Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Secular Christianity. Ohhhh-kay.

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)


2 comments:

Bill said...

Actually, "spiritual atheist" seems possible. Believe in "the spirits" without believing in a "god". But Secular Christianity, hmmm...

Phillyradiogeek said...

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