All I can say is SE Cupp is!!!!!
Of course...
Although I am not an atheist, I am fully accepting of atheism in the conservative movement. One can be atheist and still believe in Judeo-Christian principles - or - simply believe in small government.
Why not ???
Mark for later reading..
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I do not consider myself an atheist, because I feel that atheism is a form of religion or anti-religion.
I’m not anti-religious at all. have no problem with people taking part in religious activities.
But personally I am somewhere between hard agnostic to nonbeliever.
And yes I am very conservative to libertarian in my political views.
I am strongly conservative mostly because of political beliefs, but partial birth abortion is a real heart breaker for me!
I don’t believe in religion either.
Mostly because of a priest who tried to kiss me.
I absolutely believe in The Lord, though you won’t ever find me in a church.
An atheist believes our spirit dies with our body, a Christian does not.
An intelligent, intellectually honest person will gravitate towards a conservative, judeo-christian view of morality if only because historically, that’s what works.
I’m sorry for your wife’s apparent lack of faith, but give her time; if the seed’s planted deep enough, eventually it will blossom.
There is no such thing as a Atheist on a crashing Airplane.
You can quote me on this.
Of more concern is understanding your wife's lack of religious belief. I have several atheists in my extended family. They all have a need to believe in something bigger than themselves, and choose to either put their belief in big gov't or the Earth. They were never baptized and are very tough nuts to crack. Your wife, however, had a religious background and perhaps she is "wandering" for whatever reason.
In our nation's charter, the Declaration of Independence, what those principles are are laid out quite clearly. Our form of government and our liberty are premised on the self-evident truth that all men are CREATED equal, ENDOWED BY THEIR CREATOR with certain unalienable rights, and that the raison d'être of human government is the protection of those rights.
How can someone who denies what the Founders called "self-evident," or "as plain as the nose on your face," conserve what they can't see and that they deny?
How can someone conserve something they don't even understand?
I know you’re a Christian, but it sounds like you were not aware of God’s admonishment that we not be “yoked” with unbelievers: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Corinthians+6%3A14&version=NIV (when I got married, I was Catholic and had no knowledge of Scripture, so had no idea this concept even existed!).
Anyway, now that you’re married, just continue to pray for her salvation. I, too, hope that Glenn can lead people to the Lord. I often watch his program with my former husband (an agnostic), and since he agrees with virtually everything Glenn says, I hope that he will go further and explore the Christian concepts that Glenn mentions that are so important to our nation’s heritage.
I will keep you and your wife in my prayers!
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I get hung up on atheism as it relates to this phrase in the Declaration:
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”
If you don’t believe in God, then you don’t believe that God is the granter of our rights and therefore, you must believe that men grant them. And if men grant them, what’s to prevent them taking them away at some point.
God is the same yesterday, today and tomorrow. He will never change and he will never take back the Rights he gives us.
Sure, atheists can have many views which are in line with conservatism, but in my opinion, one of the cornerstones of conservatism is that God is the granter of the unalienable Rights referred to in the Declaration. The Founding Fathers included that phrase because they wanted to make it clear that God is the author of our Rights and they are not subject to the whims and fancies of man.
That being said, if she votes the right way, no problem. Keep praying.
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