I have long thought that it isn’t particularly “Christian” to equate certain dogmas and certain levels of “accomodating lifestyle” with Christianity itself. Like the “prayer in schools” thing. A publicly said, school “sanctioned” prayer is not what I think Jesus had in mind when he said “when you pray, go into your closet……” A mjor piece of the idea of prayer for me is the idea that this is a depth level communication. Words help the prayER; they help OUR SIDE of the conversation. God communicates back to us with “groanings too deep for words” (Paul put it that way).
Southern Baptists imply by their separating from the Baptist World Alliance that their “unfettered support” for the military and for Bush is their “Christian belief” (when I would suggest that it is entirely otherwise— simply a capitulation to culture for which they develop an entire “Biblically based” apologetic.
The idea is to intimidate and marginalize anyone who objects to their efforts to impose the most conservative of Christian dogma on public policy. If you’re against their views, you don’t have a differing opinion — you’re anti-Christian (even if you are a Christian).