Monday, May 03, 2004
By the Numbers
A candidate’s religious beliefs are not only a topic of conversation in this upcoming presidential election, they are akin to Joseph’s coat of many colors, donned as a mantle of the right to be annointed. Except in this modern age, the coat is reversible and acts as a cloaking device, too.
Razib, at Gene Expression, links to a piece by Paul Kurtz titled “Bravo! Secularism Growing in the U.S." which looks at some of the statistical data which may shed light on the benefit, or non-benefit, of political candidates donning a coat of religious piety, as it pertains to number of religiously inclined folks in the U.S.
