Attack on Faith, part 2

Sean Casey, a former spiritual advisor to the Obama administration at the Center for American Progress (G. Soros funded think tank) said he was glad that 'civil religion' (whatever that is) was dying out in the United States. Sean believes that Christians, or at least religions, have been the source of racism, slavery, and wars. Well, what can you say about something so ignorant? Does he not know, has he not heard? Both slavery and racism were ended because of the efforts of religious people, primarily Christians. Read the biography of William Wilberforce, or read about the abolitionists in the U.S. It is true some people who claimed to be Christians had slaves. It wasn't right or moral, but it happened. Americans didn't invent or start slavery, but we ended it in the United States. Likewise, Christians were in the forefront of the fight against racism in America. It wasn't the Democrat party, that's for sure - they were much better at being in the KKK, or blasting marchers with fire hoses, or using attack dogs, lynching and blocking schoolhouse doors. Wars? Most wars, even 'religious' wars are not about one faith trying to dominate another, but about raw power - tribe against tribe, king against king, country against country. Just because the leaders rationalize by claiming 'God is on their side' doesn't make it a religious war. It is a misuse of faith, not a result of it. Because we are are a broken and lost people, wars and quarrels, and fights will happen - religion or not. I believe that these conflicts would be even more prevalent without the moderating influence of religion. In another related incident, a Duke University professor and a National Institute of Health (NIH) official, an Obama appointee, indicated at a seminar that it was okay to kill handicapped people to harvest their organs. "It isn't really wrong to kill them, they don't have any quality of life anyway." How sick is that? What's next - organ farms? Babies conceived and born just for their organs. This sounds like a science fiction story of a dystopian civilization. "Dr. Mengele. Come to O.R. 4. Stat!"