Bingo. The howling, wailing, and gnashing of teeth started around the time of the famous "Jesus Christ as-my-favorite- philosopher" disclosure.
I realize that there is a peculiarly pernicious and aggressive strain of secular humanism in American culture which infuses a certain amount of confusion and arrogant junk thought into public discourse, but the ignorance and lack of sound education of liberal secular humanists is really no excuse for denigrating the overwhelming civilizing influence of Christianity and its historic relation to our institutions and noblest endeavors.
Our blessing as humanity is self-awaress. Capacity for shame. Discerning right from wrong because individuals doing the right things, for the right reasons, is a winning societal strategy.
Americans have always been different from the rest of human civilization models through history because we acknowledge the primacy of the individual over the state. The God-individual-state chain of command is singular here. Every individual trumps the State. In theory.
No enemy can defeat us from abroad. The only option for those consumed with tearing down this beautiful structure is to destroy the assumptions underlying our perfect hierarchy. They're trying to remove God and disempower the individual, and elevate the State. Which is them. The Media, educrats, political class and their clients of economic benefit. America's Christian institutions are their singular target.
They're not going to prevail. The Founding Fathers designed a rock of Gibralter. The system has endured through tougher stress testing than lying slobs like Michael Moore and flea-bitten Jihad peasants. The great America is here to stay.