For some, "Christian" (adj.) no longer includes Lutherans

[Paul Johnson]

Here in North Central Arkansas, Christian is code for, born again,
evangel. bible inerrency,   But not nessasarily republican.

Jonathan Lighter wrote:

>Tracy Lindsey Melchior, soap actress and author, has just told Larry King on CNN that she was "baptized Lutheran" but is now "Christian."
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>Though Larry was nonplussed ( "But Lutheran is Christian...?"), Tracy wasn't. "The church I attend now is just Christian. It's evangelical. It's more of a 'seeking' church."
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>(The above dialogue is partly reconstructed.)
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>I'm used to the contentious superstition that Catholics are non-Christians, but Protestant Lutherans ?  Will Presbyterians and Methodists be next ?
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>JL
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