VALUES, YES - A 'VALUES VOTERS INDUSTRY', NO
I think I can show that all the signers of the Manhattan Declaration are going to go to Hell.
After that, we can all demonstrate (for the kids) how infusing the Public Square in the wrong way with religious precepts ultimately just leads to shouting matches over who is going to Hell, first and fastest.
Andrew Sullivan takes note how religion can simply vacate the public square, as 'conservative elites' lay down doctrines so arcane and hidden from the light of day that no elected official can probably argue them, let alone believe in them, except as a route to political power...After that, we can all demonstrate (for the kids) how infusing the Public Square in the wrong way with religious precepts ultimately just leads to shouting matches over who is going to Hell, first and fastest.
So, we are left with vapid assertions, one-word replies.
Ho-ray!
All cheer religion in the public square, which Bernard Lewis once summarized as, "I'm Right, You're Wrong, Go to Hell". You'd think that is too extreme for the USA, until you read parts of the "American Taliban Manifesto", aka the Manhattan Declaration.
In the spirit of illustrating the point, I think I can show that all the signers of the Manhattan Declaration are going to go to Hell. Then, we can all demonstrate (for the kids) how infusing the Public Square in the wrong way with religious precepts ultimately just leads to shouting matches over who is going to Hell, first and fastest.
