Overheard

From a letter to Time Magazine (emphasis mine):
"Is it so hard to understand the nostalgia that many Americans feel for the reasonable return to the culture of small-town America - to its appreciation of education, traditional arts, the work ethic, hunting, community spirit, and moderate churchgoing?"

Excuse me?????

And Jesus said, "Take up your cross, but only for a little while."

Is "moderate churchgoing" a virtue somewhere that I missed? Is this a value that people somehow feel is missing from their lives??

Look, I am aware of religious fanaticism (whether Christian, Islamic, or otherwise), but when did passion and commitment to one's faith become synonymous with fanaticism? Is the widow who attends church every week and goes to Bible study somehow equivelent to Fred Phelps?

C.f., Revelation 3:15-16.