2/2 An atheist would probably say, "I don't have one. I'm an atheist." If we started with the question, "Are you an atheist?" would a Buddhist be more likely to say, "Yes and I'm a Buddhist" or just answer, "I'm a Buddhist"? Now I really am curious.
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Fair point, I guess that is true. Is that a label they'd give themselves? I wonder. We usually ask, "What's your religion?" to which a Buddhist would say they were a Buddhist. A spiritual person might say, "I don't have one, but I believe in a universal higher power." 1/2
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I agree
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While this is technically true, I've yet to meet someone who labels themselves "spiritual" who would also call themselves an atheist. Maybe I haven't met a representative sample of spiritual people though. 🤷
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Here's the link if you want more info.
Party affiliation of US voters by religious group | Pew Research Center share.google/D2TTlRaOU7GU...
5. Party identification among religious groups and religiously unaffiliated voters
Partisanship remains strongly linked to registered voters’ religious affiliation, and religious “nones” have become more Democratic.
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Here's a study from Pew Research Cented that found non-religious people skew heavily toward voting for Democrats, the party that's more closely associated with those views. It's also worth noting that several religious voting blocks also skew that way.
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Um, I'm not sure who told you atheists don't believe in all of that, but it's not true. The first 2 are strongly backed by science. The others are opinions, but I'd argue that anyone ethical would hold them. I certainly do.
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Well, sure, we are all human. I didn't say atheists were perfect (or even that perfection means being unbiased). I didn't even say that atheists are superior to religious/spiritual people. Just that you don't need religion or spirituality to have ethics or morals, to strive to do good in the world.
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An ethical atheist or agnostic person will also do what's right no matter what they're told. You don't need belief in a higher power of any kind to be a good person.
