I'm not saying they have political power as a political entity, just that in the political battles with Christianity over the issues important to atheists, they have usually won. Lawrence -----Original Message----- From: lit-ideas-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:lit-ideas-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Paul Stone Sent: Friday, September 12, 2008 8:46 AM To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: faith and politics Lawrence wrote: Christians have as much right to voice > their opinions as atheists. What is at work here is the will to power, the > human tendency to dominate. Atheists have the political power now and want > to crush Christianity even more than it already is. You don't seriously believe that "Atheists have the political power" in the US do you? P ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html