Many "conservative Christians" won't be able to see beyond his unkempt appearance or atheism to listen to the words that should echo their same religious beliefs. The following video is of Las Vegas magician and entertainer, Penn Jillette as he discusses "Why he is a Libertarian." He says,
"I believe that your goal, without condescension and without manipulation, is to tell the truth as you see it." He continues by telling that he believes that forcing someone to believe the same as you is wrong. He believes he should be thinking, "what do I believe, what is in my heart and I try to say that." Personally, this video resounds with me as his words make sense to me as a Christian and my own personal study of my faith. He speaks of trust and love for your fellowmen and allowing others to voice their opinions without vehement condescending their belief. In my opinion, that was one of the intended uses our founders had for the 1st Amendment in speaking our beliefs (religious or otherwise) without the government or others opposing your viewpoint. When we truly listen to others, we can work to come to the best ideology while creating maximum freedom. In all reality, we were suppose to speak and debate more than legislate, regulate or mandate. Currently, many in our society work to posture PC opinions but works in secret piety with government (through voting) to force individuals to think and live according to a deemed "experts" belief. The idea that we work to create maximum freedom is what attracts me to the Libertarian Party as I see both within our two party system working to essential create the same thing, which is control and power of the people's lives. The argument comes with who gets that power as both in their arrogance think they are better qualified to be that controller.
Several years ago, I was struggling with my own political beliefs as some of the "conservative" politicians that I had supported had made decisions that went against the Republican party's platform. Not to mention, that the candidates that party was backing had records that were definitely NOT conservative. It took much searching, studying and pondering for me to come to the conclusion that I was arrogant to believe that my voting on conservative issues and candidates were no different than a liberal voting on issues that would essentially halt my religious or parental practices. It all goes back to control, who you think should have control. My personal belief is that we are free agents to ourselves and our actions, as long as they don't infringe on other's freedom, the people make the best decisions for their own lives.
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