Comments on: The Atheist Conservative

By: Mr Anonymous

Mr Anonymous — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:59:00 +0000

But you are hated by the many who vote for the fascist republicans and tea baggers. For me is like a Jew voting for the Nazi Party of Adolf Hitler. As a unbeliever myself I feel unwelcome in the gang of Romney, Bush, Gingrich and their ilk of hypocrites.

By: Zack

Zack — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 20:03:00 +0000

Bravo, sir. Couldn’t have said it better myself.

By: Gary Raudabaugh

Gary Raudabaugh — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 13:19:00 +0000

I used to be a religious protestant, and as I got older (I’m 60-been an atheist about 15 years) I began to see what a scam religion is. Where was God during the Holocaust and 9-11? Why cant people prove God exists? Who created the Creator? I cant believe 85% of all Americans still believe this garbage. And I recent being called “liberal” as I believe in low taxes, low government and conservative values.

By: car id

car id — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 12:57:04 +0000

Conservative atheists and agnostics support traditional American values. They believe in personal responsibility, self-reliance, and deferred gratification as the bedrock virtues of a prosperous society. They view marriage between a man and a woman as the surest way to raise stable, law-abiding children. They deplore the encroachments of the welfare state on matters best left to private effort.

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 14:15:23 +0000

Note when I said conservative atheist at top I meant atheist.

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 14:14:26 +0000

It seems to me that conservative atheists should develop a moral philosophy of some kind. Right now they are mostly inviting almost anything in because they are only defined by their nonbelief. And no religion has yet been established that could be comfortable to a conservative atheist. There is Budhism, but it is too liberal. I am not saying that you should create a fundamental religion of some kind, but as a culture conservative atheists will benefit from developing a moral philosophy of some kind and maybe even giving that philosophy a new name. In short, we need a kind of semi religious atheism. Not extreme and rigid like religion but also not lawless and rebellious like anarchy.

By: Michael

Michael — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 21:52:31 +0000

I’ve never seen met any atheists in Seattle with clearly conservative (i.e. not libertarian) politics.

Well, now you’ve met one. I live in Seattle, vote Conservative/Republican, and am a staunch atheist. I’m equally disgusted by socialist liberal politics, and by how the conservatives have embraced the religious fundamentalists in order to gain votes.

What’s more, I know several other people with similar views. They mostly do not advertise themselves, because in Seattle, announcing that you are a conservative can have serious negative consequences. It’s as dangerous being a conservative in Seattle, as it is being an atheist in the Deep South. So you tend to keep your mouth shut and try to stay under the radar.

By: Frank Cress

Frank Cress — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 20:23:46 +0000

I’m proud to say that I’ve just published my second book of commentary from the conservative atheist perspective. This book, Reason For Life, is much less autobiographical than my first book and much more topical. The United States is being torn in two right under our noses. The religious right continues to wage a campaign to replace science in our schools with religious dogma. The liberal leftists have taken their political correctness agenda to new heights. The upcoming presidential election is probably more important than any in my lifetime. We’re at war with religious terrorist abroad and cultural relativists at home. This new book examines a wide spectrum of timely topics from the hopefully reasonable and rational perspective of a conservative atheist. If you are interested in purchasing Reason For Life, please check out my publisher’s web site below or visit BarnesandNoble.com, Amazon.com or any of your favorite bookstores.

Thanks for your past interest.

Frank Cress

http://writers.fultus.com/cress/book02.html

http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/results.asp?WRD=frank+Cress

By: ScottM

ScottM — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 19:35:15 +0000

I’m a far-right-wing conservative (emphatically NOT libertarian) agnostico-atheist. I sometimes call myself a “no-church Tory.”

I’m pro-life, because I believe in the dignity and worth of all human beings, not just the ones we choose to recognize as “persons.”

I’m also anti-gay-marriage on prudential grounds. Such a sudden, radical alteration in a foundational institution of human society would be simply crazy, particularly considering that the consituency for such a change is so small (which is why it has to be imposed by judges instead of settled through the Constitutional process). Also, I don’t see how legal recognition of homosexual relationships would benefit society.

As for what conservatism is, here’s a good place to start:

http://www.kirkcenter.org/kirk/ten-principles.html

(And no, I would not have used the word “made” in discussing the first principle, but Kirk was a Catholic, so I don’t blame him for using it.)

By: Jillian Becker

Jillian Becker — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 01:01:38 +0000

This is all very interesting to us at The Atheist Conservative. Why don’t you hold this discussion on our site?