Lately, I've been thinking that I'd rather not be referred to as a Christian. I don't always like being put in the same category with the kinds of people who like to call themselves Christians. I'm referring to the ones who will put out a directory of businesses that are identified as Christian businesses so all the Christians can do business with each other. There's something about that that just rubs me in the wrong way. It makes Christianity sound like an exclusive club. If you're in the club, we want to support you and if you're not in the club, forget it. If that's what it means to be a Christian, I'd rather not be one.

Then there are Christians who want to teach alternative theories of creation that have nothing to do with science at all, in science classes. There are Christians who…