Republican Congressman, Robin Hayes, finally says out loud what the conservatives privately believe to be true.

“Stability in Iraq ultimately depends on spreading the message of Jesus Christ, the message of peace on earth, good will towards men. Everything depends on everyone learning about the birth of the Savior.”

And that ladies and gentleman is the arrogance of religion at its ugliest. The idea that if we can just get our enemy to accept our religious beliefs then surely they will embrace us as brothers and together we can spread the good word throughout the world.

How many times has that very belief allowed zealots to destroy the culture of an indigenous people in the name of their God? And how can it be that after the benefit of history to show us the error of our ways we can continue to feel justified in steamrolling another people's religion into the dirt and supplant it with our own?