Atheists of the Right Hand Path

[The Sum of Awe]

Another meaningless contemplation I had:

I still do not understand the actual western meaning between "Right Hand" and "Left Hand" paths, though I've always assumed that the Left is more independent and self serving, while the Right is more God-focused and God serving. This does not exclude theistic Lefties.

On the contrary, I don't know if the Right Handed philosophies exclude atheism. Do you think an atheist could be classified as a RHP'er? If so, what would differentiate an atheist that follows the Right Hand Path from an atheist that follows the Left Hand Path?

Also, I'm not focusing on the definition of these terms under magic, but under other, mostly philosophical, circumstances.

 

[Revoltingest]

I guess we could take either path.
Atheism doesn't itself dictate anything to us.
Personally, I take the ambidextrous path..

 

[Erebus]

As Revoltingest said atheism itself doesn't preclude somebody from following the Left, Right or Middle paths. Off the top of my head UU and/or Secular Humanism in conjunction with active philanthropy would be something an atheist could get involved with that would be roughly RHP. Symbolic Satanism is the obvious one for the LHP though anything that combines self interest with adversarial thought would be a likely fit.

Then of course there are the plethora of philosophies in between. It all depends on the personality and views of the atheist in question.

 

[crossfire]

Another meaningless contemplation I had:

I still do not understand the actual western meaning between "Right Hand" and "Left Hand" paths, though I've always assumed that the Left is more independent and self serving, while the Right is more God-focused and God serving. This does not exclude theistic Lefties.

On the contrary, I don't know if the Right Handed philosophies exclude atheism. Do you think an atheist could be classified as a RHP'er? If so, what would differentiate an atheist that follows the Right Hand Path from an atheist that follows the Left Hand Path?

Also, I'm not focusing on the definition of these terms under magic, but under other, mostly philosophical, circumstances.

I would see enforced collectivist secularism as RHP atheism. (Mao, Stalin, Pol Pot, etc.) In this case, the State becomes God. It's another version of the "Son of Heaven/Divine Right of Kings," except the "Son of Heaven" now becomes an autocratic bureaucracy.