The Americans combine the notions of religion and liberty so intimately in their minds that it is impossible to make them conceive of one without the other.
The problem with writing about religion is that you run the risk of offending sincerely religious people and then they come after you with machetes.
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The humanists' replacement for religion: work really hard and somehow you'll either save yourself or you'll be immortal. Of course that's a total joke and our progress is nothing. There may be progress in technology but there's no ethical progress whatsoever.