The major obstacle to a religious renewal is the intellectual classes, who are highly influential and tend to view religion as primitive superstition. They believe that science has left atheism as the only respectable intellectual stance.
Robert BorkModernity, the child of the Enlightenment, failed when it became apparent that the good society cannot be achieved by unaided reason.
Robert BorkReporters treat religion as beneath mention, as personally distasteful, or as a clear and present threat to the American way of life.
Robert BorkAs the courts keep pushing religion out of sight, the press either ignores it or treats it as some sort of emotional affliction. It is hardly any wonder that religion slowly loses its grip on the popular mind.
Robert Bork