Why is it that most of the “popular” atheists are left leaning politically. Bill Maher, Hitchens, Dawkins, etc all seem to be leftists. The good and refreshing exception to this is Pen Gillette (who is a right-moderate I believe) who is so much cooler then these guys anyway. Why?
Why is it that most of the “popular” atheists are left leaning politically. Bill Maher, Hitchens, Dawkins, etc all seem to be leftists. The good and refreshing exception to this is Pen Gillette (who is a right-moderate I believe) who is so much cooler then these guys anyway. Why?
Part of the package deal of being right-wing is being Christian.
Why is it that most of the “popular” atheists are left leaning politically. Bill Maher, Hitchens, Dawkins, etc all seem to be leftists. The good and refreshing exception to this is Pen Gillette (who is a right-moderate I believe) who is so much cooler then these guys anyway. Why?
Pen is a libertarian.
The reason is that Atheism is a position, a minor conclusion deduced from metaphysics.
Most of the guys you mentioned use the most ridiculous argument for atheism in the first place. The attempt to prove god with science, which is impossible. If you look at a debate between that guy from skeptics magazine, Dr. Chopra , Sam Harris, and some other woman, you will see that the argument is mostly about science and who’s position is supported by science. These fools never seriously venture into metaphysical arguments against god, which are the only legitimate arguments against god.
There lacking in philosophical knowledge, I think leads to supporting the left.
Maher - No philosophy
Hitchens - Ex-Marxist, not much philosophy, not any good philosophy
Dawkins - No philosophy
Sam Harris - Of all of them, the most philosophy, however his philosophy is pretty awful as it flirts with Buddhism.
Atheism is considered by many to be a pillar of social liberalism. So, a lot of atheists associate themselves with the left by default.
Ayaan Hirsi Ali seems to be on the right economically.
Atheism is considered by many to be a pillar of social liberalism. So, a lot of atheists associate themselves with the left by default.
Ayaan Hirsi Ali seems to be on the right economically.
Yes. I was knocked out by Dawkin’s “The God Delusion” at the time. Then felt greatly disappointed that this fine scientist did not take the next logical step, after setting men free from God, and set men free from men.
Apparently all these atheists are trapped by the same false dichotomy - an individual is either duty-bound to a supernatural being; or, to other men.
The third ‘option’ (neither) doesn’t occur to them, or it’s more likely that they have discarded and evaded it.
As stated before, God must be cast out to establish humanistic practice as the predominant social philosophy, and thus it has become part of the foundation of leftist doctrine.