Anthony, perhaps I should have made it clear when I said that I was inclined to agree with something one of my readers wrote me (“It does seem that the combination of government + religion has caused more suffering and death than any other force in the universe”) that I was thinking of “religion” in the loosest possible way; that is, including any ideology (communism or fascism) that almost becomes a religion in the eyes of its supporters.
To their eternal shame, some of the greatest supporters of Bush and his war are Protestant, evangelical, and Baptist Christians. As a Protestant, an evangelical, and a Baptist, I consider this a great embarrassment to my cause.
1:24 pm on January 28, 2006
