Study: Liberals/non-religious less likely to vote for a Mormoon

[caddis]

It's no surprise to those of us on DA. We didn't need a study to verify what we have learned through experience: Liberals and the Non-religious are really ANTI-religious...Sorta makes them bigots and hypocrites doesn't it?...shocking

http://www.buzzfeed.com/mckaycoppins...sm-on-the-rise

[86Dùde]

The problem with most non believers is they not only don't believe but the HATE those who do and tend to come with retarded ways to blame religion for the worlds problems.

[Chachma v'Oz]

Speaking as one of the non-religious, I see religion, overall, as more of a problem than a solution. It doesn't matter to me what particular mythology people adhere to, I would prefer they based their views on reason rather than dogma and their behavior on rational analysis rather than fear of burning in a river of fire for eternity.

Weak people may feel they need guidance and protection provided by a supernatural power. I don't know. I am reluctant to turn my personal autonomy over to anyone who who can't, or won't, think for himself.

[caddis]

Speaking as one of the non-religious, I see religion, overall, as more of a problem than a solution. It doesn't matter to me what particular mythology people adhere to, I would prefer they based their views on reason rather than dogma and their behavior on rational analysis rather than fear of burning in a river of fire for eternity.

Weak people may feel they need guidance and protection provided by a supernatural power. I don't know. I am reluctant to turn my personal autonomy over to anyone who who can't, or won't, think for himself.

It's the nature of man to have a system of beliefs and/or principles to adhere to. I see no difference in adhering to a set of religious principles and adhering to a set of political or personal principles. Many Liberals have replaced religious dogma with political dogma.

Your call for rational thought and decision making for the most part are independent of religion. When religion is removed, blind/ignorant fools will still be blind/ignorant fools.

[Charles]

The non religious can't understand how anyone in the 21st century can be gullible enough to fall for all this nonsense. Then again, we are not victims of our parents' and community's brainwashing. Either that or we didn't "hit bottom" due to drugs, alcohol, prison, depression or whatever and deploy a psychological survival mechanism of becoming "born again" as an alternative to suicide.

[Chachma v'Oz]

It's the nature of man to have a system of beliefs and/or principles to adhere to. I see no difference in adhering to a set of religious principles and adhering to a set of political or personal principles. Many Liberals have replaced religious dogma with political dogma.

Your call for rational thought and decision making for the most part are independent of religion. When religion is removed, blind/ignorant fools will still be blind/ignorant fools.

I'd rather our leaders reach their sometimes irrevocable decisions and take action after critical deliberation, not "because God told me to". With a religious player that's always a risk, one I'm not willing to take unnecessarily.

[caddis]

The non religious can't understand how anyone in the 21st century can be gullible enough to fall for all this nonsense. Then again, we are not victims of our parents' and community's brainwashing. Either that or we didn't "hit bottom" due to drugs, alcohol, prison, depression or whatever and deploy a psychological survival mechanism of becoming "born again" as an alternative to suicide.

As I said, remove religion and you will still have humans following some other dogma:

[caddis]

I'd rather our leaders reach their sometimes irrevocable decisions and take action after critical deliberation, not "because God told me to". With a religious player that's always a risk, one I'm not willing to take unnecessarily.

Your argument is based on the notion that a rational individual cannot also be a religious individual

[Chachma v'Oz]

As I said, remove religion and you will still have humans following some other dogma.

I'd say that's better than following some other dogma supported by the crutch of religious dogma.

[Chachma v'Oz]

Your argument is based on the notion that a rational individual cannot also be a religious individual

My argument is that it's risky to assume that a religious individual will act rationally.

[Charles]

Your argument is based on the notion that a rational individual cannot also be a religious individual

But a religious individual is an irrational individual.

[Charles]

As I said, remove religion and you will still have humans following some other dogma:

Mutually exclusive.

A person who says D comes after E and who says 2 + 2 = 5 has bigger problems than someone who only says 2 + 2 = 5.

One dogma is better than two dogmas.

[Freedom&Liberty]

The dogma of the left is just as irrational.

[Charles]

The dogma of the left is just as irrational.

Are the right irrational too? Or, is it just the left?

[86Dùde]

Once you've reduced yourself to the religion of cold logic and reasoning then you've really decreased your humanity severely. Next thing you know your logic will start envisioning cold, calculated steps to deal with the problems your humanist brain has conceived. Abortion, eugenics, totalitarianism, and of course genocide.

[jwreck]

Once you've reduced yourself to the religion of cold logic and reasoning then you've really decreased your humanity severely. Next thing you know your logic will start envisioning cold, calculated steps to deal with the problems your humanist brain has conceived. Abortion, eugenics, totalitarianism, and of course genocide.

And? Religious people propogate each of those things based on religion.

[BooRadley]

The problem with most non believers is they not only don't believe but the HATE those who do and tend to come with retarded ways to blame religion for the worlds problems.

I don't think it's generally hating religion, it's hating schizophrenic assholes who want to use the government to force their insanity onto us. I have several religious friends, but none of them are fundi rightwing jerkoffs who want a theocratic government to persecute nonbelievers.

[garyd]

If people were willing to act rationally the left would have died out decades ago. Neither Stalinism or Maoism are in ayway shape or form rational ideas. For that matter neither is marxism. If people were rational we wouldn't need government.

The problem isn't religion at least not the reformed Christian variety. The problem is that human beings strive to do what is in the best interests of themselves and their allied group, but since no single human beings or group of human beings knows everything, or can be everywhere, or has unlimited power to enforce their beliefs upon others most human beings only have the foggiest notion as to what exactly is in their best interest.

[DamnYankee]

Liberals and the Non-religious are really ANTI-religious...Sorta makes them bigots and hypocrites doesn't it?...shocking

http://www.buzzfeed.com/mckaycoppins...sm-on-the-rise

Most of your leftists hate Christians and Mormons because of the conservative leanings.

A lot of that comes from irrational ideas the kooks have held against both groups for years.

[DamnYankee]

But a religious individual is an irrational individual.

We wouldn't be a country if it weren't for "religious" people.