Reply #23: So let's assume you are right (which I don't believe), but

[Union Thug]

assuming you are right and this country is an xtian nation. When exactly do we decide that it's okay to cast off this ridiculous notion of faith and god as founding principles? Do we as a society still conduct witch hunts and torture people into confessions about pacts with the devil? No. People grew up. Is slavery still legal? No. We as a nation decided slavery violates human rights. Our forbears saw the benefit of abandoning certain practices when it was clear that they were not useful and were collectively harmful to our nation and its people.

So why is it that people want to hold on to this magical world view when it is so blatant'y in contradiction to reality? Global warming? Screw it, the rapture is coming! Getting fucked over on the job? Don't worry, there's pie in the sky when you die. All justice will be served in some magical nether realm. Teach a science curriculum that includes sound ideas around the origins of life? No, we have a talking snake theory that fits our magical world view. Screw science.

Time to grow up, America.