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Originally posted by purse junkie
Particularly in light of articles like this: http://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/13/in...13CHUR.html?hp . (Spree: Europeans becoming secular, Americans are really religious). The idea that American public policy is so clearly affected by religious dogma is horrifying to me--I know maybe one person who even goes to church at all, and they keep their yap shut about it to everyone else like most Europeans I know. And the level of nutbag apocalyptic proselytizing I've sometimes encountered in my US travels--and the number of people who really seem to believe the Earth is 5000 years old and the lie of evolution shouldn't be taught in school--is truly frightening. How the hell can I feel remotely connected to these folks (and vice-versa)?
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You sound like you are truly frightened by religion. It is not that scary, and most of it occurs between consenting adults behind closed church (synagogue, mosque, etc.) doors.
But, yes, now and then we do like to hold hands in public.
