Some Christians are Communist, some Fascist, many, many Socialists are Christian, many liberals are Christians. Some Atheists are Capitalists, Why do people link Christianity with right-wing politics and the left with Atheism?
2007-11-16 07:54:32 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
To Fireball..... No I'm not lying, it's others in the USA that are lying. See link....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_communism
2007-11-16 08:03:56 · update #1
I agree, I am fed up of being labeled a liberal solely because I am an atheist. It is not remotely true.
2007-11-16 08:54:32 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm a Christian and like to think of my politics as liberal socialism, but Christians are voters too, and can vote any way they want. I think in America Christianity has definitely got mixed up with the extreme right, which I think is a shame, but I'm English and it's not such a big deal over here.
2007-11-16 16:46:04 · answer #2 · answered by Jude 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why do people mix up anything with anything? In this case, it's because they want you to transfer your hatred and fear of Communism to atheism. It's like when people say "Gay marriage? What's next, marrying your dog?"
That said, let's not get too PC. Most Christians ARE right-wingers politically. Atheists tend to be liberal. The exceptions prove the rule. I don't see any point in pretending that there's no basis for the stereotypes.
2007-11-16 15:59:37 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Ignorance
2007-11-16 15:59:24 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because *traditional* communism, Marxism, demands atheism. This is the communism adopted by Castro, Russia and China. Although it may be true that not all forms of communism demand atheism, Marxist Communism does, and that is the type of communism we all think of when communism is mentioned.
Jim, http://www.jimpettis.com/wheel/
2007-11-16 16:07:52 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Given the anti-Christian propaganda from the old USSR the so called confusion is legitimate even if incorrect
2007-11-16 16:31:51 · answer #6 · answered by Scouse 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Christians are notorious for stereotyping and loathing those who are the slightest bit different from them. The fear diversity as much as they fear the world itself.
2007-11-16 16:02:55 · answer #7 · answered by AHOLE 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's human nature to generalize. Of course there are exceptions but when you want to simplify anything, generalizations appear.
2007-11-16 16:01:25 · answer #8 · answered by strpenta 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The world is a big scary place. It helps if you can imagine it's very simple.
2007-11-16 15:58:55 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Atheist (Pantheist Atheist, hard to explain, those in the know, think Spinoza's God) Libertarian here.
2007-11-16 16:01:20 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋