I have not tried to argue the evils of deism, and you appear determined to couch my comments that way. Americans are the biggest enablers of the most criminal government in the Earth’s history, and 80% of Americans self-identify as Christian, and I’m pretty sure that most Christian sects preach love thy neighbor.

It isn’t my contention that Christian doctrine or Christian believers who practice their beliefs are behind America’s reign of terror. But the complacent, often contemptible, unjustifiably

defensive trust that many Americans have in their government places America’s high level of religiosity (compared to most other developed countries) in a light. If the 80% of Americans who call themselves Christians can casually rationalize their criminal government, I am motivated to underscore their values, and call out their blatant hypocrisy.