Reply #17: I agree. I see little benefit here . . .

[MrModerate]

I'm not a religionist, but it doesn't bother me that others are. In fact, if you look at the stats, a large proportion of Americans consider themselves religious and for most folks that means christian.

We're talking -- or should be -- about using our power to take our country back from wicked shits who really deserve to be flamed (and I'm talking literally rather than figuratively).

We need friends, not more enemies.

Also, while some of you may be able to parse the difference between "christian" and "Xtian" I ain't among them and neither are most other people.

If religion aggravates you, or you've had a terrible experience at the hands of some religious person, or you think because Schimpanski and his ilk profess to be christian, or you think the major wackos we decry every day at DU are truly representative of American christianity, try working on a little perspective, distance, and (to be perfectly cynical) self-interest.

Christians are a great reservoir of liberal feeling that we need to tap.