2007-10-11 16:36:13 · 13 answers · asked by :) 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
To clarify, I'm asking, if you were an atheist, would you lie and say you were a Christian in order to gain the votes of Christians, or the more likely, not lose votes because you are an atheist.
2007-10-11 16:46:52 · update #1
Of course not- but then again I'm not a politician.
2007-10-11 16:38:45 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure what you mean. Are you asking:
Would a Christian say s/he is an atheist in order to gain votes?
or
Would an atheist say s/he is an Christian in order to gain votes?
The first would be political suicide, the second would be a necessity if one intended to win. Still, even though I'm an atheist I would tell the truth. But only if asked.
2007-10-11 16:43:36 · answer #2 · answered by Pull My Finger 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
VERY! extraordinarily in California and Texas. Texas isn't any doubt one among the main Republican states, yet counties alongside the Rio Grande voted DEMOCRATIC in 04. while you're a citizen, whether you may no longer communicate English, you have actually the right to vote. The state can no longer value a poll tax or make you vote in English. So says the vote casting Rights Act and twenty fourth replace.
2016-11-08 01:45:00 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would never say I was a Christian to get votes, it would just backfire if the truth came out. More likely, I would say I was an agnostic, because there's not nearly as much prejudice against them.
2007-10-11 16:53:08 · answer #4 · answered by JavaGirl ~AM~ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Being a professed atheist would not gain you the white house.
2007-10-11 16:39:27 · answer #5 · answered by Dan H 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Would that be like lying about being a Christian for the same purpose?
2007-10-11 16:40:16 · answer #6 · answered by The Pirate Queen 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ask Thomas Jefferson.
2007-10-11 16:39:51 · answer #7 · answered by robert 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I wouldn't personally but politically you'd have to hide it if you ever hope to win cause there's an unwritten rule about being shot down the moment you announce that your atheist....
2007-10-11 16:44:16 · answer #8 · answered by Dr. Facepalm 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am an atheist, actually. And I don't want to be President. I want to be Dictator. Or maybe Emperor. You don't have to lie to be Emperor.
2007-10-11 16:51:54 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
probably because people are stupid enough to believe that sort of thing
politicians lie to just about everyting they are asked in elections
2007-10-11 16:39:46 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋