Most activists on the Left believe that they, not only their values, are morally superior to their adversaries. Therefore, coercing people to adhere to 'progressive' values is morally acceptable, even demanded.

Secularism produces a bored soul

There is nothing - not any religious or secular body of work - that comes close to the Bible in forming the moral bases of Western civilization and therefore of nearly all moral progress in the world.

The Left has never been comfortable with the notion that values are more determinitive than socioeconomic factors in human behavior

This is the belief of the Left: You negotiate with evil, and get tough with your allies

Because gratitude is the key to happiness, anything that undermines gratitude must undermine happiness. And nothing undermines gratitude as much as expectations. There is an inverse relationship between expectations and gratitude: The more expectations you have, the less gratitude you will have.

But if there is a just God, there is ultimate justice.