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The interesting thing is that "Christian" definition. It was noted that, when Mitt Romney was a presidential candidate, he was endorsed by Billy Graham. The comment on the Graham association website to the effect that Mormonism is a non-Christian cult disappeared and, to the best of my knowledge, never reappeared. Are Christian Scientists and Jehovah's Witnesses, hitherto regarded as cults, therefore also "Christian"? (Seventh-Day Adventism has somewhat come in from the cold). And, for that matter, what about Roman Catholics? They were regarded for a long time as non-Christian and beyond the pale by the WASP ascendancy in the USA, yet we now have a Supreme Court in which six of the nine are RCs. And that appears to be OK. It is, perhaps, a reaction against the increasing secularisation of the USA. I suspect that this is Canute trying to hold back the tide - RC Church doctrine completely prohibits any kind of contraception, but the vast majority of RCs in the USA ignore that completely.Dangerous line that last one. Does it not lead to "everyone, without exception, must be 'Christian' so that we are indeed a 'Christian' nation under God" ?
At the foot of it all is the fact that this is a political movement in religious drag, not a genuinely religious movement. And it will eventually be found wanting. How much damage it will cause before that happens remains to be seen.
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