And to me, that is your right.
Just as it is my right to believe that Sacraments are.
Understanding that if you believed as I do, you would be Catholic or if I believed as you do, I would not, gives us the ability to work together in the ways we need to, like the Pro-Life movement for example. We have common ground as Christians and therefore can work together.
And btw, it would be great if more people were “taken at their word” about being Christian.
Yes, but remember, only take them at their word until they prove otherwise. For instance, despite her protestations of faith, I find Hillary’s Christianity to be deficient. I find Obama’s, on the other hand, to be fake. Don’t say he’s a Muslim, and I don’t know all that God knows. But I don’t see how one can believe God’s Word and have the policies that they do.
Which gets us right back to the “interpretation” thingee. :)