The cultural wars that have caused great friction in American politics for the past two decades are in their own way a religious war.

Religious wars have been fought throughout human history. Even the settling of European colonists in North America had a religious aspect. Those who left the old country and arrived in the new did so oftentimes to be able to practice their religion without threat or coercion. The lack of an official state religion in the US is one of the great assets that have contributed much to the success of the American experiment.

In today’s American culture, we are ultimately having a battle of religions. On the one side, which is often called conservative, red, old-fashioned or the like, are people of many different faiths who still believe in many religious concepts and principles for both the individual and the nation. On the other side is a growing group of people who are either not religious as we would normally define the same or whose religion is subservient to something else. That something else may be called science or secularism or leftism. However one calls it, it definitely is based on principles and concepts separate from those which underpin traditional religions.

Let’s look at some obvious issues that often come up in social and political discussions.

*Most religious people of all persuasions are either completely opposed to abortion or wish to restrict it significantly. Those on the left/science side see no reason not to allow abortion at any time up until birth.

*Most religious people find the idea of “trans women” to be false and are offended when men who claim to be women take hardware in women’s sporting events. Those on the left/science side are convinced that sex (XX vs XY) is not determinant of gender and........

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