Why would a athiest president never win an election. Why are people so uncomfortable about atheism? Some of the most brilliant people were athiests.
2007-08-31 10:00:08 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
in the current day an atheist would not win thats why im asking. Dick Cheney is vice president and im sure if the same people who support bush would also support Cheney but if Cheney was atheist or pagan he would have never been asked in the first place. Most atheists are not taught to be atheists they become one from their own realizations. Basically the whole point to my question is if someone asked what religion you are and you said Christian or jewish society would respect you. If you said atheist or pagan society would ether think you are strange or disrespect you. imagine if an atheist or pagan ran for president, on CNN and Fox headlines would say "Should atheists or pagans be president?"
2007-08-31 10:20:11 · update #1
And yet many Pagans are Polytheists...the reason no atheist or Pagan would win an election just now is: Fear. The media portrays us one way (see Charmed, The Craft, etc) and nothing could be further from the truth. People fear what they do not understand, when they are overrun by that fear, they lash out. Sad but entirely too true.
2007-08-31 10:37:58 · answer #1 · answered by silverdolffyn 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Christians will never give up all that power to an Atheist or a Jew! I would not object to one or the other being president! I would prefer either, to what we are suffering through now!' I do not know enough to say anything about a Pagan!
2007-08-31 17:15:23 · answer #2 · answered by jaded 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not OK to be Jewish, but you're correct re: atheist. A recent public university (minnesota) survey revealed that atheists were the least trusted of any group. Homosexuals, Muslims, and Lawyers are trusted more than atheists. Atheists also topped the same survey's list of "People You'd Least Like Your Child to Marry."
Poor atheists. Ah, well - at least they lack God, so it's not ALL bad...
oh - wait...
nevermind.
2007-08-31 11:03:06 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think a lot of people would willingly vote for a Jew. I think the trouble a lot of people would have in voting for an atheist - whether fair or not - is that people look at national leaders to be representative of their deepest longings and aspirations.
And like it or not, most people have a deep longing for God (or at least something spiritual.) Maybe there are atheists who can speak to this, but it does not seem like they are many.
So I do not think people would vote against an atheist because he or she is an atheist, but because they simply cannot see the person in question embodying their inner life and deepest longings.
2007-08-31 10:12:31 · answer #4 · answered by evolver 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because Christians like me have picked a side. A part of the reason why we picked sides is because God has us both in the future together. God is not done with the Jews. They are a little out of kilter right now, but they are nonetheless going to be our brothers in the Lord.
I love Jews. And I will always defend them against the rest of the world.
As far as Atheist Presidents go: By definition, they are presumptive and illogical concerning God. Why would I vote for that?
2007-08-31 10:09:59 · answer #5 · answered by Christian Sinner 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It is okay to be atheist or pagan.
Besides, some people also feel that it's not okay to be Christian or Jewish (especially Jewish: haven't you ever read some of the anti-semitic comments on this site?)--and I don't remember us ever having a Jewish president either.
2007-08-31 10:07:31 · answer #6 · answered by Cathy 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's ok to be whatever you desire. If we are to lean to live with each other, we must respect other people's beliefs and not try to change them, even if we feel our own beliefs are 'right'. Luckily, there is no such thing as a 'right' belief, but wars have been waged on this very principle. Personally, I think religion has brought more ill to the world than good, and people should reconsider if they to prosecute other or start wars over it.
2007-08-31 10:10:47 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-13 21:03:08 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
How many pagans or atheists have run for president?
2007-08-31 10:09:31 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Don't ask me. I have no clue.
How do you know for sure that an atheist would NEVER win an election? How do you know this?
2007-08-31 10:07:41 · answer #10 · answered by batgirl2good 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋