It's odd to me that people would vote for a candidate who has faith in a deity. Though it is not a neccesity to run for office. And it is also true that goverment and religion are not meant to mesh. This is the land of the free, and having to have a religious candidate would most definately want to implement religious "ideas" and make them "goverment" rules, and restrict freedom rules that oppose their religion ideas, such as gay marriage, abortion, "real" sex education, just to name a few.
It has also accured to me to point out that it was Bush and other War Pigs that agreed to go to war knowing so that it was a violation of their faith of man killing man.
I am an atheist, and I do believe an atheist is the perfect candidate which would make this country to what it really should be. I free country.
So my question is this. Why do you have to have president who has faith in GOD? It has been proven so many times a religious person is most likely to deceive you, and have jagged morals.
2007-11-10 21:27:48 · 13 answers · asked by aftershock 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Elections
it doesn't matter to me what god or not god they believe in i want to know how trustworthy they are and there plans to lead the country.
2007-11-10 21:54:16 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Amazing how so many of you atheists claim to know what Christians believe in.
From the top... No... I probably would not vote for an atheist as they have no hope or faith for the future. They believe all they have is their own doing and their abilities are limited to only their own capabilities. They can not be humble because they do not believe in a higher power. Sure, they may Hope that people get along and so forth but they have nothing to put that hope or faith into.
No matter how much you want to separate it government always meshes with religion. Even atheism. Christians believe we have a soul... atheists just think it's their own thought process I guess. Either way, that dictates how you will make decisions. When you have Atheist leaders who do not believe in the wrath of GOD or in a soul the slaughter thousands and even millions to get what they want as they fear no higher power. This is what makes them extremely scary.
Going to battle or war is not against Christianity and neither is capital punishment. If you were EVER to crack open the bible you would see many examples of both. Protecting ones self is not against any higher law.
So... there are countless Atheists who have been leaders and killed millions for their own power. Why would that be a perfect candidate?
Respectfully... good luck with your really no apparent reason for being here on earth. Just the other side of the argument... you can report me if you wish, though I would rather you share with me where I may have got it wrong in your view.
2007-11-10 22:05:33 · answer #2 · answered by That Guy 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Here's my problem with atheism. If you don't believe in God or eternity, then nothing that you do has any sort of cosmic significance. We're born, we live, we die. What kind of life is that? How can you say, in that eventuality, that there are any such concepts as right or wrong? How can you say that the word "moral" has any meaning at all? Where do morals come from? Or ethics, for that matter? Or law? Wouldn't it just be the law of the jungle? "He who dies with the most toys wins?"
Explain to me how right and wrong can exist without someone to ultimately define them. "Why" would it be wrong to kill someone? "Why" would it be wrong to rape someone? "Why" would it be wrong to lie, cheat, steal, disobey, destroy, or do anything for any reason other than wanting to do it?
If I were an atheist, I wouldn't believe in right or wrong, and I'd vote for whoever I thought would serve my own interests best. As a "God-fearing" man, however, I could never vote for someone who didn't also "fear" Him.
2007-11-11 20:53:39 · answer #3 · answered by Paper Mage 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i could vote for whoever greater heavily matched my perspectives. The few atheists i be responsive to certainly are greater compassionate, be responsive to-how, and knowledgeable approximately modern activities than lots of Christians i be responsive to. Given 2 applicants with precisely the comparable perspectives and precisely the comparable point of ethical decency, i could in all probability vote for the only (or those 2) that my spouse did no longer vote for. faith could have not have been given any bearing on my decision. I won't carry my breath waiting for that to ensue, although. This "the lesser of two evils" technique is sickening. I pray for an afternoon while i individually be concerned over which candidate is greater valuable, no longer it relatively is worse.
2016-10-16 02:47:08 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm an agnostic and would have no problem voting for an atheist - indeed it might make me more likely to vote for them. I am tired of the patronising tone from the religious right who resemble in some respects the Biblical Pharisees who looked down on the morals of others as if they were perfect.
2007-11-14 14:45:12 · answer #5 · answered by Paranormal I 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because if the candidate has faith in God, he probably has many similar opinions to my own. The other option is to vote for the person who I disagree the most with. That wouldn't make much sense, now would it?
2007-11-10 21:36:12 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
I wouldn't vote for someone who constantly talks of an invisible imgaginary chracter, even if they are playing to get the less intelligent votes.
I would vote for an atheist above all others. I'd like a moral and common sense leader over a lunatic bible thumper any day.
2007-11-11 11:27:43 · answer #7 · answered by Elizabeth J 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I agree with you 100%....
I see where "religion" has gotten this country, but yet, some people still think that you can legislate morality. AND YOU CAN'T....just because "some" people think that something is immoral doesn't mean that it should be illegal. It means that those people shouldn't do it.
I was at a Baptist church once and this preacher guy was talking about drinking on Sundays and how the congregation needed to contact their elected officials to make the liquor stores closed on Sundays again because drinking on Sunday is a sin. Well Jack, if YOU don't want to drink on Sunday....THEN DON'T....if Bob down the street wants to it's his right. This is America.
Needless to say when he started going on about that, I got up and left.
That's religion for you.....
And another thing...what are most of the wars started over? Oh yeah...religion....What has caused more deaths and persecution of people....oh yeah....religion.
I wish these biblethumpers would keep their religion out of our government.
2007-11-10 21:46:35 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
If I were 100% sure I would vote for a God fearing canidate before I would vote for an atheist ...... But how can one be absolutly sure ...There are alot of canidates that use religon to get elected ... that probably shouldn't !
2007-11-10 22:36:51 · answer #9 · answered by jeffwey m 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Last century, about 100,000,000 people were murdered by atheist governments - in China, Russia, Japan, Nazi Germany, Cambodia, etc, etc.
Yet you claim it is religious people who are bad.
A bit of cognitive dissonance there, no?
2007-11-10 21:50:42 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, if I agree with all the candidant with everything else they stand for
2007-11-10 21:38:11 · answer #11 · answered by xg6 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋