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Yes let's actively try to shut down everything the bulk majority people believe in so long as it has fringe examples.

There are 280 Million Christians in the US [1]. How many of those do you think partake in what you wrote?

Clearly this is not a real issue to almost everyone. You're more likely to get hit by lightning (1 in 280,00)[2].

The issue is you have different beliefs and don't want to tolerate the beliefs of 280 M people.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity_in_the_United_Sta... [2] http://www.lightningsafety.com/nlsi_pls/probability.html

If you're afraid of signs, you may have bigger problems then religion...

And can we judge an entire political opinion on the actions a of a tiny minority of people? If we are going to play that game, there are lots of great examples of similar nonsense from the Left.

Do we judge black people on the statements of Louis Farrakhan's anti-Jewish rhetoric? Or Jeramiah Wright's sermons? Or Jesse Jackson's corruption? Or even Hilary Clinton's corruption?

I'm not judging anyone. I'm not anti-religion, but I do think his point that religion is harmless and "what is there to be afraid of" is naive at best.