Born Catholic, and Methodist-by-Proximity (i.e., the neighborhood church is Methodist), I ve always counted myself part true believer, part interested observer.
Usually I feel like the priest in the movie
Rudy, who declared that after decades of advanced religious study, he was only sure of two things: there is a God, and he s not Him.
I also happen to think that whites aren t getting out of their present mess without faith in God, for what that s worth.
Anyway, what I m observing now is the impending break-up of the United Methodist Church, which was at one point one of the largest Protestant denominations in America. Figures as diverse as Rush Limbaugh and Hillary Clinton called themselves Methodist.