Re: 'Why do my values, without believing in God, scare you? [Letter, Village News, 1/27/11]

Where one is born has more to do with one’s religion than the belief itself. The probability that Ms. Burge, Misters Bowles and Stanton, and Dr. Sisel are Christians is probably more geographical than theological. If born in a non-Christian country, they would likely fervently support Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, Confucianism, Jainism, or Judaism. They would believe one of those religions because that is what family and those around them follow.

It is incidental that our nation’s founders were Christians. If they were any of the above they still would have rebelled against King George because th...