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Originally posted by Mojo_PeiPei
Straight forward question,
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It's not a straightforward question. It's a weasel question. You've created the presupposition that liberals are scared by religion. This is patently false: a good many liberals are religious, members of any number of faiths, and the balance of the remainder don't really care one way or another what religion someone is. You offer no proof whatsoever for your contention that liberals are "scared." Please do so before you craft another such loaded question. Secondly, you said "more importantly christianity" - Christianity is not a "more important" religion. It's a religion like any other, with the same merits and the same shortcomings.
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I already know most of you will say "I'm not scared by it, but blah blah blah...".
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Then why did you ask the question, other than perhaps trying to score some sort of point by painting liberals with a Coulter-esque brush, indicating that we're all godless heathens who need to be converted by force?
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If you aren't scared by it then why do you harbor so much animosity towards the judeo-christian beliefs, and why do you so ferverntly oppose its influence here in America?
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For a host of very simple reasons, most of which the posters prior to me have already elucidated. To recap: government should not promote one religion over the other, regardless of the beliefs of the members of that government. America's all about equality, remember? Christianity in particular (though certainly not the only one) is notorious for being anti-intellectual, promoting dogma that runs counter to empirical and scientific evidence. I've got a thick file of evidence should you require it. Christianity, finally, is one of the worst examples of the "church muscular" - the church, and by extension its members, can do no wrong if they invoke God in their cause. This belief led to the Crusades, among other historical atrocities. This and many other things make Christianity an unfit model for a national government.
Bottom line, your question was utterly ridiculous in its premise, insulting and misleading in its assertions, and disappointing in its utter transparency. Perhaps the question should have been "Why are you, Mojo_PeiPei, afraid of a secular world, more importantly, a world where secular humanism defines the scope and breadth of law?" It would have been just as legitimate a question. So... care to answer?