Now, why has it taken me this long to encounter the concept of secular Christianity? Such a thing never even occurred to me until I stumbled onto a Facebook page for secular Christians. Googling the concept, I see that it's been around for five years, at least.
Yeah, a secular Christian. Sounds terrific--I think I'll become one. Unless I decide to become, say, a pacifist mercenary. Or a spiritual atheist. Or a quiet blues shouter. A humanist without pity. A timid daredevil. A loudmouthed mime. A squeamish paramedic. A fantasy-prone realist. A....
(To be continued)
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Actually, "spiritual atheist" seems possible. Believe in "the spirits" without believing in a "god". But Secular Christianity, hmmm...
Actually, there is the concept of the "anonymous Christian" by Jesuit theologian Karl Rohner. Not a very popular theory, but it exists.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anonymous_Christian
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