Is Belief in God Hurting America?

First off, Ann Coulter is a nutjob. She's the right wing version of Maureen Dowd. I look at all the good religion has done, and see where we would be without it. No hospitals, no soup kitchens, no foodbanks, no shelters, no Catholic Worker movement, etc. The more secular one is, the LESS openminded and the MORE judgemental one tends to be. Look at the so called "diversity" according to the secular Left. It preaches "You can believe whatever you wish to believe, but if it disagrees with my beliefs, you are ________________. (fill in your favorite epithet here- racist, bigot, neanderthal, homophobe, etc.) True Christians- Authentic Christians- like those of The Catholic Worker are much more accepting of people than those of the Left- look how they reacted when people disagreed with ObamaCare. Look at the venom, the hostility, how Nancy Pelosi referred to the protesters as "un-American". Imagine- excercising our First Amendment Right as being un-American! Anti-Catholicism is the last acceptable predjudice- fomented by the Left. Look at the hatred spewed forth by the Left towards African Americans who dare stray from the plantation and become conservatives- like Alonzo Rachel, Clarence Thomas, Thomas Sowell. MLK was a republican you know. Who filibusteres the civil rights act? All democrats- not a single republican. MLK, Jr. was guided by his Christian faith- among multitudes.........You can take non Christians like Fred Phelps and claim he represents Christianity. He does not. No Christian would ever do any of the crap he has pulled. What hell did Cs Lewis or JRR Tolkien raise, or Avery Dulles, SJ or GK Chesterton or Ronald Knox ever raise? Let's look at authentic Christianity, and NOT the right wing televangelists who pose as Christians. I have yet to see an "Atheist Army" red kettle during the holidays, nor have I seen "The Atheist Army" respond to natural didasters like Katrina.....Yes, there are many good atheists (bad ones too, who get their kicks out of being bigots like Bill Maher, Janean Garofalo, etc.) Let's be a little more open minded about Christian belief, shall we?

Good article, I'm not so sure that secularity came after prosperity though. Because the more secular you, the more rational, open minded, and less jugdemental you tend to be. Which leads to a more pleasant soceity. In the black community, speaking from experience, they seem to be more accepting of a criminal who kneels every night than a law abiding atheists, that's pretty irrational in my opinion.