Penn Jillette is an "atheist of note". He and his partner Teller are quite famous for their rational approach to life, even building their magic tricks and performances around exposing some of the sleight of hand to illustrate this point.
Although I have sympathies to some of the "libertarian" ideals for personal freedom, I can't say I'm in favour of most of the political and economic goals of the modern Libertarian movement. Mr. Jillette has a profound libertarian streak in him and certainly can't be classified well along the usual left/right paradigm. I add that to forestall any thoughts that I'm some sort of "acolyte" of his, although I recognize that the positions he holds are rational, just not desirable.
In this video, however, Mr. Jillette orates on the current crop of Republican Candidates and Christian influence peddlers. I think his assessment of the situation is pretty sound. He introduces some concepts that are important to think about, specifically about the relationship between atheists and theists. It's a long video, nineteen and a half minutes, so it's not your usual soundbite fare. Make sure you've got the time to watch it before you start it.
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