Exactly right! It's not about purity of belief --- it's about merely some tact. In a mixed company, we try to find a common ground.
I sympathize with my Christian friends (I am Jewish): they are the center of attack from the Left. Believe me, if anybody, a Jew can understand that they are trying to stand their ground in the face of that attack. But it is sad to see that people do not see the difference between purity and tact; that they assume that being tactful is a betrayal of their faith. It is sad especially that we need unity more than ever.
Thanks for your post.
You might want to direct your comment concerning the difference between "purity and tact" to the two Jewish lawmakers who threatened to walk out. Walking out because someone from another religion mentions a name in a prayer??!!! Incredibly tactless. And why do I have this sneaking suspicion that if it was a mullah mentioning the name of Mohammed the two Jewish lawmakers would have not raised a peep. Every evangelical Christian should mark this down and remember it well. Why give a damn for any man that doesn't give a damn for you.