Dreams of Post-Post-Christianity

In a dream this morning, I find myself wandering through some kind of a college campus.

A curious, inquisitive student approaches me and explains that he is compiling some sort of directory of “Christian visionaries”. His editor appears over his shoulder, an older and more serious-looking man.

The editor references my recent Twitter and says, “I see no reason to include you. You have clearly tweeted, ‘I am not a Christian.’“

I sense that the editorial committee is not in perfect agreement.

“What do you say?” I asked the young man.

He said, “It’s a controversy. In the same tweet you also said, ‘I am a post-post-Christian.’ Many people hear ‘post-Christian’ and they think, ‘non-Christian’. So when I hear ‘post-post-Christian’, I think ‘not a non-Christian’, and I think you should be included.”

The young man’s logic seemed sound to me, and I told him so.

I said, “I did not say, ‘I am a post-post-Buddhist’ or ‘I am a post-post-Hindu’ or ‘I am a post-post-Jew’. If I am not not Christian, then I do not know what else I am not not.”

I thought inwardly but did not say, “Would Christ have called himself a Christian? I don’t think so.”

The newspaper editorial committee left. I sensed that they had arrived at a decision which would soon be announced when the directory was published.