[He Rides A White Horse]

Mainline Protestants, however, seemed delighted by the festival, and may well latch on to the emergents to shore up their shrinking numbers.

I doubt that highly.

The few conservatives at the festival privately complained that the panels were stacked with liberals and that issues dear to them, such as abortion, were neglected.

I would not presume to speak for Jesus, but does anybody picture the Lord taking a pregnant teen (or woman for that matter) by the hand, leading her to an abortion clinic?

[Grizzled Bear]

Mainline Protestants, however, seemed delighted by the festival, and may well latch on to the emergents to shore up their shrinking numbers.

They can call themselves "Mainline Protestants," but the label is no more true than if you were to stand in a garage and call your self a 1952 Studebaker.

After all, Nancy Pelosi calls herself a Catholic.