Good post, so true. "We need to promote science education" is the National Problem in my subtitle of my book written 2014.

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Guiliani was terrible in chemistry, biology and 11th year math. And when I wrote the book almost all our congressmen were the same. Now years later thousands are dying because of it.

This is because others always say "I believe in my own way." That translates into "screw the doctrines and what has normally been accepted over the years." I'm here now and if I wanna believe nonsense of any kind I am free to do that. In fact, it makes me feel comfortable.

I think there will always be believers, but there will be fewer who are dogmatic fundamentalists. Those types are increasingly on the fringe. They are losing their special status; which is why the Christian right is trying so hard to dominate the courts and to use the government to force their beliefs onto the rest of us. They don't want democracy and equality. They want their world view to dominate.

@Joanne, @DenoPenno
Seems like wishful thinking. Believers are fundamentalists.

Only someone who has completely swallowed the govt Kool-aid would think democracy is a good idea. Democracy is mob rule of the majority. The mob is rarely right about anything.

Can't buy into what you're selling.

@SCal Am I lost here or are you part of the modern Christian right? Democracy is about getting rid of Trumpian idea and keeping our benefits. This is why I will vote blue.

@SCal: Not everyone who believes in a god, or even the Christian god, is a fundamentalist. There are many, if not most, who do not take everything in the bible literally, and who are not out to force their beliefs onto others via the government.

We are a Democratic Republic. This means that the people vote in their representatives who are supposed to represent them; AND they are also supposed to make decisions for the people based on reason and facts--not according lies and misinformation, their personal god beliefs, or that which fattens their bank accounts.

In a democracy, the possibility of tyranny of the majority is real. This is why we have rights and protections in our Constitution and in our laws.

In the US, right now, we are under the control of the minority; and are at a real risk of having a tyranny of the minority.

The Republicans have shown their disdain for democracy and their willingness to accept an authoritarian leader--as long as that leader is doing what they want: showing preference for their religion, working to force their religious beliefs onto everyone, catering to interests that benefit a few rather than the whole and the list goes on...

It's downright sickening and against what our founders intended.

There have been a number of articles about this for a while now. Great news!!

@SeaRay215ex i think what is really important is the growing religious indifference of the young, their apatheism, so called, and secular attitudes, and it is the younger age groups that set the trend as older groups pass on. Religions know this, see twindling church attendances, and fear these trends. In response they become more conservative and more devious in protecting their influence. This is my concern.

@David1955 Their deviousness doesn’t scare me. It’s merely the same thing as a child who throws a tantrum because his mother didn’t buy him ice cream or some toy that he wants but can’t have. It’s a sign of desperation, that’s it.