tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8483622.post114383305824182025..comments2024-02-29T20:00:59.902-08:00Comments on Cartago Delenda Est: Anti-Christian Hatred On The RiseMatteohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05393908406875742989noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8483622.post-1143985218102076552006-04-02T06:40:00.000-07:002006-04-02T06:40:00.000-07:00I think Bill Maher had a point about the entire "W...I think Bill Maher had a point about the entire "War on Christians" idea: If the group in question makes up 80% of the nation's population and members of the group run all three branches of government, is there really a war or is it primarily rhetoric to fire up the core voting bloc? When was the last time an avowed atheist or even agnostic was elected to national office?<BR/><BR/>The most prominent elected American atheist I can find was Culbert Olson, who won the California governorship in 1938 largely because of FDR's personal endorsement. Amusingly, he had something to say about Intelligent Design: "[W]e no longer talk about the divine purpose of the various organs of the human body in an attempt to make it appear to be a logical and rational piece of construction."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com