You speak of my prejudices, and yet you seek to
impose sentiments upon me that are more a product of your perspective of the world than mine. While it's not a strictly Christian thing, as someone who studied Western political philosophy, if I have any bias it's in favor of many of those great thinkers--Locke, Montesquieu, Rousseau, Voltaire, Hutcheson, Jefferson, et al--who were products of The Enlightenment and/or The Age of Reason. Thanks to them, I view the yearning for freedom as something that is inherent in man's being. That's probably why I think those who would seek to enslave others, whether it be in mind, body, or spirit, will ultimately fail. It's not so much that the truth will set you free, but that freedom will set truth free, and once the genie's out of the bottle, it's hard to put it back in. I think it's that realization that most terrifies extremists of all stripes, whether they be Christian, Muslim, atheist, or simply "evil" people who seek to maintain the status quo or even shift human civilization into reverse.