The two clearly aren't consistent, so which is it?

Different definitions of dogma. The easiest translation would be "based on this usage of the word dogma, neither the UUs nor LW have it. Based on this other usage of the word dogma, both the UUs and LW seem to have it about equally. I can't see any evidence that either definition results in the UUs having more dogma, and I can't think of a third definition that makes sense, so I'm not sure why you're insisting that the UUs are more dogmatic".

English sucks for handling different definitions of the same word, and my brain does a wonderful job of not noticing when I've done this ^^;

Just to be clear, my main point is that LW doesn't have dogma or declare things heretical, not that UU does

Ahh, okay. Then I think we're actually on the same page. I was reading your "arbitrary absolutes" as being a reference to the UUs specifically. This makes much more sense now :)