Yeah, I'm sure that he - and many others - benefits greatly in calling themselves Christian, when they are not. Kind of like 'deciding' to be gay- I'm sure that exposing oneself to ridicule, legal discrimination, violence and the negation of the American Dream makes homosexuality a good 'choice'.

We do know people who have made a career out of their christianity- we all respect people like Oral Roberts (certifiably insane, imo), Jerry Falwell (power-mad, bigotted, political flacky, imo), and Pat Robertson (disingenuous, dishonest, manipulative money grubber, imo), do we not? That's not even mentioning other stellar entities like Jimmy Swaggert, Jim Bakker and Tammy Faye.

Has Bill Moyers done any of those things? Where does anyone come off doubting his commitment to his faith?

People like Carl Sagan, Isaac Asimov, Stephen Hawkings, and many, many more, made reputations for themselves on the basis of intellectual brilliance. They spent their lives trying to teach people that belief in a religion is not needed, a relic from a simpler age.

If Bill Moyers wanted to - and if his personal beliefs permitted him to - he is fully capable of addressing people's needs on a secular basis. Instead, he approaches them from the viewpoint he himself holds and espouses.

He is so far from being a demogogue that I can only wonder if you are deliberately misstating what you know to be true.