Christians and Democrats/Atheists are saved

Bill Cuthbertson was wrong. Howard Dean didn't say all Republicans are all white Christians. He said, it's pretty much a white, Christian party."According to polls more than 80 percent of described Republican voters in America are in fact, white Republicans. Democrats come in at 57 percent, but not an overwhelming majority. This isn't just a question of semantics. It goes to what Dean actually said and Dean was correct in his analysis.
Cuthberston stated, "who brought out the old Confederate flag and draped it all over the state capitols to intimidate? Democratic white governors!" Now, Dean is a Democrat and so was the segregationist George Wallace but that is pretty much where all comparisons end.Dean comes from a state, Vermont, that outlawed slavery when it became a state. I doubt if there are that many Confederate flags flying from porches in Vermont. Dean is a social liberal, Wallace wasn't. Teddy Roosevelt was a Republican who was a pro-environmentalist and pro-reformist President. William McKinley was a president who opposed protection for the environment and was anti-reform. That they were both Republicans was much less important than their contrasts in views.

I doubt if there are many pro-George Wallace supporters who would now vote for Howard Dean for president. Has Howard Dean crossed the line on occasion? Probably, but so too have many Republicans. Our Secretary of Defense stated that the war in Iraq won't be won by insurgents but by the Iraqi people. I understand what he meant, but if a Democrat had said that, he would be labeled by the rightwing radio shows as "not supporting the troops."

Atheists to be saved:

As an atheist, I commonly hear that atheists need to be "saved." The very idea that a God would punish me for coming to the conclusion after much thought that God doesn't likely exist or is improbable, I find, illogical.A good and just God does not punish unbelief, any more than I care if an ant does not believe in me. If God wants me to believe in him, then give me compelling evidence. That wouldn't violate free will, since God would know the amount of evidence required for that. This fundamentalist vision of God that some believe in obviously wants me to believe in him, because he puts me at risk of eternal punishment in hell. Fundamentalist Christians can argue for nonbelievers to be "saved", and that is their right. Atheists are used to being on the receiving end of "witnessing." They are used to not having their voice heard or reflected, especially in the South. They are used to being afraid to making known to their neighbor or co-worker or fellow classmate that they do not believe in God.
Indeed, atheists are very knowledgeable about Christianity as a whole. The reason we are atheists is not lack of knowledge of this religion, but often because of it. All I ask of conservative Christians is to actually talk and listen and read the webpage and magazines of atheists/freethinkers, such as The Humanist before forming such rigid positions on those who don't share their beliefs.