By "control (rather than inspire)" I was drawing a contrast between, say, George Bush (or Tony Abbot for the Australians out there) who would ban abortion and gay marriage and whatnot and other politicians who follow a religion and let it inform but not control their political beliefs. For instance: Christian politicians in Australia who are pro-abortion and pro-stem cell research.
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In any case you keep constantly missing my point. I'm saying that the idiocy is slowly growing and that, when given enough time, it can become a very serious threat if it isn't already.
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I'm not missing your point. I'm hearing it loud and clear and I'm disagreeing with it loud and clear. You're saying that religious orthodoxy is on the rise and I'm saying that atheism is on the rise. You're saying that in 100 years religious fundamentalism will dominate and I'm saying that in 100 years religious people will have to fight for their rights to practise religion.