Don't see any atheist front-runners, why is that?
2007-05-05 03:13:09 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Obama-United Church of Christ.
2007-05-05 09:34:30 · update #1
Being from a rural area, Yahoo is my only exposure to atheists. From some of the many rude and smarta** remarks put on here, I don't picture them as the model of tolerance or dignity. I am sure there are good ones, just as there are 'bad' Christians, but I am looking for someone who walks and talks their image.
2007-05-05 03:30:25 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
what I see up front are POLITICIANS ,who know they cannot get elected to office without "catering" to the religious right. You missed a point. O.K. all of them CLAIM a belief in god. Do you think that everyone who says they are a christian is really a christian?Do you think ALL of those politicians believe in the same way you do?By the way,aren't the "chosen" ones supposed to be a minority?But ...you...are...with..the..MAJORITY!!Now,bible101.Where are the MAJORITY of people going?
2007-05-05 03:23:58 · answer #2 · answered by nobodinoze 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think that obama is.
I for one am tired of seeing people running for office kissing up to different groups(christian included) just to get their votes, and then doing whatever they need to to either stay in office or get re-elected.
Especially if you review their voting record...what chameleons! Change to whatever will keep them alive.
2007-05-05 03:19:12 · answer #3 · answered by Jed 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
even nevertheless the Republican applicants call themselves "Christians", no longer a unmarried one in all them is a Christian interior the biblical experience, the place the biblical Jesus inspired in all 4 gospels that rich human beings could sell each and every thing they own and then furnish all their funds to the undesirable. no longer one unmarried Republican advocates following the classes of the biblical Jesus, so no longer one in all them could be called a Christian. in case you opt to discover the main Christian candidate, look to the Communist celebration applicants.
2016-12-10 19:53:15 · answer #4 · answered by keeven 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A lot of people claim to be Christian that aren't.
2007-05-05 03:19:11 · answer #5 · answered by RB 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
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2016-07-03 19:56:24 · answer #6 · answered by Sandy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The question of religion and politics is not the same as the question of church and state. Failure to make this distinction results in confusion. The problem of church and state has to do with institutions and the spheres of action that are appropriate for each. Here the concept of separation is valid. Thorny problems arise in two particular areas. 1. The first involves trying to steer between avoiding an establishment of religion and permitting its free exercise. Prayer in public schools and is among the most contentious. 2. A second range of problems arises when religious belief and practice conflict with secular law.
The problem of religion and politics defines another set of issues. Church and state deals with the relationship of institutions that are independent of each other. Religion and politics has to do with two spheres of activities in the life of the same persons. Citizens who belong to religious groups are also members of the secular society, and this dual association generates complications. Religious beliefs have moral and social implications, and it is appropriate for people of faith to express these through their activities as citizens in the political order. The fact that ethical convictions are rooted in religious faith does not disqualify them from the political realm. However, they do not have secular validity merely because they are thought by their exponents to be religiously authorized. They must be argued for in appropriate social and political terms in harmony with national values.
In both cases, we should be prepared to deal with complexities, ambiguities, and overlapping realms in which practical discernment must find workable principles to guide us that are as compatible with fundamental Constitutional imperatives as human reason can devise.
2007-05-05 03:16:30 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
christens are afraid of atheist and it would be stupid to get on their bad side during an election so even if there are atheist running i don't think they would admit it
2007-05-05 03:20:37 · answer #8 · answered by cthulhu will raise 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For one thing the fundies would NEVER vote for a free thinker. Independent thought is not on their list of priorities.
2007-05-05 03:17:47 · answer #9 · answered by Gorgeoustxwoman2013 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Because at this time, they couldn't get elected.
2007-05-05 03:16:22 · answer #10 · answered by Sharon M 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋