Kindergarten clone, this is the last post of yours in my topic..I can't take anymore of this тупости anti-intellectualism :-D

я помню любимое ругательство пролетариата было "интеллигент" i guess history always repeats itself :)

Мишань, не волнуйся, тебя бы я никогда так не кликнула, и даже не подумала..;-) keep digesting those charts..:-)

Look, nobody is afraid of word God, as well as has nothing against practice of any religion whatsoever. Go ahead, knock yourself out.
Nobody should care. The problem is - there is too much CARING about it going around in this country. Politics and religion should not mix. And they were INTENDED not to mix in this country. Religion and all the matters that have to do with God should be personal, private matters. And ,honestly, haven't we all seen enough how those folks who preach to others then cry about their "sins" o national TV ,making total fools of themselves?
The reason I want religious practice and politics separated because , other then hypocrisy and waste of time on rhetoric , nothing good comes out of this "marriage".
Show me if I'm wrong - with facts only, please.

The problem is - there is too much CARING about it going around in this country. Politics and religion should not mix.
People care about it because they see their religious rights are beings impinged. Intellectuals slowly, piece by piece, try to take away religious freedoms. The very foundation of this country.
Politics and religion should not mix, but when progressives come with their aggressive anti-religious agenda masked under "intellectualism" and "science", somebody has to stand up to this bullying.
My favorite intellectual of all times in modern history is William Buckeley Jr.
He is a proof that one can be a first class intellectual while preserving deep religious faith, and doing great good to the society.

give us some references as to how religious rights are being impinged. Factual proofs.
There is a church, a synagogue, or a mosque on every corner.
See, the difference is not factual, it is purely psychological.
Conservatives see something taken away from them, while liberals see something imposed over them. And liberals feel bullied too. Less now, but under Bush it was pretty bad.

Julia,
Do you mean you want to see a list of law suits brought by "secular progressives" against the issues related to religious people, schools, churches, synagogues, etc... starting with war on Christmas, trying to prohibit the public displays of minoras, etc...?????
the list will be very long, but I have other things to do.

Maria wrote "people see their religious rights impinged".
I would like to see factual evidence that conservatives religious rights are impinged.
Btw, all those lawsuits you are mentioning that came from the "left" I personally consider bogus. Except for teaching intelligent design in schools - that drove me crazy, I would sue for this too if that was my kids school.

Julia,
1. who are your favorite intellectuals, American or not?
2. what ideas/work of theirs you admire the most and have turned out to be great with time?
3. your personal take why America has never created such extreme movements as communism, Nazism (remember Germany was a democracy and a very enlightened, intellectual nation), fascism, committed Holocaust or other atrocities as a nation (not early immigrants)?

no answers to my question, ha?
more questions from Sveta instead...
How do conservative religious feel their religious freedoms are stepped on? - that is what I keep asking...
please, give me some info so I will at least start to understand where you guys are coming from///