[AJC]

Many an atheist behave along the definition of what I assume is meant by "A Christian manner", without believing in creationism.

Christian beliefs have been defining the western worlds laws and social attitudes for centuries. I dont think One needs a relationship with christ to understand right and wrong and most people are motivated to act according to what is defined by society as moral behavior, not because of the fear of god, but because that is what is defined by our society as correct and obey the law.

In my view most of society is law abiding and treats each other well. Its the few dimwits who are troubling the rest of society. Those few idiots out of 250,000,000 in the US justifies the media telling us and the rest of the world how evil American society is. Its all propaganda and done for the sensationalism, the media practically falls over itself generating hype everytime something happens. 1 or 2 guys shooting up the streets in LA can occuppy the news for 2 days, WHY? because Happy stories dont generate $$$ and certainly dont bring in the audience. People have a facination for disasters and tragic events, its human nature, and the media is capitalizing on it.

If the US was so out of wack and in so much trouble - there would be another revolution brewing in this country, because Americans are a pretty militant bunch. So I think that you will find that most americans are content, so obviously things are as bad here as they are painted out to be.

Another thing to consider - is the world really anymore violent than in the Last 2000 yrs past? Probably not - I think it is the medium for which reporting the news stories is allowing us an instantanious microscopic view of the same social issues that have been with us since the beginning of the human race and most of us dont like what we see.