Hi everyone! I'm not certain whether this belongs here or in philosophy or what, but I'm going with here. I don't know if the staff here can relocate a thread, but if so feel free- just tell me where you put it!
First, thank you for the warm welcome, I am enjoying this forum very much. I've had some fascinating discussions and even a few lively arguments already- it's fantastic.
But I am baffled by the fact that it seems most atheists are liberal democrats. First, please sound off if you think this is true or false, my sample is not adequate, so far I just have a vague impression. I know other atheists here in Texas, but of course they are all Republican...perhaps due to the state law that requires us to kill and eat liberals on sight. You know us Texans!
If this is true...why? All of the republicans I know here, with the exception of older mexican women and various other random folks (this may sound racist or like a generalization, but if you know elderly Mexican women...devoutly Catholic and steadfast in their faith, at least here in Texas) are science oriented. They go to church, but they don't discount science. How they justify the two is beyond me, but they manage. After all, we have NASA here, many defense contractors building high tech aircraft, tanks weapons, ordnance, etc. I don't think Texas Republicans are quite like the rest of the country, from what I've heard. I was taught evolution in school, the prevailing wisdom was that evolution was the school's job, while the church handled creationism. It was simple.
It seems so odd to me that the money grubbing, warmongering Republicans who want everything to be up to personal responsibility believe in a God, while the touchy-feely let's feed everyone for free and sing Kumbahyah believe in science. (Hopefully you all get that I'm creating sort of a textual caricature here, with obvious exaggeration just for the fun of it)
But it does seem out of character, to me. You'd think the group that was materialistic and harsh and war happy (to a degree anyway...I know we are) would be the ones NOT wanting a God to judge them as they climbed to the top of their profession, stomping on the necks of their peers, or fought a war over petroleum.
Maybe it's just me. I'm Republican and I'm about as atheist as it's possible to be. Religious folks freak me out- I see natives in loincloths dancing around a fire chanting a song that will make the crops grow, whenever I hear a church sermon. It's WEIRD, and unhealthy, at this stage of our development, to believe in an invisible being who not only created the universe, but concerns itself with the individual lives of some dust mites on a ball of dirt somewhere in the back corner of a garage 1000 miles away. How in the name of Orville Reddenbacker can an otherwise intelligent person believe such drivel? Do they not grasp the sheer size of the galaxy, much less the universe?
Ok, I'm wandering off topic a bit, I get a little passionate about this. So consider this a thread with a broad topic. I'd like to hear folks' thoughts on all of this. Including you creepy people
I love you all even if I do find your belief system hard to swallow.
(Note- I think I'm funny, for some reason. Please don't take offense at anything, I'm just being charmingly irreverent) (I think I'm charming, too. Dunno why)
Discuss.
First, thank you for the warm welcome, I am enjoying this forum very much. I've had some fascinating discussions and even a few lively arguments already- it's fantastic.
But I am baffled by the fact that it seems most atheists are liberal democrats. First, please sound off if you think this is true or false, my sample is not adequate, so far I just have a vague impression. I know other atheists here in Texas, but of course they are all Republican...perhaps due to the state law that requires us to kill and eat liberals on sight. You know us Texans!
If this is true...why? All of the republicans I know here, with the exception of older mexican women and various other random folks (this may sound racist or like a generalization, but if you know elderly Mexican women...devoutly Catholic and steadfast in their faith, at least here in Texas) are science oriented. They go to church, but they don't discount science. How they justify the two is beyond me, but they manage. After all, we have NASA here, many defense contractors building high tech aircraft, tanks weapons, ordnance, etc. I don't think Texas Republicans are quite like the rest of the country, from what I've heard. I was taught evolution in school, the prevailing wisdom was that evolution was the school's job, while the church handled creationism. It was simple.
It seems so odd to me that the money grubbing, warmongering Republicans who want everything to be up to personal responsibility believe in a God, while the touchy-feely let's feed everyone for free and sing Kumbahyah believe in science. (Hopefully you all get that I'm creating sort of a textual caricature here, with obvious exaggeration just for the fun of it)
But it does seem out of character, to me. You'd think the group that was materialistic and harsh and war happy (to a degree anyway...I know we are) would be the ones NOT wanting a God to judge them as they climbed to the top of their profession, stomping on the necks of their peers, or fought a war over petroleum.
Maybe it's just me. I'm Republican and I'm about as atheist as it's possible to be. Religious folks freak me out- I see natives in loincloths dancing around a fire chanting a song that will make the crops grow, whenever I hear a church sermon. It's WEIRD, and unhealthy, at this stage of our development, to believe in an invisible being who not only created the universe, but concerns itself with the individual lives of some dust mites on a ball of dirt somewhere in the back corner of a garage 1000 miles away. How in the name of Orville Reddenbacker can an otherwise intelligent person believe such drivel? Do they not grasp the sheer size of the galaxy, much less the universe?
Ok, I'm wandering off topic a bit, I get a little passionate about this. So consider this a thread with a broad topic. I'd like to hear folks' thoughts on all of this. Including you creepy people
I love you all even if I do find your belief system hard to swallow.(Note- I think I'm funny, for some reason. Please don't take offense at anything, I'm just being charmingly irreverent) (I think I'm charming, too. Dunno why)
Discuss.
Things are a lot more like they used to be, than they are now.
