[mlc9852]

Still, it seems most religious people are conservatives and most non-religious people are liberals. Wonder why?

[Wormwood]

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?

[peyton randolph]

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.

[batmast]

Atheists?
Are they the people that say they don't believe in God but
...do nothing but talk about Him?
...do nothing but rail against Him?
...do nothing but obsess about Him?
...until they finally come to believe in Him
as C.S.Lewis did.
HEY FELLAS!!!,
if He doesn't exist why are you talking about Him?

[JNL]

Well I'd say a lot of outspoken Conservatives are religious. This of course doesn't take into account the millions of non-religious (or non church going) conservatives who vote every couple of years.

[NeilGus]

I have argued for years that democracy, capitalism and Christianity and natural allies. All believe in choice and are willing to let individuals accept the consequences of their choice.

Communism, socialism and atheism are also natural allies. All accept government as the center point of their existence. Government bestows benefits and determines what is right or wrong.

[RockinRight]

Here's a thought:

Most conservative Christians and Jews become conservative by way of social issues and Biblical truths.

Most Athiest conservatives become conservative by way of libertarianism (although some Christians are libertarian but that's another day's topic).

We then meet on common ground.

[DCPatriot]

Still, it seems most religious people are conservatives and most non-religious people are liberals. Wonder why?

There are many religious liberals...if your definition of religious is someone that actually practices their faith in attending services, etc..

You statement above would make more sense (to me) if you inserted the word such as "rabidly" before religious.

As far as the original question, the Religious Right finds a home in the conservative GOP because it is the party of personal responsibility and a defender of the phrase "UNDER GOD" which was commonly used by our founding fathers. Since the LEFT wants "god" out of government, it's easy to see why the "believers" gravitate to the GOP.

[Mind-numbed Robot]

Still, it seems most religious people are conservatives and most non-religious people are liberals. Wonder why?

The liberals try to "be good" by encouraging the government to spend someone else's money on "good" things. Plus, they are inveterate liars.

[Psycho_Bunny]

Still, it seems most religious people are conservatives and most non-religious people are liberals. Wonder why?

David Praeger gave the best explanation of that I ever heard:  he pointed out that if people aren't religious, they don't believe in nothing; the human spirit needs something bigger than itself to believe in.  The largest, most authoritive entity that "atheists" can believe in is government. 

Liberals end up putting so much stock in government, it becomes an infallible, all-important "God" to them.

Persons who are religious believe in something greater than governments.  Thus, it's easier to for them to step away from government, find it fallible and distrust it.

At first, David's observation seems like hyperbole but the more I've thought about it, the more dead-on it seems to me.

[RightWingAtheist]

Groupthink.

[FBRhawk]

It is true that those who attend Church regularly tend to vote Republican. But I know many atheists, agnostics and deists who are good conservatives. I think the key is MORAL RELATIVISM. Conservatives and most practicing Christians, especially Evangelicals, believe in right and wrong, good and evil. We may debate about what is right and wrong and where to draw the line but we believe there IS a line to be drawn. Along with a concept of good vs. evil comes the notion of SIN as the religious might call it. Conservatives tend to believe that we are responsible as individuals for our actions. That includes accepting the consequences of our bad choices (sin). You do not need to be religious to believe in Good and Evil. Humans are entirely capable of demonstrating both to a remarkable degree. I remember hearing from a formerly democrat Jew who switched parties after 9-11 and Iraq. When asked if he did so because he was pro-Bush he replied "No I'm anti-evil."