Footnotes
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Some of the more vocal humanists are no longer
associated with the Congregation. One former member cited his
discomfort with traditional Christian imagery and language as a
principal reason for dropping out. He felt he was "nudged" out of the
group by the more traditional Christians, and he was rather adamant in
expressing the view that it was unchristian to exclude non-Christians
from the group. We are not certain how typical this view is, as we were
only able to interview a few former members and participants. Two other observations, however, do seem clear: (1) a sizable minority of
those still in the Congregation would more appropriately be classified
as secular humanists than as traditional Christians and (2) others have
left the group because they felt it was not traditional enough.
