2007-01-05 06:38:36 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Will ind - I don;t agree - this is a question about religion in two countries.
2007-01-05 06:44:30 · update #1
Give us time. We are only 230 years old or so and still toddlers compared to the United Kingdom. We were populated by religious nuts in the beginning and it's been a proud tradition for several generations. We may outgrow our narrow minded stupidity in a few hundred years, should we beat the odds and survive as a nation.
2007-01-05 06:57:23 · answer #1 · answered by Sweetchild Danielle 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋
No, but the percentage is much less. See, politicians have been trying to combine the protestant church with the United States government even though there is that thing about "Separation of church and state". Truly, religion or lack there of should not matter, what should matter is the betterment of the citizens.
P.S. I think this would be more suited in the politics section.
2007-01-05 06:42:55 · answer #2 · answered by will_indigo 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
There are no admitted atheists, not the same thing. Given that around 6-9% of the population in the US states that they do not believe in god it would seem strange that there would not be some in the Senate or House. But then again politicians lying, who would believe that?
2007-01-05 06:41:45 · answer #3 · answered by fourmorebeers 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I imagine there are Atheist politicians but some states actually have laws preventing an Atheist from holding office (and, if I remember right, the President has to be a Christian right now too), and the religious nutballs in the US have far too much power, so most of them would keep their mouths shut about being an Atheist or they probably wouldn't end up winning elections.
2007-01-05 06:42:25 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 2⤋
i think that is probably true. Atheist is a dirty word in the states. Saw a documentary recently that said in a survey atheists were the least trusted group of people in the states, beatinf illeagal immigrants and muslims and we all know how tolerant of those groups the americans are!
2007-01-05 06:49:33 · answer #5 · answered by meep meep!! 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
GWB was told when he was Senator of Texas that if he wanted to be President, he needed the support of the Christian Right, 'If people can't be bothered to get of their asses to go to church on sunday, they can't be bothered to go and vote ! So he became a Fundamentalist. Here in Australia, it would be politically unwise for a polly to publically state that he was an atheist.
2007-01-05 06:51:02 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yep. In many states there are laws that actually prohibit atheists from holding public office. It makes me SO proud to be an American. (sarcasm)
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2007-01-05 06:41:18 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
There are probably plenty, but if they want to get elected by the mouth-breathing, Wal-Mart educated electorate, they better say they're down with the Jeebus!!
2007-01-05 06:41:38 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Fairly close to it. In fact, some states still have it in their constitution that only church-going Christians can hold office.
2007-01-05 06:40:50 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
if not true then its pretty close to true. there are some states that deny atheists any form of political position.
2007-01-05 06:41:34 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋