Romney/Ryan is first major party ticket with no Protestant on it.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

It's implied so far, but I think he might be leaning there. His new same-sex marriage stance reflects this.

What? No it doesn't. Not necessarily, anyway.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

Paul Ryan is undoubtedly an atheist.

And on what do you base such an accusation?

He's a Randite and proud social Darwinist.

He holds several mutually contradictory sets of beliefs at once, in common with the rest of us. We're living in modernity.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

Paul Ryan is undoubtedly an atheist.

And on what do you base such an accusation?

He's a Randite and proud social Darwinist.

There are many Randites that follow her economic philosophy but not her views on religion. Which is a shame, because while she's extreme on economics, she was more spot-on on the subject of religion.

The first thing she said to Bill Buckley was that he struck her as too smart to believe in God. That's not 'spot-on', that's just being an unreconstructed asshole.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

Paul Ryan is undoubtedly an atheist.

And on what do you base such an accusation?

He's a Randite and proud social Darwinist.

There are many Randites that follow her economic philosophy but not her views on religion. Which is a shame, because while she's extreme on economics, she was more spot-on on the subject of religion.

The first thing she said to Bill Buckley was that he struck her as too smart to believe in God. That's not 'spot-on', that's just being an unreconstructed asshole.

Depends on which side of the veil of religion you're on. As a non-believer, I find that to be quite the compliment for Bill Buckley. Still, I understand how it comes off as negative and tactless.

Many atheists who understand religion partially as a cultural marker would find it culturally insensitive even if they didn't disagree with a baseline statement of the underlying assumption.