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Oh, please. No orthodox believer has offered an olive branch to an unbeliever, ever. If you want to be taken seriously, provide even one example.

While I don't claim to know Wolterstorff's intentions, I've heard similar arguments made to support the false claim that America is a "Christian nation" or that our government should favor Christianity at the expense of other religions.

I agree that religious believers should not be condemned. I must add, however, that such condemnation is not the main problem. Instead, that problem is that America's religious discourse is dominated by fanatics like James Dobson and Tony Perkins whose agenda is explicitly theocratic. I suspect that a huge percentage of Americans, including many Christians, have never even heard of Warren and Kristof, and may be the poorer for it.

Brilliant thoughts especially those that remind us of the religious roots of our institutions and rights. Thanks for contributing.

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Unfortunately, the 'olive branch' doesn't always seem like much more than the same old stick with some camouflage on it... and a lot of the 'refutations' of certain ideas ...well, both unconvincing and part of certain political agendas after all.

As promising as it is that younger evangelicals may be putting more concern toward real and present and important social issues, (And a little amusing that evangelicals hasten to take the credit for things that in large measure, they still actively-oppose and seek to roll back,) people who believe in our secular nation, with the promise of liberty and justice for *all,* not just Christians, are right to be wary, and in fact, insist on certain standards of reason, when it comes to our government.

Mr. Keller,

Very good post.

Thank you...