Atheist Republican

[rubberducky]

Can one be an Atheist and a Republican? Can one agree with the Republican Party in term of abortion, immigration, Iraq War, national defense, gay marriage, trickle down economy and all that except religions? I wonder how such atheist would be treated in the Republican Party. Any concrete example?

[Will]

One can be atheist and any political affiliation. One cannot be atheist and religious.

[rubberducky]

One cannot be atheist and religious.

Found this Wikipedia article about Christian Atheism http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_atheism

Nevertheless, I wouldn't like it if they preach either.

[Whitney]

One cannot be atheist and religious.

Found this Wikipedia article about Christian Atheism http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_atheism

Nevertheless, I wouldn't like it if they preach either.

I'm not sure if we can call Christian Atheism a religion since it would not include a belief in a god or an afterlife.

As a side note, I find it very pointless to try to mold a religion to fit a secular society when we already have secular philosophies which would work just fine.  After all, if you take the goals of christian atheism, they basically just want to remake Christianity into secular humanism.

[BadPoison]

One cannot be atheist and religious.

Found this Wikipedia article about Christian Atheism http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_atheism

Nevertheless, I wouldn't like it if they preach either.

I'm not sure if we can call Christian Atheism a religion since it would not include a belief in a god or an afterlife.

As a side note, I find it very pointless to try to mold a religion to fit a secular society when we already have secular philosophies which would work just fine.  After all, if you take the goals of christian atheism, they basically just want to remake Christianity into secular humanism.

Maybe, as long as it doesn't take freedoms away from certain minorities (like gays.) Maybe this is why he is picking "Christian Atheism" over "Secular Humanism"

[Whitney]

One can be atheist and any political affiliation. One cannot be atheist and religious.

Do the branches of Buddhism which believe Buddah was not a god yet still believe in an afterlife count as an atheistic religion?

[Enoch Root]

Of course one can be an atheist republican.

A tougher question would look at the possibility of an intelligent republican.  That would be a rare beast indeed.

[BadPoison]

[Jolly Sapper]

You could be an atheist republican, but I doubt that you'd get far in US politics.

[BadPoison]

You could be an atheist republican, but I doubt that you'd get far in US politics.

Or any openly atheist politician for that matter.

[Jolly Sapper]

You could be an atheist republican, but I doubt that you'd get far in US politics.

Or any openly atheist politician for that matter.

Too true

[SSY]

I'm a conservative atheist, which I suppose is a fairly close equivalent.

I disgaree about a lot of moral things the party preaches about, but I like their tax plans and general government philosophy of free markets and minimisng the size of the state.

[SektionTen]

Same here. I don't like to be called a Conservative, because of my liberal upbringing, but I'm not exactly big on big government beauracracy, if you know what I mean.  

Of course, I still don't vote republican. I hope the libertarian party gets off the ground soon. I'd love to see them in power.

[Heretical Rants]

general government philosophy of free markets and minimisng the size of the state.

 :nerd:

Of course, I still don't vote republican. I hope the libertarian party gets off the ground soon. I'd love to see them in power.[/quote]
Ron Paul is a Republican, and he's as Libertarian as they get!

[thiolsulfate]

I'll be the first to admit, if my choice was between a Democrat and a Libertarian, I would choose the Libertarian every time.

But that's not my choice. I'm stuck between a Center-Right party and Theocrats.

Also, third parties are a joke. It's not even worth mentioning. Kill one before bringing another into prominence.