WORLDmag.com | Doughnut-shaped religion | Marvin Olasky: NY Times writer Nicholas Kristof likes te “latest wave of respectful atheist writing” and calls it “a healthy step toward nuance.” He concludes “this new attitude can eventually be the basis for a truce in our religious wars.”
That’s the view from 35,000 feet. It doesn’t work at street level. America tried this in the 1950s, when mainline religions were at their attendance peak and many leaders spoke about the useful social effects of “Judeo-Christianity.” They suggested we not bother with truth claims. That didn’t work. The 1950s led to the 1960s because many people, including many teenagers, including myself, were not impressed with doughnut-shaped religion. We needed reality in the middle.
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