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From a very entertaining essays on Monkey Trial II that captures perfectly the outsider position of secular and skeptical people in 21st century America.

So we are probably safe for now—as a jurisprudential matter. But politically, secularism will lose no matter what. If it’s decided correctly, Kitzmiller v. Dover can become a new Roe v. Wade, a landmark judicial bone in the craw of Christian America, a fresh means for right-wingers to depict their children as victims of godless liberals. At least on Roe v. Wade, a big majority of Americans have consistently supported the decision. As far as teaching straight science goes, however, the big majority is against us. According to a new Pew Research Center poll, 64 percent of Americans are in favor of having creationism and evolution taught in school—and it seems most of those would actually prefer to replace evolution altogether with scriptural teaching. Like I said, those of us who believe wholeheartedly in science and the First Amendment are the freaks.

Why must intelligent design be stopped? Because this—God forbid—could be the moment when the theocratization of America makes a real advance.

Richard Evans Lee
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A Christian With Doubts... I have been a Christian all my life (27), but sometimes, I have described myself as a "self-hating" Christian. What does that mean? No, I don't hate Jesus, it's just that I can't stand the people I have been called to associate with. I don't like being associated with Pat Robertson, Jerry Falwell, the Christian Coalition, fundamentalists, etc. In fact, I have become more and more sympathetic to athiests and agnostics every day. Don't get me wrong, I don't think there's anything wrong with most Christians. In fact, I think that many Christians live extremely admirable lives as the result of their beliefs in an "after-life." This blog seems to suggest that most Christians are a bunch of quacks. (Well, I agree that many are.) However, the argument against God based on the imperfections of His (Her or Its) followers is meaningless to me. Currently, I am going to a Christian university and my twin brother is studying to be a minister (in fact, he's reading his Bible right now). I've studied the Bible through completely, inside and out, forward and backward, and I have even studied the beliefs of other religions, as well. The more I read, the more faults I find. Perhaps it's my destiny to become the "evil twin," but I am finding it harder to keep my faith after all these years... I want to believe in God, if not for the simple reason that I would like to live forever, but wanting to believe something is not the same as actually believing it. If there's anything I know for sure that I believe, it is empirical science. Creationism just doesn't cut it for me, and I have abandoned that some time ago. Secondly, I feel it is hypocritical for Christians to believe that we are to love one another, but then "condemn" each other to eternal damnation over different opinions or lifestyles. Perhaps religion evolved over time as a kind of thought control? Could it be just a "Noble Lie" to help society cope with the meaningless of our existence and instill some kind of social order? I haven't decided yet, but I know that I can't discredit the idea that there is a God. Just because I've never seen a white crow doesn't mean one does not exist.

Posted by: JasonL | October 14, 2005 1:57 AM

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My thanks,
Richard

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