'War Stories'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
I just assume that the exclusively Christian bookstores are more rigid in what the consider Christian.
Right. But, as you say, they call themselves "Christian" when actually it's "Evangelical Christian".
Would a character identified as Christian be against guidelines in the larger romance realm?
Of course not. I can't think of counterexamples, but that's because I tend to seek out books with snark and sex.
Presbyterians in general, IME, aren't too concerned with things like drinking and dancing.
I'm ashamed to admit that when my parents turned Methodist, my first question was "Can you still drink?"
The answer was "yes", but they're Episcopal now and likely to stay that way; my father's studying for the diaconate.
I am sure the Evangelical Christians are miffed that folks like me call ourselves Christians instead of Whorish Christians, or Morally Depraved Christians, or Drunkard Christians....
Yup. We've got a whole bunch of reasons for despising one another.
My final brush with any branch of the Christian faith involved St. Gregory of Nyssa's Episcopal Church in San Francisco (I was long-distance dating a gent who ended up an ordained deacon there).
WONDERFUL place. Singing, dancing, LOTS of food. Drinking's okay, just not irresponsible behavior.
Then the gent went crazy, decided not to pursue his vocation (he was in discernment for the priesthood), moved to South Carolina and became Orthodox - as far as denying his own sexuality and preaching the most reactionary nonsense I've ever heard - and I'm from Oregon, Land of Small Town Thinking.
Huh. I think we polished off four bottles of Fat Bastard at the minister's house on Easter Sunday. YMinisterMV, I guess. Presbyterians in general, IME, aren't too concerned with things like drinking and dancing.Well that was my point. Most Christians do drink, as do my minister and his wife. Enough of them take issue with it, that it's considered a stumbling block for some.
Right. But, as you say, they call themselves "Christian" when actually it's "Evangelical Christian".
I am sure the Evangelical Christians are miffed that folks like me call ourselves Christians instead of Whorish Christians, or Morally Depraved Christians, or Drunkard Christians....
There needs to be a new adjective I think, because it's even more than Evangelical. I smoke and drink and yet am Evangelical. I'm pretty sure Teppy's FCA was Evangelical, and if I'm remembering right, she said they all drank and most smoked. It's a sub-group within evangelicalism, and that publishing line is catering to the most conservative sub-group, because that's who their booksellers cater to.
In news of me, haircut has been accomplished: [link] Now with more nape!
It is my opinion that this is a very attractive look for you. Also, good haircut.
Now with more nape!
Mmmmmmm ... nape.
Brenda's pretty.
That is all.
I smoke and drink and yet am Evangelical.
Yes, but do you go whoring? That's my test case.
It's a sub-group within evangelicalism, and that publishing line is catering to the most conservative sub-group, because that's who their booksellers cater to.
Exactly. It's a pretty weird subset of Christian who's going to stop reading a book because the heroine goes to a Methodist church.