[mrnoodle]

That's a popular viewpoint. But it's based on the misconception that this is an atheist country that is somehow being taken over by Christians. Actually, the opposite is more true. The US is founded on Judeo-Christian philosophy, plain and simple. No amount of whining can change that. However, we all live together and must get along as best as we know how. That doesn't mean that only the Christians have to keep their opinions private and remove them from the arena of ideas. It doesn't mean that anyone of faith must act as atheistic as possible if they are in public office. Separation of church and state is not a requirement for the eradication of religion in the public square, although that's the atheist wet dream.

You are 100% correct, though. If Christians would worry as much about their own lives as they do the lives of others, it would be a far different world. But not in the way you think. If there were more Christians who actually lived like Christ, the message of hope would spread even further, not be choked off.

I don't see how anyone can look at the state of the country today, with popular music soaked in imagery of ho's, killing, drugs, and decay, with people committing mass murder in schools and businesses, with everything that is evil being propped up and everything that is pure being mocked and derided, and decide that things are better when God is out of the picture. We are so frantic that the government might be listening to our conversations and use them against us, but we're completely ambivalent about saying the most hurtful things we can come up with to damage others. We are so bloody concerned that someone somewhere is cutting down a tree, but we ignore the human being right next to us that is dying inside. We want to steal from the rich to give to the poor, but the poor never get anything, and the Robin Hoods have homes on Martha's Vineyard.

Everything is backwards and wrong on a large scale, and it's not because people are acting too Christian, count on that.