Atheism is the fastest-growing "religious" group in America

[mountain_hiker]

According to CNN.


Survey: One in five Americans has no religionWashington (CNN) - The fastest growing "religious" group in America is made up of people with no religion at all, according to a Pew survey showing that one in five Americans is not affiliated with any religion

Comments

[cinnamontoast]

I'm curious about the constitutional issues. Which issues do you match better with the GOP?

FYI - I'm a Blue Dog as opposed to a liberal Dem, so I can sort of understand about the economic, although the GOP has sort of been on a spending party for the last thirty years or so.

[cinnamontoast]

So, more or less States' Rights/Sovereignty? I mean, beyond that and the second amendment, the GOP leaves it all up to interpretation.

[arensb]

I believe Karl Rove has said he doesn't believe in God. And S.E. Cupp is the poster child for conservative atheists. I'm sure there are others.

[fatpie42]

I find it tough to believe S.E. Cupp is an atheist at all. She actively campaigns against the idea that atheists should be treated as equal citizens. I think she mainly holds her stance so that she can sell books.

If she IS an atheist, I think she's probably of the school of thought that says: "while I might be able to be good without God, most people would turn into evil monsters without religion to keep them in check". However, the way she puts her views across, I think it's more likely that she's simply disingenuous.

[arensb]

You're absolutely right that she comes across as, at best, completely different from most atheists you might meet, and at worst a lying attention-seeker. But I can't read her mind and see what she really believes.

If I take people at their word when they say they're Christians, I should do the same with atheists.

[frothingslosh71]

Don't forget Ayn Rand hero to many a conservative.

[cinnamontoast]

Which is sort of funny. Her views on social issues left her incompatible with most of the GOP.

[chantalzola]

My husband is an atheist republican. I'm an atheist democrat. Off of television and out of the media, there are a lot of atheist republicans, at least I know a bunch, because of my husband. Religuion just doesn't factor in at all with their political beliefs, etc. It doesn't even come up unless someone like me brings it up.

[claidheamhmor]

One of my LJ friends is an atheist rabid Republican. Democrats, and Obama especially, cannot do anything right at all. I must admit, I find his viewpoints completely non-rational.