An answer to a different question, about an atheist as president, what do you have to say about this?

Question

" I would not. The presidency is a position of the most incredible power, influence and responsibility. I wouldn't let someone who was an atheist watch my children; why would I trust them with my country?? "

Answer 1

In a HEARTBEAT, I would vote to elect a **moral** atheist, who would defend our liberties and rights, to the Presidency, before I would EVER cast a vote for a hypocritical, *pseudo*-Christian louse like Bush who has defending our rights as rock-bottom LAST on his list of priorities.

-- "Roadrat" -- sensible, fair-minded, and egalitarian Christian.

Answer 2

It might sound strange, but I blame it on the television.

Ever since the advent of cable, then satellite then broadcast, and now cable became the cheap seats. People who can not afford expanded television service have had their choices reduced to the Seven Hundred Club or the Shopping Channel.Both of them are mind rotting forms of propaganda. Both are sales systems.
The shopping channel only sell an economy version of the dream of riches.
The religious stuff is far more insidious.
I have deliberately watched the TBN and CBN a few times and Falwell and Swaggart make Fred Phelps look like a hippie love puppet.

The rise in religion in the USA dates back to Billy Graham and his crusades. Again the revivalist preaching. Televised.
He was followed by the Bakkers who developed the formula.
They spawned the rest of it.

I suppose when your education system has been deliberately disabled and you are flooded with propaganda it is likely that the majority will go with the flow of it all.

Today we are back to fighting the scopes monkey trials all over again. Scopes was 1927. We lived through McCarthyism where In God We Trust became the national motto, replacing E Pluribus Unum. It became 'One Nation Under God, instead of indivisible.

Welcome to the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. At the peak of their power in 324 they got religion, and things were never the same afterwards.

Answer 3

This is awful. Why would an atheist not be allowed to watch that person's children? Wow. No wonder people get so exasperated with Christians. That's ridiculous. I don't really think being an atheist would have an effect on being the president. If anything, it would help the president focus on the needs of the country, not the needs of the God he worships.

Answer 4

I really don't know how that answerer manages to pass stools, what with his/her head being lodged in the way.

Please refer to my most recent question, it also follows the power/religion theme.

In real answer, I'd say an atheist would probably be a better kind of president, because then they cannot allow their judgement to be clouded by religion.

But I'd much rather go with a less mainstream religion, such as one of the Pagan religions, or Buddhism. I just have a feeling that the world would immediately become more loving that way.

Answer 5

"The Bible isn't my e book nor Christianity my profession. i ought to by no capacity provide assent to the long, complicated statements of Christian dogma." - Abraham Lincoln, American president (1809-1865). So now you be attentive to that Lincoln became an Atheist :) it is been shown that the extra clever a set of persons is the better the proportion of atheists (or agnostics) would be. subsequently on my own I in actual fact desire Lincoln wasn't the only atheist president. the sorrowful element is that by way of how religious individuals tend to be that's complicated on your politicians back out as being non-religious in the event that they desire a helpful profession. In international places which comprise Australia or England faith infrequently even comes up relating to our politics.

Answer 6

the president can be atheist because if you know the constitution is quit clear about religion and the state of the contruy seeing i just got back from washington d.c. yesterday and its all fresh in my mind. it states that this country is not governed by religion but by fairness and the supreme court that hears to nothing higher than the constition or the law of the land

Answer 7

Well, I don't see any problem with an atheist president, of course, he/she would have to be elected in a country where even Billary is seeking after salvation, now. Of course, as far as I am concerned if Billary wins, it is the same as having an atheist win, don't ya think?

Her and Obama are finding religion now, wouldn't ya know?
There was a story in Newsweek about it. Did you see her and Obama in Alabama a couple of weeks back? Obama with his "black speak." And Billary trying to sound like a Black southern Baptist Pastor. Quite funny. But then Bill Clinton is still pretending to be a Christian.

Answer 8

I feel that the above statement is quite ignorant. I'm a Christian, but believe in voting for the most qualified candidate. If that happens to be an atheist, then I'll vote for the atheist. As for not trusting atheists with children, allow me to say that some of the kindest and most progressive parents I personally know happen to be atheists.

Answer 9

Aha! The Atheist Agenda is revealed!!!

The Godless Ones are trying to put one of their own into the white house.
And now they are trying to watch my children. There must be something wrong with them because I do not have any children!

Quick! Someone hand me a sandwich board; I have to get the word out.

Answer 10

I think that's a very, very bigoted person...

Personally, I'm looking forward to the first president who can be forthcoming enough to claim his atheism openly.. I'm sure there have been plenty of people, including presidents like Lincoln, who have been elected to high offices and have remained closet atheists simply because the god-believers have consistently been such a strong and narrow minded voting block.

To date there is only one congress person who has made his atheism publicly known... He's a Californian, and I'm sorry that I've momentarily let his name slip away from me.

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Answer 11

I totally agree with you. They would not counsel a higher power about what the right thing to do for our nation! By the way, I'm not saying I agree with Bush. If you think things are bad now, let someone who thinks the Bible is a myth, who is intolerant to any religion, take control.