Meanwhile, in France, things are different among the political elites.
Whereas here, in the U.S., politicians on both sides of the aisle — and even this year’s most prominent libertarian — now bend over backwards to say nice things about religion and faith, in France, the president, Nicolas Sarkozy, has co-written at least one article of which I am aware with Europe’s best-known promoter of atheism, philosopher Michel Onfray.
Tonight, I hope to post a brief review of Onfray’s Atheist Manifesto, which gets to the heart of the matter during this blog’s “Month Without God.”
Think of the situation in France:
•Market-friendly, relatively pro-U.S. president who was notoriously drunk at a G8 meeting
•His new wife and former mistress formerly an avowed polyamorist (and model, seen above, as well as a good singer) — who has been called “libertarian” by the UK Guardian
•His co-writer a militant — and I mean militant — atheist who wants to see religion ended completely
In short: France is practically run by Ayn Rand characters now.
3 comments:
Speaking of Ayn Rand, it might be interesting if Holly
popped up. Maybe she is too busy. Does she know
about your web page?
Sorry about my posts – they seem to pop up far sloppier
than I thought I composed them.
This isn’t a social-networking site, though, Tim. I don’t promise anything but _me_, blathering about the same philosophical topics, over and over again, at the risk of sounding obsessive.
Looks like I am going at a good time
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