Who, though, is a Christian? Christians have been saying that other Christians aren't really Christians ever since there have been Christians. To this day Christians are killing other Christians because they don't believe the others are true Christians. They all point to the Bible as the basis for the beliefs, yet come up with completely incompatible theologies. How is a non-Christian like me to know?

Your high school history teacher should be fired.

Also: When a man sells his daughter as a slave, she will not be freed at the end of six years as the men are. If she does not please the man who bought her, he may allow her to be bought back again. (Exodus 21:7-8) There are a few verses enjoining humane treatment for slaves, although severe beatings are clearly allowed, but there is not a single Bible verse condemning slavery per se.

However, you may purchase male or female slaves from among the foreigners who live among you. You may also purchase the children of such resident foreigners, including those who have been born in your land. You may treat them as your property, passing them on to your children as a permanent inheritance. You may treat your slaves like this, but the people of Israel, your relatives, must never be treated this way. (Leviticus 25:44-46 NLT) Slaves, obey your earthly masters with deep respect and fear. Serve them sincerely as you would serve Christ. (Ephesians 6:5 NLT)

And yet you provide no examples. As has been pointed out before, atheism is a religion like bald is a hair color, or like not collecting stamps is a hobby.

Ah, conservatism, the home of such models of civility as Ann Coulter, Rush Limbaugh, Jim DeMint, Michelle Bachmann, David Horowitz, Pam Geller, Orly Taitz, Newt Gingrich, Tom Delay...

Yes, if there's anything I haven't seen a hint of since Mr. Obama was elected, it's racism on the part of the conservatives.

The problem is that many American Christians "support" Israel only because they believe that certain things, including the unification of israel, must happen before the Apocalypse, at which point Israel will be destroyed, and all but a handful of Jews sent to eternal torture in Hell, along with every other non-Christian. As Al Franken said about these "supporters," with friends like these, who needs enemies? American Christianity is steeped in anti-Semitism. Ask the handful of Jews who lived in my Texas Panhandle hometown when I was growing up. Certainly it never reached the levels often seen in Europe before WWII (and sadly now, occasionally), but to pretend that the US was/is paradise for Jews is nonsense.

No one is saying you can't allow your Christianity to be seen in public. We're saying you can't put your religious displays on public property, using public funds, to the exclusion of other religions. We're saying you can't turn public schools in seminaries. We're saying you can't substitute your religious beliefs for actual science in publicly funded institutions, like schools or research institutions. We're saying you can't impose laws that are based exclusively on religious dogma—laws may, and often do, coincide with religious principles, but they must have a valid, underlying secular justification. We're saying you can't seize the microphone at publicly funded occasions and force everyone to listen to you pray. Not a hard concept.

Basically you just made Bruce2397's point for him. Thanks for that.