Why is it that atheists are so often left wing, and religious people right wing ? Isnt that a paradox?
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IT ISNT AS LONG A READ AS IT SEEMS ITS JUST ONE MINUTE OF READING Now I don’t have any stats or anything to prove this, but just from my own experience this seems to be the case. Of course there are atheists everywhere in the spectrum, I myself Im an atheist I guess, and I don’t think Im really that leftwing,.. or right wring, sorta in the middle. But especially the atheists that are very vocal about being against religion and god, and how great and magnificent evolution and Darwin and all that is, often they are leftwing, Bill Maher type of person. Now I ask this because it seems like a bit of a contradiction to me. Isnt the philosophy behind evolution and (social) Darwinism essentially extremely right wing. Its very harsch and all about “survival of the fittest, the strongest will come out on top, the weak must die, every man for itself” and isn’t left wing supposed to be about taking care of the weak and poor, everyone being equal n that. No racism or discrimination. And isn’t with evolution everything about natural selection (“discrimination”) and being hostile to outsiders. Arent most animals very xenophobic , I thought so. I heard apes will beat any outsider to death even if they let them get used to them through a glass window and the outsider obviously is not a threat. Now I know believing that something’s scientifically true doesn’t mean you support it philosophically. I for one, believe in evolution but I don’t think we should just kill handicapped people and wipe out inferior weaker races or something. I just understand evolution is scientific fact, but I don’t behave like an animal. Why should I, I can use my own human rational moral brain to decide whats right and wrong. Evolution isn’t a system made up by someone. Its just, well whatd youd expect a universe without a god to look like. Chaotic, cruel, sadistic, hopeless, boring, billions of years of tedious boringness and just nothing. Lucky Im a human and not some mutant mammalfishfrog. But yeah, wouldn’t you think that people who are atheist and love evolution and Darwinism and that would very often be very right wing. But theyre not, to the contrary. Werent the communists very atheistic ? And the other way around too I guess. Why is it that religious people are so often right wing. I mean come on, republicans wouldn’t get along with a guy like jesus. Jesus is about as left wing a hippie you can get. But….. most republicans love the guy, or at least Christianity…. Im confused about that also... Can anyone help me sort out this confusion ?? Whats your feedback on this ? Ps: sorry for my poor grammar, English isn’t my first language
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Neither evolution nor any other science supports social Darwinism. It fundamentally misrepresents evolution as an individualistic, goal oriented process.
neil s
Neither evolution nor any other science supports social Darwinism. It fundamentally misrepresents evolution as an individualistic, goal oriented process.
neil s
because most religious people are utter morons, perhaps? (no offense, jesus freaks)
The Love Doctor
because most religious people are utter morons, perhaps? (no offense, jesus freaks)
The Love Doctor
Leaving aside the fact that evolution, Social Darwinism, and atheism are different things: If you can tell the difference between the descriptive and normative, why shouldn't the rest of those that accept evolution be able to?
manuel
First off- evolution is a scientific theory, and has NO posits on human behavior such as racism or discrimination. It's just about how life changes over time. "Social Darwinism" was a philosophy that PERVERTED the science to justify racism. It's not actually part of evolution the science. And you seem very confused about what evolution actually is and says- I would recommend not talking about it anymore since you seem ignorant of the whole process. Second, communists weren't "atheistic". Communism is an economic system. Atheism is the lack of belief in gods. Some communist dictatorships claimed to embrace atheism for one reason- they didn't want competition in power from the Church. It had nothing to do with atheism itself, but the struggle for power supremacy against a religious authority that had political power (like in Russia, with the Russian Orthodox Church). Many atheists are liberal simply because we are humanists. But you are correct that the fact that a large proportion of Christians are conservative is more than a little hypocritical considering the liberal philosophies of their savior figure.
Skeptikitten
"Now I ask this because it seems like a bit of a contradiction to me. Isnt the philosophy behind evolution and (social) Darwinism essentially extremely right wing. " Well **** me timbers, I hope you don't really believe that. Because it would disturb me to share this globe with someone with that distorted a view of evolution.
Arantheal
"Now I ask this because it seems like a bit of a contradiction to me. Isnt the philosophy behind evolution and (social) Darwinism essentially extremely right wing. " Well **** me timbers, I hope you don't really believe that. Because it would disturb me to share this globe with someone with that distorted a view of evolution.
Narathzul Arantheal
First off- evolution is a scientific theory, and has NO posits on human behavior such as racism or discrimination. It's just about how life changes over time. "Social Darwinism" was a philosophy that PERVERTED the science to justify racism. It's not actually part of evolution the science. And you seem very confused about what evolution actually is and says- I would recommend not talking about it anymore since you seem ignorant of the whole process. Second, communists weren't "atheistic". Communism is an economic system. Atheism is the lack of belief in gods. Some communist dictatorships claimed to embrace atheism for one reason- they didn't want competition in power from the Church. It had nothing to do with atheism itself, but the struggle for power supremacy against a religious authority that had political power (like in Russia, with the Russian Orthodox Church). Many atheists are liberal simply because we are humanists. But you are correct that the fact that a large proportion of Christians are conservative is more than a little hypocritical considering the liberal philosophies of their savior figure.
Skeptikitten
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