materialist. Public conversation is ideologically rigged. Here’s another illustration. The illusion of separation is like a Trojan horse for idols and nameless gods. Do you remember how the Greek soldiers hid inside a massive wooden horse and left it outside the gates of Troy? The people of Troy pulled the horse inside the city gates. Then, while the city slept, the soldiers snuck out and destroyed the city. In the same way, claiming to separate politics and religion keeps organized religion outside