[rogue yam]

If you read the rest of the post on National Review.. he agrees with Marx on religion, and generally dismisses much of what is honorable and good about America.

I read NRO daily and my understanding is that Derb is a capitalist who believes in God and America. I don't understand how you came to such a contrasting understanding.

[dalight]

rogue yam writesI read NRO daily and my understanding is that Derb is a capitalist who believes in God and America. I don't understand how you came to such a contrasting understanding.

Quote from this article: "Fundamentally (if you’ll pardon the expression) I can’t take religion that seriously. I see it the way Marx saw it, as an epiphenomenon, part of the “superstructure” of human society. (Though I disagree with Marx on the nature of the substructure.)"

This was embedded in "Derbs' riff on why Islam isn't a threat to the west, because scholarly books about Islam's roots bore him. This guy is obviously a heavy thinker.

[garbanzo]

Actually, Derb “came out” as an atheist about a year or so ago.

[EverOnward]

Re post #15 — could it be called “killing the messenger?” ... and unable to do that, at least DISCREDIT the messenger