Religion will dramatically shrink

[BethK]

Religion will probably not diminish in the United States. This country is the most religious first world country in the world.
Republicans keep on trying to get prayer in school and other delusional rubbish to be passed through the Senate via assorted "freedom of religion bills", Congressmen still believe that the Second Coming is a reason to destroy the environment and to the theoretical hell with the consequences, studies show that 60+ percent of Americans said they would not vote for an atheist, and, to top it off, Ann Coulter and Bill O'Reilly and all the other extreme right fanatics
are preaching hate against anyone that dares to disagree with or do something contradictory to the views of them and their target audience.

It's a lot easier to "prove" that any nonsense you spout is "correct" and "should be followed" if you can
claim to have "God" on your side or to take some nonsense scripture and claim, "What this really means
is...." and follow it with your own pet action of the day. Repeat it enough times, and it will soon be,
"Everybody knows that..." and "We NEED to (pet action)". The pet action can be quite destructive. But,
insist loudly enough and long enough that God wants it, and it'll be accepted.

"But for good people to do evil things, it takes religion." - Steven Weinberg
"Religion is the opiate of the masses." -- Karl Marx

Beth