{"id":7231,"date":"2004-05-24T08:45:08","date_gmt":"2004-05-24T08:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2004\/05\/thanks_charlotte.html"},"modified":"2004-05-24T08:45:08","modified_gmt":"2004-05-24T08:45:08","slug":"thanks_charlotte","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2004\/05\/thanks_charlotte.html","title":{"rendered":"Thanks, Charlotte"},"content":{"rendered":"

Charlotte Allen puts into words thoughts that have been swirling around in my head for months.<\/a> And she does it much more knowledgeably, too. So that’s a good thing.<\/p>\n

Call it Christianity Lite. It’s the assertion \u2014 no, the insistence \u2014 that you can be a Christian in good standing though you reject all or significant parts of the brand of Christianity to which you formally adhere. Even Jesus Christ \u2014 and who he was \u2014 is negotiable, not to mention traditional teachings on sex, abortion and divorce. Who’s to tell you what to think and do as a Christian \u2014 or to judge you wanting? It’s a heresy nowadays to accuse someone of heresy.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Charlotte Allen puts into words thoughts that have been swirling around in my head for months. And she does it much more knowledgeably, too. So that’s a good thing. Call it Christianity Lite. 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