Mick, one thing that is blatantly obvious when one meets you is that you're a man who lives his beliefs.

Using extremists to typify all Christians is like using Muslim terrorists to represent all Muslims. The people who stand out happen to be more "in-your-face" than the quiet people who live every day according to their own belief in good, whether those beliefs are Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Pagan, etc. or just a stong belief in Doing The Right Thing.

People get into positions of power by getting folks to jump on their band wagon. If they can con people by saying they have Christian morals, family values, etc, despite their actions, it speaks more about the gullibility of the general, well-meaning public than the group they identify themselves with.

The question is why these folks can continue to con people.

Khandu, I can claim to be an environmentalist and then pollute a river. Are you going to ask all environmentalists the same sort of questions you ask Christians because I'm a hypocrite?