Posted on 04/20/2015 9:05:02 AM PDT by Baynative
This Season of Unreason will end with the elections of November 2016, but its consequences – validation of the idea that belief without evidence is a virtue, that religion, and especially Christianity, deserves a place in our politics, our Constitutionally enshrined secularism notwithstanding – will live on and damage the progressive cause.
But it does not have to be this way.
There will almost certainly be no (declared) atheist or even agnostic among the candidates. This is scandalous, given the electorate’s gradual, relentless ditching of religion. A survey just out shows that 7.5 million Americans have abandoned their faith since 2012, the year of the Pew Research Center poll that established that one out of five have no religious affiliation. Nonbelief is trending, and among a sizable, growing demographic.
~snip~ With the dapper Florida Sen. Marco Rubio we move into the more disturbing category of Republicans we might charitably diagnose as “faith-deranged” – in other words, as likely to do fine among the unwashed “crazies” in the red-state primaries, but whose religious beliefs would (or should) render them unfit for civilized company anywhere else.
(Excerpt) Read more at salon.com ...
Evidently, that no longer happens nowadays.
Which leaves society defenseless against the disorder caused by lunatics ....
In the highest places ....
A normal LIBERAL tactic which this time around will FAIL.
You heard it right. Hitlery will FAIL AGAIN.
Belief without evidence:
1. Global Warming
2. 0vomit is an American citizen
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Are you telling me that you actually read salon?
1. Global Warming
2. 0vomit is an American citizen
3. Obama attended classes at Columbia
4.Sandy Berger only stole and destroyed copies of classified documents
5. Vince Foster's wife went silent on his death by her own choice
No, I saw the link somewhere and it caught my eye. But, I do occasionally check in on leftists sites to see what they're up to.
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