The moment the word was first coined, a religion which people could ‘sign up to’ to one degree or another was created.

To me it’s like political party membership. You can call yourself a ‘party member’ and carry a membership card but that doesn’t mean you actually subscribe to the views of that party.

The title is meaningless.

What is meaningful is when people actually follow Christ and don’t just claim affiliation with a religion.

I think it’s up to those of us who know this to bring back old-school Christianity. Christ never gave up on his church, and I don’t think we should either. But it definitely needs to become a place where religious traditions stand aside for compassion and church bylaws bow down to mercy.