Dear Canem Malum,

What makes you think that the US is religious?

Yes, there are more nominal Christians there, there are more who use certain passages of the Bible to excuse their hatred of God's other children, their lust, greed, delusion, anger, pride and jealousy.

But "religious"?

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It is often our wishful thinking that the Church will uplift the state.
Instead, more commonly, the state pulls down and sinks the Church with it.

I am over it.

But I accept it is part of daily life right now.
I know full well that the great unwashed majority has a powerful instinctive need to be subsurvient to a strong leader.
It makes that majority feel safe and wanted?
Which makes countries with a monarchy more stable socially?
But we should note that, in our case, the monarchy is a servant of the state

I have often wondered why someone who heads a democracy is also head of a religious group.
Religion is clearly a dictatorship, so the two things are opposing.
Eventually, this nonsense must cease.
And the population must just grow-up.
And let reason permeate that layer of absurdity which is constraining them.
And allow free thinking to devise a better system of government.

But not yet.

Maybe this might answer Yuyutsu's question- though coming from a different culture might make it difficult to see things from a European Christian perspective... Even though he may live in a western nation- there is only so much room in ones head for different ideas.

http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/religion/rel01.html

Dear Canem Malum,

«Maybe this might answer Yuyutsu's question»

My question was about religion in America.

Your answer seems to be about Western sectarianism.

What has the one to do with the other?