There is a latent deep strain of religious fanaticism in this, our culture; it is rooted in our history and it has broken out many times in the past. It is with us now; there has been a sharp rise in strongly evangelical sects in this country in recent years, some of which hold beliefs theocratic in the extreme, anti-intellectual, anti-scientific, and anti-libertrarian.

Robert A. Heinlein (1907-1988) American writer

Essay (1952-10), “Concerning Stories Never Written,” Revolt in 2100, Postscript (1953)
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