Re:Gallup: U.S. church membership dips below 50% for first time
by AuthorizedCust on Monday March 29, 2021 @12:13PM
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> isn't this the "no true Scotsman" fallacy
You have a point. The definition of Christian is flexible, so how do you define "true"-ness? In my denomination, you'll find a wide variance of views on whether Mormons are Christian, for example.
> all my other interactions have been with the fundamenlist caricatures described elsewhere here
Like what you later intimated and what someone else said, I'll bet significant money that it's because they are so vocal. They are called capital-E evangelicals for a reason. The United Methodist church is lowercase-E evangelical; very much not in your face.
You have a point. The definition of Christian is flexible, so how do you define "true"-ness? In my denomination, you'll find a wide variance of views on whether Mormons are Christian, for example.
> all my other interactions have been with the fundamenlist caricatures described elsewhere here
Like what you later intimated and what someone else said, I'll bet significant money that it's because they are so vocal. They are called capital-E evangelicals for a reason. The United Methodist church is lowercase-E evangelical; very much not in your face.