tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6742937789480545855.post17790961342165915..comments2023-11-03T06:22:12.111-07:00Comments on An American Manifesto: Impiety, Ancient and ModernChristopher Chantrillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04115398168797134843noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6742937789480545855.post-42069524214327708142012-03-29T15:07:50.665-07:002012-03-29T15:07:50.665-07:00I agree with you that "we have a way of descr...I agree with you that "we have a way of describing people on the wrong side of the line: impious." I disagree with your assertion that Americn piety today is liberaly piety. Both the political right and the left have claim to "American piety" and "American impiety".<br />I do dislike your tendency to lump people into being either liberals or conservatives. I prefer political left and right, which allows me to inhabit the derided middle. I am a fiscal conservative (who likes your website on the federal budget), a judicial and moral conservative. Yet, when it comes to helping the less fortunate, I confess to being a liberal.<br />In reading your article, one thing wasn't clear to me, do you suggest that to believe in science makes you a liberal? When I disagree with fundamentalist Christian bashing of evolution, I don't believe that I'm expressing any "liberal" ideas. As a scientist, my belief in evolution comes from broad readings of both the biologic and physical sciences. Evolutionary theory is the keystone of all modern biology and is supported by studies ranging from the very old, e.g., paleontology to the very new, e.g., molecular biology. It is not a matter of political leaning!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02638873393050533479noreply@blogger.com