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59. Well, a minor nuance there

They are considered Christians by whom? THEY may label, even consider themselves Christians. I reserve my right to think of people who so drastically deviate from the teachings of their supposed spiritual guide as something else entirely. I'm sure the Symbionese Liberation Army considered themselves freedom fighters. Does that mean they "are still considered freedom fighters?"

There was once a Congressional hearing where Harlan Sanders, the emblematic "Colonel" of Kentucky Fried Chicken, was asked flat out if he was ever really a colonel. After all, he called himself a colonel. KFC always called him the colonel, and their advertising is worldwide. Sanders, of course, had never been a colonel. Instead of admitting it, he shot back to the Congressman, "well, sir, your title says 'honorable.' Are you?" Touché. They both called themselves something they obviously weren't. I hold that the same goes for most in America who call themselves "Christians." As a southerner, I run into such people every time I'm back home in the States (Dallas, in my case). Gandhi had them pegged most accurately.