I am not the most conservative of we who call ourselves Christians, I must say. I believe in reaching out to other religions in tolerance, and that we cannot take upon us models of behavior from the totality of the Bible as written, some thousands of years ago (for instance, slaves are mentioned profusely in the Old Testament). But there is acceptance of new ideas, and then there is allowing the nullification of the faith’s essence — one point I where I must make a stand, and I will say it straight. He who does not believe in the resurrection of the Christ cannot rightly be called a Christian. For he does not then follow the Son of God, but merely some great teacher named Jesus. Some things, I think, are non negotiable when one talks of faith. That is my line in the sand, that which I cannot cross without — as far as all things that matter — losing it all. One may find we all have such a line: be careful where you put yours.