By By Dan Arel Jun 13, 2014 in Politics It is no secret that the Republican Party is the American theocratic party. They always seem to vote Bible first and ignore not only their constituents but also scientific evidence and all reason. How does any atheist identify as republican? When evidence-based thinking leads someone to atheism, how do you then join a party that ignores evidence on all levels? This is exactly the question posed by author CJ Werleman in his newest book Werleman takes a close look at the politics of the Republican Party and its smaller groups inside that make up the Tea Party and libertarianism. If atheists care about facts and evidence, how in the world did they end up identifying with the anti-science party? One of the big topics of course is climate change. Climate change denial is the official policy of the GOP, they ignore all science on the matter and focus on making big business happy by opposing any legislation that would cost polluters more money to clean up their factories and be responsible for their messes. The Republican Party around the nation is putting forward bills to end evidence based science education in our schools, and some are even fighting to end public schools all together and put them in the hands of the private market. How in the world do atheists support the party who sees evolution as a liberal conspiracy to erase God? In Like Werleman has done with religious texts and politics in his previous books, he has taken the entire republican platform and made a fool of it. Not even the corpse of Ronald Reagan was safe from this verbal assault. Not only does Werleman prove you cannot be an atheist and be modern day republican, he proves you cannot be moral and be a republican. And it is probably safe to say that S.E. Cupp’s therapist is going to make a lot of money off this book. This is a book all atheists should read, not only does it make a strong case for evidence based politics, but it is a reminder that while atheism provides a strong community for non-believers, we cannot just assume all atheists are brilliant free thinkers who care about humanism as a moral platform. Even atheists need to be reminded that certain political parties are ready to exploit the poor and undereducated to make the largest profit by any means necessary. With this transparent ideology how do those like S.E. Cupp, who claim to be atheists also identify as republicans?How does any atheist identify as republican? When evidence-based thinking leads someone to atheism, how do you then join a party that ignores evidence on all levels?This is exactly the question posed by author CJ Werleman in his newest book Atheists Can’t Be Republicans, if facts and evidence matter Werleman takes a close look at the politics of the Republican Party and its smaller groups inside that make up the Tea Party and libertarianism. If atheists care about facts and evidence, how in the world did they end up identifying with the anti-science party?One of the big topics of course is climate change. Climate change denial is the official policy of the GOP, they ignore all science on the matter and focus on making big business happy by opposing any legislation that would cost polluters more money to clean up their factories and be responsible for their messes.The Republican Party around the nation is putting forward bills to end evidence based science education in our schools, and some are even fighting to end public schools all together and put them in the hands of the private market.How in the world do atheists support the party who sees evolution as a liberal conspiracy to erase God?In Atheists Can’t Be Republicans , Werleman pulls no punches — he unleashes on these atheists who identify so poorly with the facts and uses strong data from scientists and economists to prove that simply being an atheist does not make one smart or educated about politics.Like Werleman has done with religious texts and politics in his previous books, he has taken the entire republican platform and made a fool of it. Not even the corpse of Ronald Reagan was safe from this verbal assault.Not only does Werleman prove you cannot be an atheist and be modern day republican, he proves you cannot be moral and be a republican. And it is probably safe to say that S.E. Cupp’s therapist is going to make a lot of money off this book.This is a book all atheists should read, not only does it make a strong case for evidence based politics, but it is a reminder that while atheism provides a strong community for non-believers, we cannot just assume all atheists are brilliant free thinkers who care about humanism as a moral platform.Even atheists need to be reminded that certain political parties are ready to exploit the poor and undereducated to make the largest profit by any means necessary. More about Book review, Republican, Republican party, Evolution, Climate change More news from Book review Republican Republican party Evolution Climate change