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Reagan Was Right, ACU Wrong: Atheism Is Enemy of America
Townhall.com ^ | March 5, 2014 | Terry Jeffrey

Posted on 03/05/2014 8:17:14 AM PST by Kaslin

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To: strider44
And yes, Christians ended slavery but many Christians in the south didn’t want to end slavery.

Certainly you can separate an individuals actions and a world view. What is the atheistic world view? Do you believe human consciousness ultimately came from mindlessness? Do you have an issue with the Amoral Manifesto?:

“Even though words like “sinful” and “evil” come naturally to the tongue as say a description of child molesting. They do not describe any actual properties of anything. There are no literal sins in the world because there is no literal God…nothing is literally right or wrong because there is no Morality…yet we human beings can still discover plenty of completely naturally explainable resources for motivating certain preferences. Thus enough of us are sufficiently averse to the molestation of children and would likely continue to be…( An Amoral Manifesto Part I )
Again, if you want to be an atheist - fine. If you want to vote conservative - great. If you think being an atheist somehow takes you out of a belief system and world view - you are mistaken.
81 posted on 03/05/2014 6:32:11 PM PST by Heartlander (We are all Rodeo Clowns now!)
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To: ansel12

Where did I disagree with conservatism or America? I also don’t think I insulted anyone. If it makes you feel better to suggest I’m immature like a teenager, so be it.


82 posted on 03/05/2014 6:40:38 PM PST by strider44
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To: ansel12

Would an Evangelical Christian vote for a Mormon for president? Again, not endorsing Romney. Just talking in general.

Part of my Atheism is that I wouldn’t consider a persons religion or lack there of as a factor in whether I vote for them. Unless you’re talking Islam. No way then.


83 posted on 03/05/2014 6:48:57 PM PST by strider44
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To: strider44

Don’t you know the answer to that question, Romney got 79% of the Evangelical vote, Obama did better than that with the Atheist vote, since almost all atheists are lefty democrats who despise conservatism, it is a natrual part of being atheist.

When it comes to the TEA party, the group that most despises them, is the atheists, the group most favorable, are the Evangelicals.

Even you as a rare, republican voting atheist, drips with dislike for Christians and the founding fathers, GOD and traditional America.

As long as you vote GOP, fine, but don’t think that other atheists do.


84 posted on 03/05/2014 6:57:21 PM PST by ansel12 (Ben Bradlee -- JFK told me that "he was all for people's solving their problems by abortion".)
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To: onyx

Thanks for the ping!


85 posted on 03/05/2014 7:10:27 PM PST by Alamo-Girl
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To: strider44
"Would an Evangelical Christian vote for a Mormon for president?"

"Part of my Atheism is that I wouldn’t consider a persons religion or lack there of as a factor in whether I vote for them."

See, that is what I meant about you sounding like a kid. You have been at freerepublic for more than 12 years, a political site, yet you don't know two of the most obvious facts about the vote in America?

You really did not know that Romney won 79% of the Evangelical vote, the highest of any group?

You really don't know the connection between Protestant Christianity and conservatism? Or how the Godless despise America and drives and leads the left, and that the people they are leading consist mostly of the non-religious and little religious?

86 posted on 03/05/2014 7:13:17 PM PST by ansel12 (Ben Bradlee -- JFK told me that "he was all for people's solving their problems by abortion".)
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To: ansel12

I’ll take your word for the stats. And yes been here for 12 years. Seen lots of Mormon bashing here over that time. Did I imagine it?

Again, just feel that religious scrutiny of any kind interferes with the bigger goal. I know Atheists are guilty of it. Said that from the beginning.

We can agree probably 90 percent of the time. Good enough for me. Have a good night


87 posted on 03/05/2014 7:24:52 PM PST by strider44
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To: strider44

Wow, you don’t pay attention to politics, and you just go back to that silly “religion” stuff, your anti-Christian passion does come out in your posts.

You are one of those people determined to cling to what you want to think, rather than reality and truth.

“”The Pew Report reflects that Romney received 79% of the Evangelical vote and 78% of the Mormon vote.””


88 posted on 03/05/2014 7:40:47 PM PST by ansel12 (Ben Bradlee -- JFK told me that "he was all for people's solving their problems by abortion".)
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To: Heartlander; strider44
If you think being an atheist somehow takes you out of a belief system and world view - you are mistaken.

Good point.

I would add that the atheist world-view as exemplified by the Amoral Manifesto excerpt is incoherent. The act of asserting that concepts such as sinful and evil do not describe properties of anything entails the assumption that there really are abstract, universal, unchanging entities in the first place, which contradicts the atheist view of the universe as random concatenations of material particulars.

None of the following concepts stated in the Amoral Manifesto appear in the ever-changing sensate world of particular matter in motion governed by chance, which is all the atheist world-view has at its disposal. They are not physical objects or physical forces:

"naturally", "description", "child", "molesting", "properties", "thing", "literal", "sins", "world", "because", human", "being", "discover", "plenty:, "completely'", 'explainable', '"resources", "motivating" "certain", "preferences", "enough," "us", "sufficiently," "averse," "likely", "continue", "to be".

What is the foundation of these universal, abstract principles and laws upon which the atheist's rant is built? Time plus chance? The atheist in order to reason at all is compelled to assume the existence of universal, invariant, prescriptive truths, but such an assumption is antithetical to his world-view. The whole enterprise is self-defeating.

Cordially,

89 posted on 03/05/2014 9:39:20 PM PST by Diamond (He has erected a multitude of new offices, and sent hither swarms of officers to harass our people,)
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To: Kaslin

Even if I didn’t believe in God, I couldn’t be an athiest. The spokesmen they have are more arrogant the worst of the stereotypical thumpers. Instead of “you are going to hell” it’s “we’re enlightened, and unless you agree with me on everything, you’re not”.


90 posted on 03/05/2014 9:44:34 PM PST by Darren McCarty (Abortion - legalized murder for convenience)
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To: Izzy Dunne

No, just simple deductive logic. Something atheists are incapable of.


91 posted on 03/06/2014 5:21:10 AM PST by 3boysdad (The very elect.)
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To: ansel12
Even you as a rare, republican voting atheist, drips with dislike for Christians and the founding fathers, GOD and traditional America.

Wow, you have no call to make such ridiculous statements.

Take a look over all the responses in this thread and see who is "dripping" dislike and hatred. HINT: it's not the atheists.

92 posted on 03/06/2014 6:06:59 AM PST by Izzy Dunne (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
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To: Izzy Dunne

I have, you need to do so and look at the anti-Christianity dripping from the atheist’s posts, you can also look at the predictable digs at the founding fathers.

If you want to say something, why not say it rather than just non-noncommittally piggy backing on someone elses negative posts, as a sneaky way to express support.

Attack my posts openly, challenge the facts, don’t hide.


93 posted on 03/06/2014 11:23:13 AM PST by ansel12 (Ben Bradlee -- JFK told me that "he was all for people's solving their problems by abortion".)
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To: ansel12
Somebody said "I would rather have atheists who support limited government than religious people who do not in politics.", and you called that a silly thought. Sounds like you're more interested in people who belong to your club than people who actually want the same things as you.

you said "atheism is a path to a sure end of freedom". Looks to me like Bill Clinton, George Bush, and Barry O'bama, all professing religion, are doing a good job of that. Of course you'll argue that they're not really religious enough, and off we go...

You said " atheists despise the tea party, and are dedicated lefties.". So, rather than judging me by what I do and what I say, you would rather disqualify me out of hand.

Strider went out of his way to point out that religion of a candidate didn't enter into his choice, but still you don't seem to care about the politics, it's all in the religion.

I'm ashamed of the AA clowns protesting the cross at the 9-11 memorial today, but you have no more right assuming they speak for all atheists than I would assuming that Pope Sergius III (father of the pornacracy) spoke for all Catholics.

94 posted on 03/06/2014 12:44:03 PM PST by Izzy Dunne (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
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To: secretsexposed89
**I would rather have atheists who support limited government than religious people who do not in politics.**

People who look at voting data know how silly that thought is, if you want big government voters look to atheists, if you want limited government voters, look to Evangelicals.

Atheists are devoted to liberalism, a conservative voting atheist, is a true rarity, and is an exception.

26 posted on 3/5/2014 10:00:33 AM by ansel12


95 posted on 03/06/2014 1:18:59 PM PST by ansel12 (Ben Bradlee -- JFK told me that "he was all for people's solving their problems by abortion".)
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To: Izzy Dunne; strider44

You really need to read my posts rather than ignore them or misinterpret them.

Atheists do despise the tea party, more than any other group of voters, according to PEW.

Atheists do overwhelmingly vote to end freedom.

While constantly going after Christians Strider says he is an atheist who doesn’t pay attention to the religion of a candidate, while implying that the Christian voters do.
Didn’t you read his post and notice the question?
What was my clarification on that rewrite of reality?
“”“”The Pew Report reflects that Romney received 79% of the Evangelical vote and 78% of the Mormon vote.””””

As an atheist you are part of an anti-God, anti-American group that is almost entirely left wing, if you are a rare exception among atheists, then so be it, we can use your vote, but don’t pretend that you aren’t a rare exception, or that Evangelical Christians are not the core of conservatism.

Why not take a deep breath and just read the posts before unleashing your atheist rage against the conservatives.

The atheists and anti-Christians are the leaders of the left.


96 posted on 03/06/2014 1:33:54 PM PST by ansel12 (Ben Bradlee -- JFK told me that "he was all for people's solving their problems by abortion".)
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To: ansel12
What rage? I don't have any rage against the conservatives. You're painting me as something that you want to see.

Which is why I don't care to play the game.

97 posted on 03/06/2014 1:44:37 PM PST by Izzy Dunne (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
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To: Izzy Dunne

All I know is you wanted to attack me but haven’t been able to say about what, you did try to twist some things to turn them into something negative, but that didn’t explain what you are really angry about.

I get it that you are atheist and vote republican which is incredibly rare, but it doesn’t explain your hostility, at least not on the surface of it.


98 posted on 03/06/2014 2:03:56 PM PST by ansel12 (Ben Bradlee -- JFK told me that "he was all for people's solving their problems by abortion".)
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To: Kaslin

Just one more reason to have nothing to do with the ACU and CPAC.


99 posted on 03/07/2014 9:24:25 PM PST by Pelham (If you do not deport it is amnesty by default.)
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To: re_nortex

Well said.


100 posted on 03/07/2014 9:27:01 PM PST by Pelham (If you do not deport it is amnesty by default.)
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