If one group strays, they are not taking all the others with them.
There are many different offices in The True Church, some are Prophets, Bishops, Deacons, Language experts, Teachers, Healers… Why must the local congregations be exactly uniform?
Could they be one under The Logos while diverse in other respects?
Absolutely, and I never said otherwise. The problem with identifying them as liberal or conservative is that you are then pitting them against each other, which is harmful. Diversity is important, but so is unity.
Conservatives are demonized as uncaring. I would contend that it is precisely the opposite. To care for others means to honestly recognize what lifts people out of destructive conditions and to courageously hold to those principles in the face of all the hatred they inevitably receive from the enlightened ones. Moral Narcissists will feed the poor for a day and prance around with great superiority thereafter.
There is truth to that, but I also think a lot of conservatives really lack in charity. I’m making sweeping generalizations, but my main point is simply that one must take a middle ground of charity combined with a firm resistance to moral relativism.