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What Atheists Have To Offer The Right
The Federalist ^
| August 5, 2014
| Robert Tracinski
Posted on 08/05/2014 9:49:44 AM PDT by EveningStar
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I could never be an atheist, but I did find this article to be interesting.
To: EveningStar
One of the problems with citing a religious foundation for freedom and Americanism is that these arguments tend not to appeal to those who dont share your faith.Unfortunately for this guy's thesis is there is a religious foundation for our freedom and Americansim.
It sounds as though he really has a problem with co-existing with this reality. Why can't he/they just be content to enjoy those freedoms, which hold that you don't have to be a Christian to benefit from our system?
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posted on
08/05/2014 9:56:24 AM PDT
by
skeeter
To: EveningStar
One of the differences I’ve long noted between leftists and constitutionalists (”liberal” and “conservative” don’t mean much anymore) is that those on the left demand lock-step agreement on all issues and constitutionalsts tend to enjoy the areas where we agree and ignore those areas where we disagree. I know few people on the right who would disavow someone on the basis of religion alone. In this crowd, Jews, Catholics, Baptists and others seem to be more interested in what’s held in common than in seething over differences. Usually.
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posted on
08/05/2014 10:00:31 AM PDT
by
muir_redwoods
(When I first read it, " Atlas Shrugged" was fiction)
To: EveningStar
...as a general rule Christians tend to be annoyingly nice critics Count me as an annoyingly nice critic.
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posted on
08/05/2014 10:10:44 AM PDT
by
celmak
To: EveningStar
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posted on
08/05/2014 10:12:19 AM PDT
by
PieterCasparzen
(We have to fix things ourselves)
To: EveningStar
I don’t mind atheists as long as they mind their own business and don’t promote it as if it were a religion.
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posted on
08/05/2014 10:13:19 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
("Moderates" are lying manipulative bottom feeding scum.)
To: EveningStar
What atheists have to offer the right? They are wrong about fewer things than Obama is?
To: skeeter
Unfortunately for this guy's thesis is there is a religious foundation for our freedom and Americansim. It sounds as though he really has a problem with co-existing with this reality."He" is a she.
To: Hugh the Scot
What atheists have to offer the right? They are wrong about fewer things than Obama is?Try reading the article. She makes some good points.
To: Hugh the Scot
What atheists have to offer the right? They are wrong about fewer things than Obama is?Try reading the article. She makes some good points.
To: Lurking Libertarian
"He" is a she. It's Jake from State Farm!
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posted on
08/05/2014 10:23:49 AM PDT
by
aMorePerfectUnion
( "I didn't leave the Central Oligarchy Party. It left me." - Ronaldus Maximus)
To: Lurking Libertarian
Then Robert’s parents have played a cruel joke on her.
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posted on
08/05/2014 10:27:53 AM PDT
by
skeeter
To: skeeter
You're right, Robert is a he. It's S.E. Cupp who's the she:
To: Lurking Libertarian
Yes, he wrote the piece based upon her comments.
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posted on
08/05/2014 10:33:53 AM PDT
by
skeeter
To: skeeter
To: EveningStar
Without belief in God there can be no rational basis for a belief in individual liberty.
This demonstrates atheistic conservatism to be logically incoherent.
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posted on
08/05/2014 10:37:47 AM PDT
by
reasonisfaith
("...because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved." (2 Thessalonians))
To: Lurking Libertarian
I don’t care what you people say about an athiest. I’d have her calling out for God in six minutes. Not guilty!
To: reasonisfaith
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posted on
08/05/2014 10:41:03 AM PDT
by
skeeter
To: EveningStar
You have a god if you have a truth you seek to follow.. so are you really an atheist?
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posted on
08/05/2014 10:58:53 AM PDT
by
tophat9000
(An Eye for an Eye, a Word for a Word...nothing more)
To: reasonisfaith
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08/05/2014 11:00:20 AM PDT
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dadfly
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