Ted Cruz
The primary mission statement of this website is to show that atheists come in all kinds of flavors, including conservative and libertarian varieties. So it may seem a little strange that the second post on this site is about to criticize Republican Presidential candidate Senator Ted Cruz, who is currently second in delegate count to Donald Trump. However, Cruz is quite literally the reason Free Market Atheist was created. It was a story about an endorsement accepted by Cruz, shared by Will Spencer on Facebook last month, and a subsequent discussion I had with him about how there are few non-liberal outlets willing to discuss the kind of story he shared, that promoted me to created the site. It’s not simply enough that conservative and libertarian atheists exist; we also have to be willing to call out politicians when it matters, especially when religion is the topic, even if we might agree with them on other subjects.
Pastor 1: Mike Bickle
This story that inspired this site involves Mike Bickle, Founder and Director of the Kansas City-based International House of Prayer. Bickle also runs the Israel Mandate, an effort to get Jews to convert to Christianity, upon a belief that the Second Coming of Jesus won’t happen until they do (I’m as of yet unsure if the rest of the world must also convert first). As any atheist knows, all end-time talk is awash with controversy, not the least the idea that 2/3 of the world will end up in Hell if the claims are true.
Well, in the course of trying to get Jews to convert, Bickle has made some controversial statements regarding this process. Specifically, he has some ideas on what will happen if they don’t hurry up. He also has claims on what has happened in the past. Namely: Hitler. The Times of Israel has some great coverage on this: