Nobody wants a wimpy god.
The right needs to have a long, open, honest debate about the role of religion. We need it now more than ever because we are in the middle of a war with an enemy that is defined by his religious fervor and by his attempt to make his religion dominate the "public square," to borrow a catchphrase from the religious right. If we don't understand the real nature and value of Western, Enlightenment secularism, then we can't fully understand what is at stake in this clash of civilizations, and in the long run, we won't know how to win it.
Unfortunately, many people just don't get it, and have allowed Islamic terrorists to convince them that we are engaged in a "holy war". These people couldn't have been played better - this is exactly what our enemy wants.