While moderates don't blow themselves up or shoot family service providers in the head, they do give cover to fundamentalists both here and abroad. If it weren't for a critical mass of people saying 'Yeah, there's something to that whole God thing...', Pat Robertson would be just another raving lunatic wearing a sandwich board outside the subway station. Instead he's got millions of followers and millions of dollars to spread his hateful message.
By insisting there is some legitimacy to the dogma these zealots base their worldview upon, and demanding tolerance for any form of religous expression, moderates make it difficult to condemn the hateful dogma of fundamentalists.
Moderation is second-guessing God's will while thumbing your nose at centuries worth of science. By claiming reason and faith are compatible, moderates betray both. Either God made the world or he didn't...you can't have your Darwin and eat it too.
So what do you think of religious moderation?
2007-01-29
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