David - your argument about the divinity of Christ is flawed, it only works from a limited Western framework. Read the Lotus Sutra, specifically the part about expedient means, maybe it will open your mind a bit. Since I HAVE read Mere Christianity, along with almost all of Lewis' other books, maybe you should be the one to broaden your own horizons. I mean that in a friendly way, not as a slam.
<br>Miles - still no explanation of how saying "god," and by the way you know full well that they mean a single god, not gods or goddess, was any more acceptable than "krishna bless america" or "the goddess bless america." Would you be upset about that or not, if those two statements were on your kid's school? Should I even bother to ask? Be honest. And yet you expect atheists, agnostics, hindus pantheists, etc. to accept your "god" because it is "harmless." By the way, those of us who hold monist or pantheist views tend to find your talk of "god" amusing.
<br>It's also funny that you backpedalled on your statement about what we would be left with - why is the U.S. the only country that would be left with a "few" good non-christians, if other cultures are able to survive without it? You are unwilling to take the stand that predominantly non-Christian cultures are filled almost totally with evil, unethical people. So what was your point, when you said that was almost all the U.S. would be left with. I'm quite curious, actually...
<br>Feel free to e-mail me, my address is linked under my post in the open forum about a N5.2 board.
<br>Thanks,
<br>Michael<br><br>