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Showing posts with label atheists; libertarians; government; charity. Show all posts
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Sunday, October 9, 2011

Atheist libertarians ... and charity..

PZ Meyers asks libertarian atheists: should the atheist community be more involved in charity?


So this is the question for libertarians: do you endorse the liberalization of organized atheism?

My answer, as a libertarian atheist is: yes. I wholeheartedly support this. Charity is a good thing. Supporting the needy is a good thing. I don't think that either (a) government; (b) religion should have a monopoly on this. I'm not so much of a libertarian that I would totally eliminate the social safety net or wealth transfers, but I would like to see government play a smaller (and different) role and private, community organizations a larger one.

Other atheists or libertarian comments?