FWIW, the OCR worked much better on these pages. I "scanned" them into Google Drive with my phone, as a PDF. Had to d/l the PDF file and re-upload it, but there were much fewer errors in the conversion this time around.
I was just talking about the Conservative us versus them mindset, the other day. I hadn't thought of it in terms of resources, though. That's true, but it doesn't exactly explain why the boundaries shift.
I think the boundaries are placed to defend the perceived threat of the moment. When the Muslims are attacking, we're Christian. When the Catholics are trying to take over, we're Protestant. When that preacher down the street is telling his people that homosexuality should be tolerated, we're the Liberty Church of Jesus Christ.
I probably didn't explain it very well. Catholics are out, then... I dunno... Lutherans are out. Then Eastern-Western Reform Baptist or whatever (I know next-to-nothing about Protestantism). The circles are largely concentric, and the worse things get (or seem), the more picky they are about increasingly smaller differences.
It would help if I could find the citation, but I don't remember where I read it. =\
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I think the boundaries are placed to defend the perceived threat of the moment. When the Muslims are attacking, we're Christian. When the Catholics are trying to take over, we're Protestant. When that preacher down the street is telling his people that homosexuality should be tolerated, we're the Liberty Church of Jesus Christ.
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It would help if I could find the citation, but I don't remember where I read it. =\
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