Sermons
delivered at this time of year in the USA often emphasize the value of
religious liberty, which, however, is not always a good thing. The government ought indeed to protect our freedom
to worship the one true god, Yahweh, but it also gives us license to worship Ras
Tafari, the Manitou, Satan, &c. I
know that this will seem a shocking instance of intolerance to the secular, and
make most Christians uncomfortable, but the truth is that countries such as
Inquisition-era Spain were much more truly Christian than ours, which permits
its people to commit idolatry and, even worse, leads us to believe that we have
an inalienable right to do so.