In Today's Culture, Do You See Evidence of a War on Christianity?

"War on Christianity" is nonsense, and revs up the blatting, gassy climate that characterizes most public debate on culture. It would be more reasonable to use the term "war" for our neglect of the poor, dumbing-down of education, impoverishment of children and the elderly, hysteria about gay citizens, scapegoating of immigrants and destruction of the environment. For the self-righteous to flaunt the word to claim victimhood is an insult to the thousands of American soldiers and Iraqi civilians who have died in the real war in Iraq.

--Laura Wallace, Charlottesville, Va.

Quite the opposite. I see evidence of what I call "counterfeit Christians" imposing their far-out views on everyone, whether we like it or not. My religious beliefs, or lack of them, are my business and no one else's. I find the effort of the counterfeit Christians to replace good science with superstition and rational ethical thinking with pseudo-Biblical "law" seriously troubling. I don't care what people believe, but I worry when people expect belief in magic and the supernatural to be taken seriously alongside science and reason. If standing up against superstition is "anti-Christian", then perhaps the problem is with the so-called "Christians" and not with me.

--Philip. J. Tramdack, New Castle, Pa.

A war on Christianity? None whatever. Christians are, and ought to be, fully free to practice their religion as they see fit -- in their own homes and places of worship, and on their own dime. Some of us non-Christians do have problems when our kids are required to recite their prayers, or when our kids are taught their religious doctrines as science in the schools, or when those doctrines attempt to dictate public policy for all of us -- as with stem-cell research, reproductive freedom, disease prevention, and the teaching of modern biology and cosmology.

--Douglas G. Mook, New York, N.Y.

I don't believe it's a war against Christianity so much as any acknowledgement of God. Concrete examples are the current program substituting Before the Common Era (BCE) for BC (Before Christ). This effort is akin to the arrogance of French revolutionists when they replaced calendar day names and counting of years with a system based on the year of the revolution. Another example is the attempt to replace an "Act of God" at law with absurdly long phrases saying the same thing but avoiding naming God. It's akin to generational chauvinism but with much deeper consequences if successful.

--John Gallagher, Alexandria, Va.

The answer to this question probably has a lot to do with the circles a person chooses to run in. We all have blind spots, and they are often made bigger when we choose to associate almost exclusively with those who basically see the world as we do. Too many Christians think the world in its totality is completely against Christianity, while too many non-Christians wrongly insist that society does not harbor an anti-Christian bias. The truth is in the middle. Much of society is ambivalent about Christianity and the legitimate role it plays in society.

Some portions of society welcome Christianity's contributions. Other portions actively fight against Christianity (particularly the "conservative" kind), all the while insisting that they're not playing favorites. The Post's Editorial page is a particularly egregious example of this. So yes, there is a war against Christianity, but it is a war that is being prosecuted by a minority section of society against a particular type of Christianity, the "conservative" kind.

--Jason Foster, Arlington, Va.

It's safe to say, when the world begins to embrace a "gospel" from the man that sold the Lord Jesus Christ to be killed, there is definitely a war taking place against Bible Christianity. The acceptance of the gospel of Judas brings a supposedly Christian nation down to a new level of stupidity. To overlook the very words of Jesus Christ himself saying that Judas would betray him prior to his betrayal is wicked and absurd. The word betrayal in and of itself carries negative implications. Rebellion has crippled this country and left us stupid before the enemy that takes many forms, yet cannot be seen. The "gospel of Judas" is just the newest manifestation.