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Atheists & Agnostics

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Sibelius Fan

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Tue Apr 11, 2023, 05:38 AM Apr 2023

I guess it's progress that the media are taking Christian nationalists to task for the R's horrible [View all]

policies, like striking down the abortion pill. At least the media is now able to point out that it is religion - and a specific religion - that sits at the center of the Dobbs decision etc, not some extreme form of conservatism.

But isn’t it really all Christians who bear responsibility? I don’t see the major sects coming out and condemning such actions. I don’t see parishioners fleeing the pews. No, for the most part, they bow their heads, shuffle their feet and mumble in tacit agreement.

“Religion poisons everything.” Thus spake Hitchens years ago. That’s just as true today as it was then.

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