[Aquinasfan]

Inquiring minds want to know how it is that morality and religious feelings are the result of irrational material casues, but atheism and the thoughts of atheists aren't!

Exactly.

The mental defense mechanisms seem to be cemented in place. It seems from their behavior that atheists want God not to exist so they can engage in whatever sinful practice appeals to them. On the other hand, they want to uphold "morality" (without God) when they want to be secure in their posessions.

[bondserv]

You have expressed the divide in conservative thought.

Libertarian = Fiscal/Governmental Conservative and Social/Moral Liberal (Boortz, Elder, Kristol)

Conservative = Fiscal/Governmental Conservative and Social/Moral Conservative (Real Conservatives)

Unless there is one standard giver (The Christian God of the Founding Fathers), there can be no standards.

It is irritating when people want to create a different country out of ours.

Without the Judeo-Christian morals that created Western civilization we would be living in a world completely like Africa or the Middle East.