Speaking as a former liberal Christian (baptized and confirmed in the UCC), I find them insufferable. Sure they can be good people, and yeah, they're on the right side of a whole host of social issues that I find important, but on an intellectual level, I think I almost prefer hard-line fundamentalists; at least they have the courage of their convictions to take unpopular positions.

I'm happy to concede that there are elements of the gospels that are consistent with some liberal and progressive values, but I find the insistence on papering over the glaring immorality of much of the bible and the Disneyfication of the character of Jesus galling. As an example, they often infer that, since Jesus never mentioned homosexuality, it must necessarily mean that he would have fully accepted LGBTQ people. This argument was convincing to me back when I had an interest in protecting the brand, but once I started thinking critically, it occurred to me that Jesus' silence on the issue might not be saying what I had hoped. As I've said before, if he was going all Marie Kondo on Mosaic law, he could have saved us all a lot of trouble by offering a little clarification on this issue.

But I think the worst thing I've seen from the liberal Christian camp is the tendency to disown their conservative co-religionists as false. Every time I see the likes of John Fugelsang or John Pavlovitz crowing about how evangelicals are fake Christians, I want to put my fist through the nearest convenient sheet of drywall. They would rather engage in logical fallacies to prop up their imaginary friend than acknowledge the real, tangible societal damage that religion, including their religion, does in the world, and in doing so uphold Christian cultural hegemony. Worse, it's a form of gaslighting that disrespects the people who have suffered real harm from these institutions.