hello, thanks for your email. yes, i had previously read that essay by ben stein.
im afraid that Ben Stein and i do not agree on much at all. I believe that Ben deludes himself and clearly does not understand what is meant by seperation of church and state.
he makes senseless statements like
" I think people who believe in God are sick and tired of getting pushed around, period. Ihave no idea where the concept came from that America is an explicitly atheist country. I can't find it in the Constitution and I don't like it being shoved down my throat."
in fact, nobody is saying that we are an atheist country. what many people like myself are saying is that we are neither an atheist country or a theist country. All we ask is that people without religious faith be treated equally under the law and constitution. The constitution does not mention god, judiasm or christianity.
People like Ben Stein are scared. From a rational intellectual viewpoint they know that their theistic beliefs are unfounded while at the same time they see believers all over the world acting in the most horrific, irrational, and immoral ways. Ben is caught between lining himself up with the fundamentalists of every stripe on one side and non-believers on the other side.
I know which side of the fence i am on. do you??
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