the left needs to be more open about being religious (ie; Christian).

I'm sorry, but we should be going in the opposite direction. The trend in this country is that non-believers are the fastest growing segment of the population. We need to get beyond religion as a species. There are better fantasies out there to replace the mythology of the Judeo/Christian systems. Certainly the tenets of these religions are the personification of immorality when viewed from an Enlightened perspective.

Let the Rs have the religious BS. I think Bill was right to ask him how he could be so progressive and intellectual on the one hand and cling to religious bullshit at the same time. Pete's response was to cite a bunch of human attributes that do not at all stem from religious belief, saying these were things religion inspired. Hogwash.