Has General Discussion Been Hostile to Religious Believers recently?

[Prophet 451]

220. Let me tell you a story

I was raised my my Grimmer (grandmother). She was devoutly Christian, albeit quietly so (fundies being virtually unknown here) and she drew a lot of strength and inspiration from her faith. She also devoted her entire adult life to caring for disabled and disturbed children. First, she was a pediatric nurse, the she ran a children's home and when she was forced to retire from that, she cajoled the local council into leasing her a big Victorian townhouse that she filled with disabled and disturbed kids who couldn't find foster parents elsewhere.

Over the course of her life, upwards of a hundred kids passed through her care and she sent all of them off to college or a job or an apprenticeship. The last one, a severely retarded woman called Rosie, was with her right up until she went into hospice care a couple of weeks before she died. She prayed every night, drew a lot of strength from her faith, but she was pro-gay, pro-choice and you'd never have known she was Christian unless you asked.

So that's one good thing religion has done, it has inspired good people to do great things. It has also given the world some amazing art.