Harte
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Re: Election rigged? Nah
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(\"Zoomerz\")</div>
Zoomerz,
Thank you for pointing that out to me. I guess you're right. Often I try to use extremes to illustrate a point. In this case I used athiest as an opposite when in fact is is not. Appreciate you calling me on that.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(\"Zoomerz\")</div>
Harte;
I know you directed your comments to K@t5, and I don't mean to interupt. I would like to make a comment on one of your statements above...
While I agree that it would be very difficult for a *believer* to seperate his/her political views from their religious ones, I disagree that the same holds true for an athiest. That is, unless you are specifically refering to their views on religion in government. Since an athiest's moral values are not based (or derived from) the word of a god, there truly is \"nothing to seperate\". Most often, an athiest's views on a subject are formed from logical deduction, or some other rational (or irrational!) process. *Atheism* is not a religion. It has no scripture or point of reference.
It has been argued (albeit unsuccessfully in MHO) that all moral values are somehow tied to religious tenets (through the generations), and there may be *some* truth in that. However, I would submit that most of a person's values are assimilated through environmental experience (including a person's upbringing), and directly related to the amount of *love* they receive from others.
Therefore, I believe you would find a much wider range of views from a group of athiests on a given subject, then you would from a religious group. While the religious group would most often be of like (or similar) mind, athiests must form opinions without the influence of a god, and therefore are likely to have more diverse opinions.
I think this is a very important distinction, in that, as you say, the majority of people in this country are Christian, and therefore have *like-minded* views and moral values. It would be much harder for athiests to organize into a politically motivated group and gain a similar influence in government due to this diversity.
Again, sorry for the intrusion!
Z-[/b]
Zoomerz,
Thank you for pointing that out to me. I guess you're right. Often I try to use extremes to illustrate a point. In this case I used athiest as an opposite when in fact is is not. Appreciate you calling me on that.