Jothar; I don’t know who exactly opinionated that there is a common thread between Conservatism and some segments of Modern Orthodoxy. But it happens to be true. Their ideology stems from the same source. They both (I’m not speaking of Modern Orthodoxy, as a movement. Just a segment of it.) started out as adhering to the Torah. But they were constantly looking for loopholes, in order to make life less difficult. But they keep “Lowering the Bar”, until they’re left with next to nothing. When Conservatism started (at least in the US) they were prohibited from driving a car on Shabbos and women did not get an Aliya. But they kept “Evolving”, in order to be more progressive.
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