re: Baylor University Survey On Religion: 'Almost No Atheists Voted For Trump'

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The biggest concern is when religion makes special claims of authority,

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I really don't know the big deal about this one.

Everyone uses their belief systems to make specific claims of authority. From the farthest left to the farthest right. It's like the go-to mode of attack.

As an atheist, I see no substantial difference between one appealing to their religious morality as an excuse to impose upon their fellow citizens and those who appeal to their egalitarian morality to impose upon their fellow citizens.

I mean hell. The "Social Contract" is as amorphous as anything anyone can come up with yet, it's often cited as some sort of "authority".

I really don't care WHY people think a thing. I simply evaluate the thing.