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

[Jonathan Lighter]

It isn't "code" in Tennessee, either.  It's an exclusionary claim.

JL

Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at YALE.EDU> wrote:
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>Here in North Central Arkansas, Christian is code for, born again,
>evangel. bible inerrency, But not nessasarily republican.

Is this code, or does it stem from a belief that nobody else is
really a Christian (whatever they may profess)? (This isn't a
rhetorical question--I'm a stranger in these parts.)

L

>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."
>>
>>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."
>>
>>(The above dialogue is partly reconstructed.)
>>
>>I'm used to the contentious superstition that Catholics are
>>non-Christians, but Protestant Lutherans ? Will Presbyterians and
>>Methodists be next ?
>>
>>JL
>>
>>
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