Demi, you are absolutely correct about condoms and sensitivity as regards circumcision. The cut men are insensitive enough without having to put a piece of rubber on it.

Declaring oneself a Christian is like putting a target on your back, or your forehead. You can love Jesus Christ without buying into the twisted and transmogrified version of his life. Look how angry he was at the misdeeds of the Pharisees. Christianity is for people who think that all the fun is going to be on the "other side", after death. They think that the more you allow yourself to suffer here, the better you will have it after you croak. Sure! The reality is that JC allowed himself to be put up on that cross so you and I could stop doing it to ourselves.

You are allowed to have whatever set of beliefs you want if it suits you. But Christian morality (ie, our behaviour towards others), is not the only issue. How we let others treat us is equally important - and that is where the modern versions of Christianity fall down.

Dallas, your points about mixed races are well taken. These Hybrids are, I think, in a way, lost souls. They have nothing firm to identify with. They are neither here nor there.