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So we’ve established that for believers, God explains a part of life that is seemingly contrary to the human ideal, i.e. unfairness. For believers, God settles the accounts in the end, because life as we know it is but a small part of our total existence.
For atheists, the job of squaring accounts is settled by [...]
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I got into a knock-down, drag-out with an atheist liberal over his accusation that conservatives tend to believe in God because they do not think critically for themselves.
But he’s got the direction of causality all wrong. Believers are conservatives because of their belief, ceteris paribus. Not the other way around. It’s because a particularity of [...]
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In which I define liberalism for a liberal:
Ben:
We are not discussing things like driving on the right side of the road. We are discussing political issues and values.
Also, you seem to be mistaking liberalism for anarchy.
Throughout the years, conservatism has endorsed things like slavery, segregation, homophobia, and prayer in school. It’s an aggressive, oppressive version [...]
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In which I respond to a post arguing that conservatism is “unnatural.”
Now, not all conservatives are theists/Christians, but it’s a safe bet to say that almost all of them are. It’s hard to justify homophobia and the like without some form of divine sponsorship.
I think atheists tend to be liberal because conservatism is a bit [...]
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