Someone named Kyle Idleman has written a very thoughtful essay titled “Why I’m Not a ‘Fan’ of Jesus.”
He begins by noting that, according to a recent survey, the percentage of Americans who claim to be Christian is somewhere north of 75 percent.
“Really?” he asks, “three out of four people are followers of Christ?
“Let’s see, if the population of the United States is about 311 million and 75 per cent are Christians that brings the number of Christians to somewhere in the neighborhood of 233 million. That’s a lot of Christians.”
In his estimation, something about that percentage is off. “Because if there really are that many Christians, then why will some 35 million people in America go to bed hungry tonight, including 13 million children? If 75 percent of Americans are Christians . . …