Assume that you agreed with the candidate on the political issues more than any of the other candidates.
2007-10-19 08:15:18 · 45 answers · asked by Earl Grey 5 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
I am overhwelmed with the positive response for atheists. There is hope for our country afterall!
And I agree with one poster, several of them are probably atheists who wouldn't admit it.
2007-10-19 09:35:54 · update #1
Yes - in fact I'd prefer one.
Rationality and logic should be the basis for decision making - not what a bunch of jews wandering around the desert 3000 years ago thought and did to keep their little band of nomads together.
2007-10-19 08:21:06 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 17⤊ 4⤋
before each and everything i'd vote for an atheist if he might want to provide up the halocaust of the unborn and the elderly. 2d, what i search for is personality, non secular beliefs are many times an illustration that the fellow will preserve the weak and helpless and shield top over incorrect. Why do not you ask Gianna Jesson about being burned alive ina salt saline abortion, she survived one, and is in basic terms alive becuase the abortion healthcare specialist become no longer on-website at the same time as she become born and a form nurse felt sorry for her and noted as an ambulance. Ask Gianna if that is going to were as a lot as her mom and the abortionist, even if she suffered that terrible death. Gianna feels that she had rights too.
2016-10-21 10:25:05 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I personally wouldn't vote for an atheist person. A religious person believed that there is a higher power other than themself and that their actions would be held accountable some day no matter what religion they are. But an atheist person I think would later on not care what they would do no matter how good of a speaker they are, and also they will have some kind of ego. I know that they are really good and nice atheists but not having a religion means that they don't have limits and laws that command them to have a good morals.
2007-10-19 11:50:05 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
huh? for me to vote for anyone i would have to side with the person 98%. after all, as president, once in it is rather difficult to get him/her out so i'd want to be sure and agree with more than a few idea/ideals. now, comes the situation of the person's religion, or lack thereof. we've voted in some pretty good and no-so-good presidents from mostly WASP backgrounds. stating their devotion to one religion or another doesn't mean they're honest in their belief. now, comes an atheist . would i vote for him/her? yes! a person who states they are has got to be telling the truth. after all, who walks around claiming something that could be potentially dynamite in political circles, right? after all, we vote, run for office and run this country - not religious leaders or god (or i truly hope so).
2007-10-19 08:27:34 · answer #4 · answered by blackjack432001 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
With the acknowledgement that I do not believe in the existence of a supernatural being, yes I would vote for an atheist.
2007-10-19 08:33:56 · answer #5 · answered by John73 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Since the President is a secular job and not something like POPE where it is a religious job one's religion really doesn't matter. If they are the best qualified I vote for them. I don't consider religion, or lack of it, race, gender, sexual orientation, looks or anything other than issues and how they stand.
2007-10-19 08:32:08 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
As an Atheist, obviously yes. To an Atheist, believing in gods and santa claus is the same. Every 4 years we must vote for a candidate that claims to believe in santa. No wonder the world is such a mess. I truly believe that most politicians are Atheists, but don't state it since they'd lose votes.
2007-10-19 08:27:32 · answer #7 · answered by CaesarLives 5 · 5⤊ 2⤋
Yes. There should be no consideration of religion as a qualification, nor is it Constitutionally mandated. How about thinking about some good old fashioned COMPETENCE. Down with Dictator Dumbya!!!
2007-10-19 08:42:52 · answer #8 · answered by rhino9joe 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Shouldn't religion be a personal matter?
Yes, I would vote for the person capable of doing the job.
Would it be right for an employer not to hire me because of my religious beliefs?
Which is more important, your faith or my freedom?
2007-10-19 08:33:16 · answer #9 · answered by Moody Red 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Religious or personal believe won't matter as long as the candidate political view is pertinent and he/she is competent enough to become President.
2007-10-19 08:30:14 · answer #10 · answered by Impiger 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋
In a heartbeat!
In fact, I'd be tempted to vote for them even if I DIDN'T agree with their positions on other issues, simply because of that issue.
Religion has been running governments for all of history. Even in the USSR (OFFICIALLY atheist), there was a government-appointed orthodox patriarch. And you could argue that their abandonment of Lenin's politics led to worshiping individuals like Stalin -- another version of the religious-type mentality.
The believers have always had control of things. It's time that was changed.
2007-10-19 08:28:16 · answer #11 · answered by Dont Call Me Dude 7 · 6⤊ 3⤋