In response to Lauren Feeney's post "The Thing About Christians" (April 14, 2012):
Very interesting article! I agree that many people are obsessed with Christianity, probably because it has become such a visible force in politics today. It does seem as though the most extreme Christians are the ones making policy these days - for example, the Vatican has some ridiculously strict doctrines, but most people I know who identify as Catholic are much more moderate in their views. This extremism, I think, is not only detrimental to atheists, agnostics, and non-Christian theists, but to any Christians who have less extreme views than those visible few. In fact, it may do more damage to such moderate Christians, because it may cause many non-Christians to assume that every Christian is a fanatical extremist (like Fred Phelps, or someone similarly awful).
A quick side note - I could have missed it, but reading the article, I didn't notice Seven mention Catholicism. It seems like he was commenting on Christianity in general, not Catholicism specifically.
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