I think for some today that Christian is a label (as is conservative) largely stripped of its original meaning. Just as conservative doesn't define an agreed-upon set of principles anymore, Christian has little clear to denote. Somewhere in there, there's this guy from 2000 years ago but even who he was is up for grabs.

I generally don't yak about it but since we're discussing, I say I follow Jesus cuz I don't like the image most people lay on me if I say I'm a Christian. There are so many kinds of Christians but a very specific kind have kinda stolen the descriptor for themselves rather than using the lessons passed on from Jesus... who never enslaved anybody, but did mention loving your neighbor