To Dr. Pipes: Don't slander the secularists

Submitted by G.Vishvas (Germany), Mar 25, 2007 at 08:16

Dr. Pipes writes:

"An extreme secularism predominates in Europe, especially among its elites, to the point that believing Christians (such as George W. Bush) are seen as mentally unbalanced and unfit for public office."

Secularists don't think Bush is unfit for holding public office because he happens to be a christian.

Can you think of other reasons why it is so?

Extreme secularism does not exist, just as there is no extreme mathematics or extreme physics. Secularism has its minimum demands and requirements and if they are undercrossed then various religious conflicts will start dominating public life.

Especially in out fight against islamic totalitarianism and deceit we must take care not to go the baptist "god-talks-to-me" way. The Bush man is indeed either unbalanced or stubborn in his arrogance and dimwit.

Note: Opinions expressed in comments are those of the authors alone and not necessarily those of Daniel Pipes. Original writing only, please. Comments are screened and in some cases edited before posting. Reasoned disagreement is welcome but not comments that are scurrilous, off-topic, commercial, disparaging religions, or otherwise inappropriate. For complete regulations, see the "Guidelines for Reader Comments".

Daniel Pipes replies:

By extreme secularism I mean a secularism that tries to crush religion.