Maybe we need a rational person in the White House who doesn't believe in supernatural beings.
2007-12-06 23:59:00 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I agree that we need a rational president who doesn't believe in an arbitrary set of "moral values" that restrict the freedom of the individual. When a politician uses words and phrases like Values, Family Values, and Moral Convictions, what he means is, "I think Gay people are bad and wrong and I wish there weren't any, and I'd rather see a twelve year old rape victim be forced to have a baby least she have an abortion, God forbid!" These are the people who don't want your pre-adolescent daughter to have a vaccine that would prevent cancer, because it happens to be a vaccine against an STD, and we can't have kids thinking it's OK to have sex, God forbid! These are the people who give all religion in general a bad name. They make "People of Faith" look like a bunch of Neanderthals. They are dangerous. But not everyone who believes in supernatural beings, or the possibility of supernatural beings, is irrational or barbaric. There are rational believers out there, lots of them, and in all religions. And, just because someone is an atheist, does not mean they will defend our civil liberties. There have been atheist tyrants, as well as tyrants "of Faith," but a tyrant is a tyrant.
2007-12-07 00:21:21 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
While I do belive in God, I don't think it would matter if the President belived in God or not. I don't think an athiest has ever been elected into office. I don't think America would ever vote an open atheist president. And I don't see how a president's faith has anything to do with how they take care of politics. Leaders of other countries might see a faithless person as weak.
Let's say for example Bush didn't belive in God, after the attacks on 911 we still would have went to war. And Katrina would have been the same deal, and Haliburten. Plus there is the whole seperation of church and state thing. And because the president has to represent all Americans and most Americans do have some kind of faith, mostly christian, I don't think an athiest ever will be elected president.
2007-12-07 00:10:09 · answer #2 · answered by kagen_4 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
nicely, numerous Presidents have been deists. Deists are no longer theistic believers. They believed a deity started the universe in action and left. the version between an 18th century deist and a twenty first century atheist is in basic terms the commencing factor or maybe there, many atheists discover no actually objection to a deity commencing the component in action and leaving. between our deist Presidents are Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Madison and Lincoln. Jefferson rewrote the bible interior the renowned "Jefferson bible," and threw out each and all the silliness. Lincoln wrote an anti-Christian e book. He did no longer even renounce it while working for President. i've got faith some modern-day presidents have been atheist besides, yet in basic terms no longer public approximately it.
2016-11-14 18:19:44 · answer #3 · answered by dudderar 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe we need to go to a parlimentary system like Canada. Too much of an emphasis is placed on the President. I would feel more comfortable if power was not centralized into one man. We need to have it where the Senate and the House has more control than the president.
2007-12-07 00:03:22 · answer #4 · answered by Indy Indy Indy!!!! 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋
They were showing old clips of Kennedy last night on CNN, and the one major difference between then and today, is traditionally in America, Americans knew the seperation of church and state. Today, people don't. That's where the problem happens... not in any religion or non-religion any candidate is, but in connecting the specifics of one faith to our secular government.
2007-12-07 00:33:28 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Congratulations.
You finally noticed what the hell is going on here. For too long americans have voted in god botherers that appeal to a good chunk of the voters for no other reason than they go to church. I'd like to think people would use some sense when voting for someone to lead their nation, unfortunately too many just use what they can see in front of them.
"yes dear, he might be a serial killing bigoted racist, but he believes in the lord, that's gotta count for something?"
2007-12-07 00:05:35 · answer #6 · answered by Dragon 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
It's a serious problem.
The current 'president' claims that 'God told him to go to war'.
I mean, how much more f**ked in the head does someone have to be before we realize that religion (all religion) leads to fear, ignorance, hatred, and war??? Christianity, Judaism, and Islam are to blame for untold suffering and death in the world today.
2007-12-07 00:02:59 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
George,or so it seems.He freezes mortgage rates and does nothing about fuel prices.You can keep your home if you live close enough to your workplace to walk.just joking,No, one hasnt and yes it could be one of Americas problems if one were elected.
2007-12-07 00:08:07 · answer #8 · answered by ALLEN G 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well the founding fathers were for the most part Atheists, look it up if you don't believe me.
2007-12-07 00:05:30 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
I don't think a professed atheist has ever been elected. Conversely, I think the problems are due to many other things not related to religion.
2007-12-07 00:06:31 · answer #10 · answered by Pirate AM™ 7 · 1⤊ 3⤋