Okay, its got to be said. Yes it is both ridiculous and paranoid to seriously suggest that a society such as the one portrayed in the "The Handmaid's Tale" could develop out of a culture based on Christian values and principles concerning the sanctity of human life and beliefs that sex should rightly be being confined to life long marriage for the procreation and rearing of children. Destroy that culture, as we are doing, and anything is possible.