They do, don't they? Over the last several years I've been told countless times how the Religious Right was a threat to my liberties and welfare, usually toward the conclusion that I should stop being silly and vote for Democrats. If nothing else, religion has served faithfully as a bogeyman.
Carl Remick:
> Of course. Religion is at least as great a menace to overall human
> potential as capitalism and is a good deal more entrenched.
What about leftist religion? It seems to me that all kinds of potentials, some of them pretty scary, are released by or embodied in religious behavior.