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[[Ann Coulter]]'s 2006 book ''Godless'' argues that to its adherents, liberalism holds every single characteristic of a religion.  <ref>Ann Coulter, Godless: The Church of Liberalism (New York: Crown Publishing Group, 2006) ISBN 1-4000-5420-6<blockquote>Liberals love to boast that they are not 'religious,' which is what one would expect to hear from the state-sanctioned religion. Of course liberalism is a religion. It has its own cosmology, its own miracles, its own beliefs in the supernatural, its own churches, its own high priests, its own saints, its own total worldview, and its own explanation of the existence of the universe. In other words, liberalism contains all the attributes of what is generally known as 'religion.'</blockquote> </ref>

book written by [[Ann Coulter]] in 2006.

Coulter's thesis is that "liberalism" holds every single characteristic of what is a religion.  <ref>Ann Coulter, Godless: The Church of Liberalism (New York: Crown Publishing Group, 2006) ISBN 1-4000-5420-6<blockquote>Liberals love to boast that they are not 'religious,' which is what one would expect to hear from the state-sanctioned religion. Of course liberalism is a religion. It has its own cosmology, its own miracles, its own beliefs in the supernatural, its own churches, its own high priests, its own saints, its own total worldview, and its own explanation of the existence of the universe. In other words, liberalism contains all the attributes of what is generally known as 'religion.'</blockquote> </ref>

She maintains that,  

She maintains that,  

*Liberalism is a religion. The liberal religion has its own cosmology, its own explanation for why we are here, its own gods, its own clergy. The basic tenet of liberalism is that nature is god and men are monkeys. (Except not as pure-hearted as actual monkeys, who don't pollute, make nukes or believe in God.)

*Liberalism has its own cosmology, its own explanation for why we are here, its own gods, and its own clergy. The basic tenet of liberalism is that nature is god and men are monkeys. (Except not as pure-hearted as actual monkeys, who don't pollute, make nukes or believe in God.)

*Liberals deny, of course, that liberalism is a religion – otherwise, they'd lose their government funding. "Separation of church and state" means separation of your church from the state, but total unity between their church and the state. [http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=22829]

*Liberals deny that liberalism is a religion – otherwise, they'd lose their government funding. To their thinking, the separation of church and state means separation of your traditional churches from the state, but total the unity between their church and the state. [http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=22829]

*ACLU and Evolution. "The ACLU sued a school district in Cobb County Georgia, merely for putting stickers in biology textbooks that urged students to study evolution 'with an open mind, studied carefully, and critically considered.' <ref>Ariel Hart, "Stickers Put in Evolution Text Are the Subject of a Federal Trial," New York Times, November 9, 2004</ref> According to the ACLU, an open mind violates the 'separation of church and state,' which appears in the Constitution just after the abortion and sodomy clauses." <ref>Ann Coulter, Godless: The Church of Liberalism (New York: Crown Publishing Group, 2006)</ref>

* The ACLU promotes evolutionism. "The ACLU sued a school district in Cobb County Georgia, merely for putting stickers in biology textbooks that urged students to study evolution 'with an open mind, studied carefully, and critically considered.' <ref>Ariel Hart, "Stickers Put in Evolution Text Are the Subject of a Federal Trial," New York Times, November 9, 2004</ref> According to the ACLU, an open mind violates the 'separation of church and state,' which appears in the Constitution just after the abortion and sodomy clauses." <ref>Ann Coulter, Godless: The Church of Liberalism (New York: Crown Publishing Group, 2006)</ref>

[[Michael Crichton]] makes much the same point as Coulter:

The popular novelist [[Michael Crichton]] makes much the same point as Coulter:

*"Today, one of the most powerful religions in the Western World is environmentalism. [[Environmentalism]] seems to be the religion of choice for urban atheists." [http://www.cdfe.org/religion.htm]

*"Today, one of the most powerful religions in the Western world is environmentalism. [[Environmentalism]] seems to be the religion of choice for urban atheists." [http://www.cdfe.org/religion.htm]

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