C'mon all you folks on my side... you rail against the wrong things. What is relevant is that, no matter their source, their details, or lack of 'evidence'..(sorry Pete... I occasionally use words carelessly)..religious beliefs are easy, comfortable and have been widely held for thousands of years.

It is beyond useless to call people ignorant, uninformed, demented or unreasonable..... they are using 'reason' in ways that I disagree with, but as long as they just 'believe', there's little *I* can do. The problem is when they attempt to establish certain aspects of religion into law, public policy and the educational system that we need to be constantly on guard.

In the meantime, there are well informed entities explaining the relevant concepts:

http://www.pbs.org/godinamerica/god-in-the-white-house/

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