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However, I remain less concerned about the church trouncing our civil liberties than I do about the usual cast of socialist/liberal/neo-facist dimocrats.

I think it's a combination of the two. While most lefties are pretty secular, they maintain a background of "cultural christianity" -- that is, their worldview is still basically Christian. As such they ignore the heart of the gospel, and focus on "being good" or (even worse) being "nice". That allows them to meddle in society and claim the moral highground, while still ignoring the truth of the Gospel.

Of course, real Christians seduced by this social gospel are even worse. Not only do they meddle in social engineering, but they do that at the expense of their own witness. That's not necessarily a sin, or evil, but it sure is poor stewardship.

While most lefties are pretty secular, they maintain a background of "cultural christianity" -- that is, their worldview is still basically Christian. As such they ignore the heart of the gospel, and focus on "being good" or (even worse) being "nice". That allows them to meddle in society and claim the moral highground, while still ignoring the truth of the Gospel.

It seems to have begun with Woodrow Wilson, of whom it was said, "He thinks he is another Jesus Christ come upon the earth to reform men (French president Georges Clemenceau)."

In his efforts to persuade America to support his idea for a League of Nations and to adopt plans for the establishment of a Permanent Court of International Justice Wilson himself proclaimed, "For nothing less depends upon this decision, nothing less than liberation and salvation of the world."