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The Birkbeck College, University of London professor [[Eric Kaufmann]] wrote in his 2010 book ''Shall the Righteous Inherit the Earth?'' concerning the [[United States]]:
The Birkbeck College, University of London professor [[Eric Kaufmann]] wrote in his 2010 book ''Shall the Righteous Inherit the Earth?'' concerning the [[United States]]:
{{cquote|High [[evangelical Christians|evangelical]] fertility rates more than compensated for losses to [[liberal Christianity|liberal Protestant]] sects during the twentieth century. In recent decades, white [[secularism]] has surged, but Latino and Asian religious immigration has taken up the slack, keeping secularism at bay. Across denominations, the fertility advantage of religious [[fundamentalism|fundamentalists]] of all colours is significant and growing. After 2020, their demographic weight will begin to tip the balance in the culture wars towards the conservative side, ramping up pressure on hot-button issues such as [[abortion]]. By the end of the century, three quarters of America may be pro-life. Their activism will leap over the borders of the 'Redeemer Nation' to evangelize the world. Already, the rise of the World Congress of Families has launched a global religious right, its arms stretching across the bloody lines of the War on Terror to embrace the entire Abrahamic family.<ref>[http://questionevolution.blogspot.com/2012/05/why-is-year-2020-key-year-for-christian.html Why is the year 2020 a key year for Christian creationists and pro-lifers?]</ref>}}
{{cquote|High [[evangelical Christians|evangelical]] fertility rates more than compensated for losses to [[liberal Christianity|liberal Protestant]] sects during the twentieth century. In recent decades, white [[secularism]] has surged, but Latino and Asian religious immigration has taken up the slack, keeping secularism at bay. Across denominations, the fertility advantage of religious [[fundamentalism|fundamentalists]] of all colours is significant and growing. After 2020, their demographic weight will begin to tip the balance in the culture wars towards the conservative side, ramping up pressure on hot-button issues such as [[abortion]]. By the end of the century, three quarters of America may be pro-life. Their activism will leap over the borders of the 'Redeemer Nation' to evangelize the world. Already, the rise of the World Congress of Families has launched a global religious right, its arms stretching across the bloody lines of the War on Terror to embrace the entire Abrahamic family.<ref>[http://questionevolution.blogspot.com/2012/05/why-is-year-2020-key-year-for-christian.html Why is the year 2020 a key year for Christian creationists and pro-lifers?]</ref>}}
==Liberalism==
[[File:President Barack Obama.jpg|thumbnail|200px|right|[[Barack Hussein Obama]] was one of the most liberal presidents in the U.S. history.]]
Liberalism, if it is all the ideology that supports change, has no consistent ideals throughout history, but this does not bother it, as it generally ignores history. Identifying its particulars cannot be done based on the literal meaning of the word, "the belief in freedom," because in the present context, liberals often suppress freedom of speech, freedom of the Second Amendment, and in the case of recent judicial activism, the freedom to use executive powers granted by the Constitution and to fulfill one's duty to protect one's country. While the drafters of the Constitution are often regarded as liberals, as they were in support of change and freedom, their ideology is often in conflict with the liberals of today.
See: [[Liberalism]], [[Liberal]]
===Liberal values===
In a present context, the liberal stance on current issues is as follows:
*Liberals oppose the right to life for unborn children
*Liberals support homosexual marriage
*Liberals oppose the right to keep children safe from pornography
*Liberals support legalizing all forms of drugs and chemicals
*Liberals support "affirmative action," i.e., the granting of special rights to minority groups and women.
*Liberals oppose the Second Amendment
Conjecturally, people who are liberal on political ideals...
*prefer bawdy jokes and potty humor over wordplay, even in children's movies.
*use profanity.
*listen to hip-hop or punk rock music, and associate each style with a race.
*believe Satanism is a legitimate, harmless religion, but Christianity is not.
*didn't know Alexander Hamilton wasn't a president until they saw ''Hamilton!''.
*oppose private schools.
*enjoy watching the Oscars.
*spend more time watching the Super Bowl on Super Bowl Sunday than remembering veterans on Veterans' Day and Memorial Day combined. (Memorial Day regards only deceased veterans; veterans includes all).
*think James Joyce and Jack Kerouac were great writers.
*consider Communism as a feasible means of economics.
*believe that World War Two was the cause of the end of the Great Depression, not FDR's economic policies.
*will not accept a tax cut if it requires Donald Trump to take a tax cut as well.
*believe anything a scientist says is true
*accept the existence of hurricanes and other natural disasters as evidence of climate change
*thinks wind power is perfectly safe for the environment, despite reports of birds being killed by the blades, and that solar power is the same, though birds get fried by the concentrated rays. Coal power they reject on the grounds that it produces carbon dioxide.
*accept without questioning that 1+2+3+4+5... is -1/12, because mathematicians say so.
*base their perception of Christianity on its appearance in movies, television, and video games.
*read and see importance in entertainment news and keep track of famous actors and actresses.
*think that the ''Huffington Post'' is a newspaper.
==See also==
==See also==