The loudest voices for this bedrock right emphasize conservative priorities that privilege the country’s Christian majority.

I needed the encouragement of somebody else's post to start writing this: Who are we? Let's start with myself...because that's easier to write. Or maybe just because I think of myself first??? I was born and raised in Germany. In a very, VERY fundamental Evangelical household. And very strict. The only permitted movies/shows were 'The Walton', 'Little House in the Prairie', and 'Bonanza'.

"Recognize the significance of the biblical language for proper interpretation...accustom yourself to the notion that there is a linguistic and cultural distance that separates us from the biblical text. While this distance should not be exaggererated, beware of reading into the Bible ideas that can be supported only from the English translation...Do place priority on the attested and contemporary usage of words...writers depend on the way language is actually used in their time."