I'd be very careful in assigning what the "prevailing Christian view" is of anything. We are not a monolithic group of one mind. I recently read a great commentary on how we are simply 'companions'-the lating root of that being "those who eat bread together." As a church, we share bread that Christ provided, and hopefully we can come in to meaningful community, but we must not always agree with each other, or think the same way.
PS: Loki might realize that i failed Calc... Next time i'll use a metaphor i understand.
