"Too often American Christians think that they get to make Christianity up. But it is received. You get American Christians who say things like, 'Well, I believe Jesus is Lord but that's just my personal opinion.' [laughter] What produced that peculiar speech act? What produced that peculiar speech act is the distinction between 'Well, being a Christian is my private life but then I have this public stuff.' Tolerance kills us. I don't have any private life as a Christian. It's all public.
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