[NutCrackerBoy]

In your world, Christianity is not a cultural matter. It is not something shared in the community and passed on to the next generation in community activities such as athletic events, school. Your world is thereby impoverished. -NutCrackerBoy

Impoverished? No. Free? Yes.

I don't begrudge you that glib answer. I've failed to convince you of a truth before your eyes, that religious culture staves off creeping totalitarianism, and, conversely, creeping power of the state (e.g. banning public school prayer) chokes religious culture's ability to thrive to the next generation.

You are a hard sell. But thankfully, I need exert nothing to convince you that a religious culture can suddenly become a purely secular culture - we see easily that in Canada and all of Europe the churches lay empty. It is not a coincidence that socialism has greater strength there than here. So much for the free market of ideas.

[Repairman Jack]

I may be a hard sell, but friend, we're still on the same side.