"No, I understand that you believe that. But the larger world does not agree with that understanding."
IF that is true, then the larger world doesn't "get" it.
"Or, at least, they don't think that is the only, exclusive understanding."
There are some who have a way of making something so simple much more difficult than it need be.
"It's an attack on those people who both 1) claim to be Christian and 2) believe that God gave nature and the world to us to do whatever we want with it. It is an attack (to the extent it even IS an attack) on no one else but those people."
They may claim to be Christian, but that doesn't mean that they are Christian.
I believe that was hosepipe's point when he said, "Not all christians are christians..... some are merely actors."
"Certainly not all Christians."
Thank you for clarifying...
Well, the world is just coming up with a definition, not some theological purity test.
They may claim to be Christian, but that doesn't mean that they are Christian.
Since there is no objective, universally accepted definition of "Christian," then your opinion as to what makes one a Christian is not superior than anyone else's. My view is that if someone claims it, that's fine with me if it is at all reasonable. It doesn't mean anything about their beliefs or anyone else's, it just tells me what label to apply.