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To: epicure who wrote (187538)	4/23/2012 11:05:23 PM
From: Bread Upon The Water	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542786

"That's not true. I do see it as a continuum. But we were talking about the dominant strand of Christianity in the US. And of course it's a judgment by you- and at least in this case, an incorrect one. Funny how statements of "fact" often aren't." Well that's the first statement you've made about it to me to indicate that you weren't lumping it all together as "hypocritical". And if you really feel that way why haven't you agreed with any of my observations as to the shades and variations present therein? I also disagree that your "vision' of Christianity is the dominant one although I will agree that it is the one that tends to get the attention of the media. What kind of background and experience of this faith can you bring to the table having been raised (indoctrinated?) by non-believers?

To: epicure who wrote (187538)	4/23/2012 11:14:43 PM
From: Sam	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542786

But we were talking about the dominant strand of Christianity in the US. It is the strand that gets the most attention in the media. And it may be dominant in a few states, although even that generalization is a stretch--what is dominant in Utah is clearly not dominant in Mississippi and Alabama. But it is not "the dominant strand" in the country at large. Not unless you agree with them that people who think of themselves as "Bible believing Christians" who dispute evolution etc are the only "true" Christians.

To: epicure who wrote (187538)	4/24/2012 10:14:47 AM
From: JohnM	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542786

But we were talking about the dominant strand of Christianity in the US. I'm not certain about that, e. The last time I saw the statistics, over a decade ago, the established churches dominated the numbers. Now those numbers might be broken down in that some of the congregations of established churches have tended rightward both politically and theologically. But I suspect not enough to change the numbers a great deal. So my guess is that the dominant (largest numbers) are members of mainline congregations of Methodists, Baptists, Presbyterians, Congregationalists, Episcopalians, and so on. Moreover, some of the evangelicals, not certain again the numbers, are quite conservative theologically (fundamentalists on scriptural interpretation but very strong on environmental and climate change issues). So it's really a mixed bag. It's just that the fundamentalist evangelicals who are conservative on both scores, theologically and politically, are getting all the media attention right now. Anger will do that given the focus of the media.