Religious freedom is alive and well, according to Pyle, because religious diversity, especially “no organized religion at all,” is on the rise. For Pyle, choice is the core of religious freedom, especially the choice “not to follow, rather than having it chosen for [us] by peer pressure or tradition.”
My friend, as Daniel Patrick Moynihan reminded us, is entitled to his own opinions, but he is not entitled to his own facts — and Pyle flings facts around with the reckless abandon of a howler monkey at Hogle Zoo. With no small hint of glee, Pyle tries to humiliate LDS Church apostle Jeffrey R. Holland for saying that a rise in secularism does not bode well for society. Pyle claims, while denying cause and effect and carelessly referencing selected statistics, Elder Holland is simply “wrong.” Both context and facts suggest Elder Holland is absolutely correct.
