Reply #100: Once you're done calling out fundamentalists,

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is that the end of it? The fundamentalists will never stop telling people what they think the bible says. Will discrediting them be enough? Will it even be possible if it's only coming from a secular perspective?

I repeat my question from my previous post.

Wallis's argument is that the Democrats who are sincerely motivated by religion to promote progressive politics, by refusing to present an alternative interpretation of the bible, completely cede the ground to the fundamentalists.

If all you do is try to discredit the fundies without presenting a sincere alternative example, religious voters will just go into seige mentality. They'll circle the wagons and feel more persecuted.

Obviously, to me, the solution is to try to win the hearts and minds with a persuasive counter-argument. Don't you agree?

There are many Democrats who are Democrats largely because of spiritual feelings, and there are many many voters for who religious arguments really resonate. It seems like a waste of a powerful resource to tell those Democratic politicians that we don't even talk about religion and to not reach out to those voters with metaphorical frameworks that resonate with beliefs they feel deeply.