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“Don't force your religious views on me. Religion has no place in politics. Believe what you want to in private but don't impose your views on the rest of us.”

These statements come from a belief that there are two worlds, faith and reason. This belief holds that faith is a personal matter, something akin to a preference for vanilla over chocolate. Reason on the other hand is public. It is supported by observable data which can be used to make public decisions.

There is a problem with this kind of thinking. It doesn't work. There are not two worlds. The truth is that we all live in one world and it is a world that has at its core, a miracle. Some people don't believe in miracles but non-belief does not make the miracle go away. The truth is, we and our world are here. That we are here is a miracle because something does not come from nothing.