Re: atheism and political orientation

In article <11fl5kuhs9kec53@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"Tony" <nobody@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> "Allan Adler" <ara@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:y93r7f9muli.fsf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Strictly speaking, atheism reflects a certain point of view about
> > certain theological questions, not political questions. Therefore,
> > although in my experience, atheist groups tend to adopt official
> > or unofficially liberal positions, it is entirely conceivable that
> > an atheist group could consist of political conservatives. In either
> > case, I think that the group does the cause of atheism a disservice
> > by failing to define narrowly its atheist goals and otherwise to avoid
> > taking political positions.
>
> Thank you for addressing an issue that I was questioning as i looked over
> these newsgroups. It almost seems, from looking here, that Atheist =
> Liberal.


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For example: John Kennedy, Jimmy Carter, LB Johnson -- all
well-known liberal atheists, right?
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> I wonder what all the modern atheists would think of Ayn Rand?

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An idealist with illusions.
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> There are conservative atheists. For my part, I have found my conservative
> beliefs strengthened upon abandoning belief in any sort of diety. And
> frankly, I find typical "christian" thought/doctrine to be rather
> left-leaning in nature.
>
> Too bad there's no separation of "party" and state...

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Why not? -- since we are rapidly losing the church/state separation.

What do you think of separation of "faith-based organizations" and
state?

earle
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