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Is Karl Rove an atheist? (Original Post) ItsjustMe Feb 2023 OP
Ew. Susan Calvin Feb 2023 #1
He's a dirty blowhard criminal samplegirl Feb 2023 #2
Yes, but..... Farmer-Rick Feb 2023 #3
Napolon Bonaparte ItsjustMe Feb 2023 #4
Good quote Farmer-Rick Feb 2023 #8
Rove's Rubes made it easy for Vlad. He was watching and "listening". czarjak Feb 2023 #5
I think a lot of Christians are on the fence about a God. The way they try to control behavior and Karadeniz Feb 2023 #6
Many conservatives are defacto atheists, but they know how all the right religulous words for any Martin68 Feb 2023 #7

Farmer-Rick

(10,151 posts)
3. Yes, but.....
Mon Feb 20, 2023, 02:10 PM
Feb 2023

He believes religion is necessary and good for other people less intelligent than he is. From the link:

"Religion was necessary to control people. He wasn't religious himself, he simply considered it necessary."

Necessary for others so he can control them.

Don't do as I do, do as I say.

But there are a lot of awful religious people, no surprise there are some awful atheist too.

ItsjustMe

(11,230 posts)
4. Napolon Bonaparte
Mon Feb 20, 2023, 02:17 PM
Feb 2023

“Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet. Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.”

Farmer-Rick

(10,151 posts)
8. Good quote
Wed Feb 22, 2023, 09:32 PM
Feb 2023

I would like to convert everyone to atheism just for the opposite reasons. Maybe it would make the common people loud and angry. The filthy rich should be afraid of the poor. There are so many more of them than there are the rich.

Karadeniz

(22,486 posts)
6. I think a lot of Christians are on the fence about a God. The way they try to control behavior and
Mon Feb 20, 2023, 02:58 PM
Feb 2023

laws, I don't see much evidence that they think a spiritual system or entity will handle justice eventually.

Martin68

(22,776 posts)
7. Many conservatives are defacto atheists, but they know how all the right religulous words for any
Mon Feb 20, 2023, 03:32 PM
Feb 2023

occasion. "Thoughts and prayers" are at the head of that list.

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