It was predictable, and it is not surprising to me.
It was as predictable as the liberal and progressive reaction to the rise of the theocratic "religious right" in 1982 as they rose to political power with Ronald Reagan.
It took awhile for people to realize what was happening, but gradually we began to see objections to the hypocrisy and bigotry of the "religious right." We began so see reminders of the Jeffersonian "wall of separation between church and state." We began to see objections to Christian imposition into public schools and public squares. And it was all in reaction to the theocratic imposition of the "religious right."
Now the conflict has changed. More and more people recognize the agenda of Theocrats, and more and more people are understanding that the Founders wanted not only freedom of religion, but freedom FROM Theocracy. (See Quotes From the Founders Regarding Religion.) And Theocrats hate truths that expose their misguided beliefs.
I also believe that the growth of the number of religiously unaffiliated people is also an inevitable reaction against the hypocrisy, "religious" bigotry and theocratic imposition of the "religious right." And I think once the hypocrites have been put in their place by this message About Christianity, that will change.
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