Religion as a human phenomenon is as riddled through with potential for both good and evil as any other phenomenon.

Do those people who hold up the Bible as an inspiration to
moral rectitude have the slightest notion of what is actually written
in it?

If a church offers no truth that is not available in the general culture - in, for instance, the editorials of the New York Times or, for that matter, of National Review - there is not much reason to pay it attention.

Genuine tolerance does not mean ignoring differences as if differences made no difference. Genuine tolerance means engaging differences within a bond of civility and respect.

Politics is chiefly a function of culture, at the heart of culture is morality, and at the heart of morality is religion.

Where orthodoxy is optional, orthodoxy will sooner or later be proscribed.