[beautyscientist]

I thought it was a well written and entertaining piece of writing. To pick up on what Steve said earlier about perspective, from here in the UK it is NOT a contraversial article. It would probably represent the majority view point. I find it fascinating that the US and the UK, which are culturally not that different to one another in many ways are so different on this particular issue. Unless the post includes references to colour or flavour it is rarely possible to guess whether it is written by a yank or a brit. But if you see someone talking confidently about their religion it is almost always by an American. There are plenty of religious folk over here, but even the big cheeses like the Archbishop of Canterbury are always apologetic about it.

I can't think of any good explanation for this, but I think it might be because the established church has been such a flagrant tool of the government for so long that it has lost all its credibility. In the US the very praiseworthy separation of Church and State has probably saved the religious from even worse excesses and preserved their credibility.