As an atheist myself, I don´t think I have found the right answers, my atheism is just a proof of how ignorant and helpless I am. I am not in a position to assert, it is rather like a complete surrender. I just can´t do anything beyond groping in the dark.
Religion and society are so intertwined terminating one results in the termination of the other. Religion is like a vitally important limb. When you cut it off, you render society crippled. It doesn´t cure anything, nor does it answer any question but it does act like placebo and its absence could result in dire consequences.
Christians have the most dominant power in the world today. Considering the amount of money flowing into the sytem and the reach of the network, we could conclude it is both omnipresent and omnipotent. The Pope is still sitting in Vatican controlling a majestic power. Every major conflict in todays world is almost invariably between the Christian West and some Islamic country.
Muslim countries on the other hand, open up their doors to Europeans. Their resources are collectively used. Christian West acts like a more equal partner, when a doubt arises about the safety of the resources exploited, military option is always on the table (for example, the 6th Fleet is waiting off shore Libya at present.)
In other words, the entire world has been taken hostage by this seemingly secular regime. The fear you mentioned has turned the world into a proving field. I know this Christianity is not quite in line with the teachings of Jesus Christ himself (who happens to be a nice peaceful chap) and it has not much to do with secularism either.
Quoted from Daydreamer´s post:
It´s easy to complain about terrible Europeans hating Islam. But it isn´;t so. Europe should stand against everything that may kill its secularism, human rights and equality regardless of whether it´s Islam, Catholicism or Marxism. In other words, everybody should be free to pray to whomever they want either in the privacy of their own house or in a place of religious cult like mosque, church or synagogue, but nowhere else. And religious rules should always be inferior to national laws.
Edited (3/3/2011) by vineyards
[full of blunder.]
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