There has been some muttering, in private, about the anti-Christian tone that various Cant authors have espoused. Only because it's recent, I'll use Sound and Fury's latest article as a starting point.
Now, I don't think that S&Fs article was rabidly anti-Christian, even though he does go a bit over the edge. When he says, "I realized Christianity (and most religions, for that matter) is a corporation in and of itself!" I think that he's a bit confused. Now, the Catholic Church, what with the Pope and his posse and all that, is certainly corporation-like. But calling an entire religion a corporation is a stretch. I've eaten at In-n-Out before, and I wouldn't object to doing so again. I object to anyone pushing their religion on me, but you really have to search the In-n-Out packaging to find the biblical references, and then it just says "John 3:13". Not the verse, just a reference. And, as I haven't yet memorized the Bible, it doesn't mean a whole lot to me. If it turns out that the verse is "And they ate the fried potatoes, and the heathens among them did get upset stomachs, and fell into the lake of burning fire", then I'll be ticked off. Although I'd be even more upset if John 3:13 read "And yea, did THE LORD spit upon the starchy food products of the unbelievers."
But as long as they aren't pushing bibles on me, or sending me off with "Here's your change, TRUST IN JESUS!" then I'm not going to get worked up about it. The owners of In-n-Out have their beliefs, I have mine, they're willing to sell me food despite that, and I haven't heard that their profits are going to fund rabidly religious causes. I don't think they're a dangerous cult, hiring and then brainwashing teenagers. Hell, even if they are, they're a cult that makes decent hamburgers, which is a lot better than stockpiling food and weapons or killing themselves to catch a ride on a comet.
We can't ignore the fact that the vast majority of Americans identify themselves as following one religion or another, and the even the ones who are pretty lax about religion believe in God or some sort of higher power. As a person with no religious views, I'm just pretty damn happy that most people agree that the separation of church and state is a good thing.
It's been my experience that most people are not rabidly religious. Can you name with any degree of certainty the religious preference of most people that you know? I can't. Ok, if you meet most of your friends in church, then you probably can. Of course, not being religious myself, I'm not really concerned about the beliefs of people that I meet, so maybe I'm unusual. But I don't think so.
Having been brought up in a non-religious household, I think that I'm pretty tolerant of religious beliefs, and certainly more tolerant than someone who was brought up with a set of beliefs and has now turned against them. I don't share the beliefs, and ultimately I think that they're wrong, but that's just part of my normal "I'm right about damn near everything" worldview. I don't feel the need to shove my non-religion in anyone's face, and unless your beliefs involve sacrificing me, then I won't question your reasons for following them. Which means, unfortunately, that I just don't get along with ancient Aztecs and Cthulhu cultists.
However, I'm never really comfortable discussing religion, except in an abstract way. I think it's a fascinating subject, and I'll happily read an intelligent article discussing religion, or watch a well-written show about the subject. Especially when they delve into history; I'm a history buff, and you just can't fully understand where the major religions come from without studying the eras in which they began. But I always want to ask people "Why?" Why do you believe in what you believe, and how did you develop your ideas about religion? Not because I want anyone to change their beliefs; after all, I don't have anything better to offer. It's my opinion that to remain strong, any belief system must be analyzed and reviewed every so often. If a set of beliefs can't stand up to scrutiny, are merely clung to blindly, then how useful, how correct, can they possibly be?