born again...a distinction from Christening denominations who simply grant by virtue of birth
adherence to the Gospel..bigtime
Biblical literalism to varying degrees
heavy emphasis on Christ's death on the cross to wash away our earthly sins which if we accept can redeem even the worst of us
a lot of folks here think that it means non Catholic/Orthodox/Episcopal white Christian voter and they are quite wrong
it means a lot more and a lot less and it can include church going blacks who vote skin
or Assemblies of God latinos...there are a good bit of them...who vote skin
but usually it is associated with Southern Baptist, Pentecostals, and Church of Christ (restoration), LCMS, Nazarene, Southern Methodist, and PCA, and a host of other smaller denominations and black church groups
these folks did not stay home...none I knew anyhow...but somebody did looks like ...probably across the board given Romney's lackluster defensive campaign..which is why he lost even though demographics do steamroll us
this was our last easy chance and we blew it
in France during the religious wars when the term first became widespread it meant ALL PROTESTANTS ~