At 06:23 PM 1/30/00 -0700, you wrote:
>I often wonder: in the larger libertarian scene, what the percentage
>breakdown is of religious views, etc. It seems there are often
>atheist-types who are involved in libertarian discussions, but at the same
>time, it also seems like a big core of the libertarians are "god-fearin'"
>christians. I find myself in neither camp, more of an independent-whatever
>with buddhist leanings. I DO greatly appreciate the allowance of these
>different views in the context of a more unified political view, since the
>two often don't go together.
>
>Any comments?
>
>ms
>
>
Well, let's see. My wife was brought up as a Lutheran, went through a "born
again" phase during college, then became an agnostic or atheist or some
such when she figured out that neither the historical account nor the
theology of Christianity made much sense, and is now in the process of
converting to Judaism [conservative brand]. I was brought up as a
Methodist, but informed our minister that I couldn't tell whether he was a
fascist or a communist when I was around age 15, walked out of the church,
and have never been back. I've since been alternating between Deism, a la
Tom Paine, and atheism, although I do find many aspects of Judaism to be
rather neat. My only problem with converting [other than learning Hebrew]
is that I think that Jehovah was probably a benevolent time traveling super
computer or a benevolent space alien. I see no evidence of any more in the
Scriptures if taken literally, and I wouldn't know exactly what to cut out
if they are not taken literally. On the third hand, however, the opinion of
many of the Rabbis appears to be that you don't really have to believe in a
god in the traditional sense of the term in order to be a Jew.
See, nice normal American family we have.
CJB
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