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(Vanity) Can An Atheist Be a Genuine Conservative?
Comtedemaistre

Posted on 01/19/2006 3:56:16 AM PST by ComtedeMaistre

Most conservatives are religious. But there is a small minority of non-religious individuals, who were attracted to the conservative movement because they were influenced by secular movements such as Ayn Rand's objectivism.

Should atheists be welcomed into the conservative movement? Do atheists make good conservatives?


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It has been said that some of the writers in the National Review during the 1960s were ex-Marxists who opposed communism, but retained an atheistic world view. Names such as James Burnham and Frank Meyer come to mind.
1 posted on 01/19/2006 3:56:17 AM PST by ComtedeMaistre
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To: ComtedeMaistre
You could as well say, "Should Christians be welcomed into the conservative movement?"

The religious are not arbiters of who may, or may not be conservative.

2 posted on 01/19/2006 3:59:21 AM PST by Junior (Identical fecal matter, alternate diurnal period)
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To: ComtedeMaistre

I don't believe in atheists.


3 posted on 01/19/2006 3:59:33 AM PST by mlc9852
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To: ComtedeMaistre

btt


4 posted on 01/19/2006 4:00:14 AM PST by TASMANIANRED (Democrats value the privacy of terrorists higher than the lives of Americans.)
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To: ComtedeMaistre

Of course they can.


5 posted on 01/19/2006 4:00:36 AM PST by Michael Goldsberry (Lt. Bruce C. Fryar USN 01-02-70 Laos)
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To: ComtedeMaistre
Anyone who doesn't believe in the FSM will burn in a boiling lake of alfredo sauce.


6 posted on 01/19/2006 4:01:36 AM PST by peyton randolph (As long is it does me no harm, I don't care if one worships Elmer Fudd.)
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To: ComtedeMaistre

Yes.

But he doesn't know why.


7 posted on 01/19/2006 4:02:02 AM PST by Jemian (If you have time to breath, you have time for music. ~ Mr. Darling)
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To: Michael Goldsberry

LOL it's such a silly question. Religion does not equal Conservatism.


8 posted on 01/19/2006 4:02:29 AM PST by JNL
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To: JNL; MineralMan

Yup.

MineralMan comes to mind.


9 posted on 01/19/2006 4:04:01 AM PST by Michael Goldsberry (Lt. Bruce C. Fryar USN 01-02-70 Laos)
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To: JNL
Still, it seems most religious people are conservatives and most non-religious people are liberals. Wonder why?
10 posted on 01/19/2006 4:04:14 AM PST by mlc9852
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To: ComtedeMaistre
Should atheists be welcomed into the conservative movement? Do atheists make good conservatives?

Good idea—let's split the movement!

What an ignorant premise.

11 posted on 01/19/2006 4:04:58 AM PST by Wormwood (Iä! Iä! Cthulhu fhtagn!)
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To: ComtedeMaistre

Leo Strauss, perhaps the most influential conservative thinker of recent decades, was an atheist.


12 posted on 01/19/2006 4:05:27 AM PST by snarks_when_bored
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To: JNL

It does to the Left.


13 posted on 01/19/2006 4:06:20 AM PST by R. Scott (Humanity i love you because when you're hard up you pawn your Intelligence to buy a drink.)
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To: mlc9852
Still, it seems most religious people are conservatives and most non-religious people are liberals. Wonder why?

Still, it seems most of the Taliban was religious. Wonder why?

14 posted on 01/19/2006 4:06:30 AM PST by Wormwood (Iä! Iä! Cthulhu fhtagn!)
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To: mlc9852
Still, it seems most religious people are conservatives and most non-religious people are liberals.

False perception because of those with whom you associate. Like the Hollyweird crowd who can't imagine why John Kerry didn't win because none of their friends voted for Bush.

15 posted on 01/19/2006 4:06:39 AM PST by peyton randolph (As long is it does me no harm, I don't care if one worships Elmer Fudd.)
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To: ComtedeMaistre
Do atheists make good conservatives?

Yes. Go read David Hume.

16 posted on 01/19/2006 4:07:56 AM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (1. You are drunk. 2. This is not a waltz. 3. I am not a woman; I'm the Cardinal Archbishop of Lima.)
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To: ComtedeMaistre
Should atheists be welcomed into the conservative movement?

YES

Do atheists make good conservatives?

STUPID QUESTION. There are, no doubt, atheists who are good conservatives. However, there is nothing about atheism that makes them good conservatives.

Would you like to re-phrase?

I leave open the possiblility that you are just trying to stir up trouble. You'll have to try harder than that.

17 posted on 01/19/2006 4:10:41 AM PST by gridlock (It's not really a circus until Teddy Kennedy steps out of the clown car...)
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To: Junior

Somehow Christians think they own Conservatism. It's something I've only encountered on this site. I find it odd in the extreme.

It's a silly premise.


18 posted on 01/19/2006 4:10:59 AM PST by BunnySlippers
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To: ComtedeMaistre

yes they do. Conservatism is now a days a pretty broad title. I know a lot of "Social Conservatives" who when you take there moral stanches away, support most liberal positions and want a much larger activist government.


19 posted on 01/19/2006 4:11:03 AM PST by spikeytx86
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To: ComtedeMaistre

My definition of a Conservative is someone who wants to "conserve" the original intent of the Constitution. Part of that Constitituion contains a Bill of Rights which says, "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof...". In my interpretation, that is pretty much the extent of what religion has to do with being Conservative.


20 posted on 01/19/2006 4:11:04 AM PST by rhombus
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