Note to self: If ever I need a concise, hard-hitting, and pithy analogy, I know who not to call.
tyme:
You quoted one of the best-sourced tidbits of the column. The Big 3 Abrahamic religions make no secret that their foundation is revelation and that they reason from there (1). The Big 3, 4, whatever Progressive notions (socialism, communism, fascism, etc.) have their basis in Marx and "scientific materialism." Toss in the further pseudo-scientific muck some of the progressive notions are based on (phrenology, race theory, etc.). They are materialist notions that desperately cling to the notion of "science" and "reason" as their basis, but are based on bull****.
(1) One of the books of the New Testament has the term explicitly in its name.