Patron: I took this out at another library and Security needs a receipt.
Me: Sure thing!
Patron shows me “Was America Founded as a Christian Nation?”
Me: So what have you learned so far?
Patron: The author seems to know their stuff, and they don’t say anything explicitly, but they keep repeating that America has a high population of Christian believers, and that those beliefs permeate through the Constitution, so…
Me: The same Constitution that explicitly says it’s not a Christian nation.
Patron: Exactly. They didn’t say anything that’s going to change my beliefs, which are.. Y’know… what the Constitution says. Just because a lot of Christians live here doesn’t mean it’s a Christian nation any more than all these White Nationalists popping up makes us in line with their ideology.
Me: Your level-headed interpretation of basic sentences refreshes me.