Nearly 50% of Democrats believe Christians are a bigger threat to the US than Muslims

[Mister Agenda]

http://www.christiantoday.com/article/45.../75001.htm


What do you think about this, AF?

Hm. The ones who think so have a point, though I would point out the threat isn't Christians per se but Christianists. Just as the threat from Islam is from Islamists. The constant attempts by Christianists to get our government to endorse or promote their religion is a constant, nagging undermining of one of our most important values; and arguably separation of religion and state is part of the reason that the USA is the most religious developed country, though economic insecurity certainly plays a bigger role. The Dominionists want to outright take over the country, with some partial success reflected in the GOP becoming a branch of the Christian Right, and they have stated their intent to bring back stoning as a punishment for adultery.

However, in the long run, they'll fail. The GOP is fatally split, though it doesn't seem to know it yet. It won't survive as a viable Party if it doesn't jettison its extreme social conservatives. The Dominionists will never actually take over. Christianists in general are a pain in the ass, and would destroy what makes this country great if they could, but they're losing power as fast as they're losing their youth.

Some Islamists, on the other hand, would nuke us if they could. There's at least a small chance that some group will successfully get a nuke into a US city or otherwise manage a feat of terrorism that would kill many more people than we lost on 9/11.

It's a certain small and continuing, mostly bloodless attack on our values vs. a small chance of a successful devastating attack on our lives and property.

50% sounds about right.