Things I don understand

[Eilonnwy]

I personally think it's quite oxymoron for these terms like "christian socialisit" or "christian right", but they do exist, I think its as bizarre as "queer muslim". For the first one, if your a socialist, then you should be atheistic, for the second one, I read about Jesus, and I really can't help thinking what kind of a party he would get if he's doing the same thing in US today. He is way more left than a right.

Exactly, Jesus said sell all your belongings and give them to the poor but the Christian Conservative right is the exact opposite of Jesus' teachings. It's not the only thing that is very hypocritical about this political movement.

Another reason I'm not a big fan probably be because I resent "lazybum goverment". I think a society should encourge ppl to create rather than to just take.

I agree. Not only do I view socialism as completely unrealistic, but I think there's something to be said for letting people grow on their own. I think it's good to provide some help to people like universal health care, etc.. but I think you get to a point where people need to take care of themselves and stop depending on government to solve all there problems.

Here's an analogy for government that shows how I view the role of government that I hope people can follow along with. To me government is like a landlord. Your taxes are rent which are the cost of living on the land, but also provide things for you like water, heat, etc... But you're still responsible for your food and electricity. I think the same applies to government on a much more complex level. I see extreme conservatism as taking as little rent as possible and providing very little utilities (services) as a result, but socialism would have a very high rent and provide you with every utility even cable. While the latter may seem nice, but since they provide the cable you have no choice in what's provided and so you get all the crappy channels.

So essentially, I think capitalism and socialism have some merits so I go for a blend of the two which is why my political party is independent. I think people need help once in a while but it's completely unrealistic to think you can provide for everyone. At some point people need to do things for themselves even if it means they get the low end of the stick.

Again, thank you for your reply, and thank you for your precious time reading my rant in awful english. Here is my another question, do you all embrace a specific philosophy?

Secular Humanism.