Reply #15: ..."It's what they think they know that just ain't so"

[Peggesis1]

Yeah, you're right. Sometimes with militant fundie athiests, though, they *think* they know the culture and language of Christianity. Some have been raised in Christian families. Some haven't had any exposure to anything labeled Christianity except the way the popular culture serves it up. Some think that the TV preachers speak for us. For some, we are the stand ins for parents they don't dare to insult.

A distinct disadvantage for progressive Christians is that there are few places in the popular culture where people see us. Dr. Martin Luther King has been turned into a poor imitation of himself. Can you name another famous progressive Christian these people would have heard of?

What causes the most trouble in the world? "It ain't what you don't know...it's what you think you do know that just ain't so..."

Just my two-cents.

Oh, and MERRY CHRISTMAS!