re: #817 LGoPs

I’m not trying to get down on you, just perplexed that those things that should be forces for good or at the very least tolerated are mocked and feared and driven out of the public realm.

Why do matters of faith have to be in “the public realm” to be effective?

There are those (such as me) who would argue that trying to meld the two realms lessens the effectiveness of religion, because of human nature’s tendency to make it into politics-by-other-means.

Also…you’re right that adherence to religion is optional in today’s society. But there are millions of people, many of them powerful and well-funded, who would like to correct that fault. That’s why I mock and fear them, and want them driven out of the public realm.