A reader writes:
I had to smile at your 11:36am "Christianism Watch," because by the standards of the Christianist mentioned in the linked CBN story – as long as he’s OK with Catholics – my credentials are right up there.
I have attended Mass nearly every single Sunday for the past five years, and in the event that I miss one, I usually try and make it up on Wednesday night.
I do a Confession about once every three months on average.
I’m both a eucharistic minister and an occasional lector at my church, and I’ve served as a greeter/"hospitality minister."
On one occasion I even gave out the Eucharist in place of a priest who’d had polio as a child and couldn’t stand for more than a few minutes at a time.
Yet I also favor gay adoption rights, have no problem with gay marriage, oppose the war in Iraq, and think the overturning of Roe v. Wade would have serious negative consequences for this country. Think that Harding University professor, or for that matter many CBN viewers, would be rushing out to vote for me for president? Maybe I should give it a go when I turn 35 in a few years.
Maybe you should. But I bet you that among many actual Christians under 35, your views are not that unusual.
The Dish 