Conservatism requires an embrace of either Christianity or Judaism?
I say conservative in the way it is defined in the dictionary as opposed to the conservative as in the minds of Libertarians which do not in any way fit the definition of Conservative.
I certainly don't consider myself a conservative.
I firmly believe the Liberals in this country are responsible for its soon coming downfall.
If by "liberal" you mean leftist and collectivist authoritarians (as the term has come to be understood), then I would agree (but would not limit the blame to "liberals").
We no longer have what we once did. We will exist in name only and may be there already.
Certainly I would agree that the republic is all but dead. But I recognize it's death as coming at the hands of big-government advocates and authoritarians of all stripes. While what you call "liberals" share a large portion of the blame for this... people calling themselves "conservative" have had a significant hand in the destruction of the republic as well.
Indeed those who call themselves Conservative are no more so than those who call themselves oranges. The proof is in the pudding.