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?
Twice in the hospital?!! You were sick. I'm glad you're better, but please take it easy during the recovery period.
Yes! Absolutely. My good friend and dentist Jeff comes to mind. You can't get more pro life than Jeff. Nor can you find a more conservative thinker.
This is one dumb vanity.
That is the most idiotic thing I've heard since Chocolate Nagin and Plantation Hillary.
Ah the Constitution was established upon the belief that the Creator gave unalienable RIGHTS that man/government could not take or give. Then there was the "Bill of Rights".
Maybe not the most idiotic, but . . .
A link from FR's home page describes the kind of Conservatism practiced here abouts. Jim Robinson wrote:
As a conservative site, Free Republic is pro-God, pro-life, pro-family, pro-Constitution, pro-Bill of Rights, pro-gun, pro-limited government, pro-private property rights, pro-limited taxes, pro-capitalism, pro-national defense, pro-freedom, and-pro America. We oppose all forms of liberalism, socialism, fascism, pacifism, totalitarianism, anarchism, government enforced atheism, abortionism, feminism, homosexualism, racism, wacko environmentalism, judicial activism, etc. We also oppose the United Nations or any other world government body that may attempt to impose its will or rule over our sovereign nation and sovereign people. We believe in defending our borders, our constitution and our national sovereignty.
Seemed right to me. I stayed.
So, much of the question can be answered, "yes," but only if the atheist is also pro-God. Is that possible?
Likewise, there are plenty of religious folks who are not what one would consider conservatives either. Being religious doesn't make you a conservative any more than being atheist makes you a Liberal. They are not one in the same in either case.
False. But there are folks here who can elucidate on this far more than I. So I pinged one of them. :-)
Thanks. :-)
"Christians do not own Conservatism. No more than atheists own Liberalism. And Christians should not attempt to legislate religion into law. "
Our 'law' was established under Christianity, and some of we Christians know where our blessings come from.
No doubts and no argument there. The founders were all religious folk and it's nice to read some of their writings to understand where they were coming from. However, in defining what federalism means in this coutnry they left us with the Constitution and the Constitution alone as the controlling document. We are not bound by the founder's particular religious beliefs, their tastes in wine, women or song or even their reasons for declaring independencee from Britain. We are only bound to protect and defend the Constitution and that is what a Conservative conserves.
As long as they believe that Creationism is a legitimate scientific theory that must be taught in every high school along with chemistry and physics.
After all, God gave advice to people on how to live to be prosperous, healthy, and happy, and to spread that prosperity to those less fortunate.
Marital fidelity, raising children, and honesty in all dealings, all help make for a better life.
Although those values (and more) are in alignment with a religious life, that is because the instructions God gave for living well work, regardless of the individual's beliefs.
It would be foolish in my estimation to exclude those who believe as we do in all things but religion, for those here who hold God dear do not believe exactly the same things in a religious sense, either.
an atheist can be a conservative, but a hater of Christianity cannot be a conservative...so...only atheists who are tolerant in the best sense of the word.
that said, i think this category of conservative is quite small.
Uh, oh, time for the annual 'Eating our own' movement, just in time for an election year. This is a perfect example of what scares the moderately (or less) religious away from the conservative movement.
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.
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I would hope that we would all agree that these folks are simply, not conservatives...
Without "endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights" the fundamental demarcation between liberals (government at the whim of man) and conservatives (government based on laws which preceded man) is significantly blurred.
That being said, it is silly to assume that one needs anyone's permission to "be a conservative". I think the question has more to do with authenticity than permission.
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