Do you question the judgement of all the presidential candidates who are Christian? Does their belief in a "fairy tale" bring into question their judgement in other areas? Do not all the candidates profess a belief in God? I think it is human nature, that if you disagree with one on such an important issue, that it would cause you to be suspect of their other beliefs. Faith shapes a persons beliefs in many ways.
2007-12-23 08:27:51 · 19 answers · asked by sammy 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
No. It is not possible to get elected if you declare yourself an atheist. Everybody knows that.
2007-12-23 08:32:25 · answer #1 · answered by OKIM IM 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
>Do you question the judgement of all the presidential candidates who are Christian? Does their belief in a "fairy tale" bring into question their judgement in other areas?
It depends on the area. Christians can be very logical when it comes to doing mathematics, or reworking economic policies, or protecting the environment, because these are concerns that don't tie in very much with the christian religion. However, in areas such as medical research, freedoms for homosexuals, policies on religious organizations, etc, yes, I would question their judgement because we've seen in the past that these fields are closely associated with religion and therefore it is easy for a religious person to be blinded to the truth in such matters.
>Do not all the candidates profess a belief in God?
They do. They have to. They all know that there's no way a self-proclaimed atheist can be elected president in the United States. For a party to choose an atheist candidate would be political suicide.
2007-12-23 17:01:15 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The human being retains a herding instinct. For the most part we like people we consider to be much like ourselves. The more we sense that a person is like us the more we are at ease that we can predict their behavior for most circumstances. Unfortunately that sense is usually without much merit because all we see is the image that person projects. Very rarely do we see the real person in the clinches where the most important behavior happens.
So a Christian candidate implies certain things to most of us. But history shows we can't actually count on religion moderating anything.
Do I question the judgement of a Christian candidate? I don't trust any of them, and can only hope that the people I vote for won't do too much more damage. But then I live in Michigan where mischief is more the rule than the exception, and here lately I see little difference from our state political games on the national scene.
2007-12-23 22:31:37 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I do question the judgment candidates who profess certain beliefs. Any one who actual thinks the bible is the literal truth of historic and scientific facts has questionable judgment. Those who think it is symbolical true are largely "playing to the masses". I don't like it, but a candidate must often do what is needed to get elected.
In time, I hope that the American public will elect the best candidate free from all religion.
2007-12-23 16:42:15 · answer #4 · answered by tallthatsme 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We would be SO much better off in this country if we went by a candidates -actions- instead of his words. Candidates who claim to believe the Bible above everything else don't even really follow the teachings of Jesus. In fact politics has corrupted religion so badly that even fundamentalist Christians don't seem to understand what Jesus taught.
When a candidate panders to the religious right, he knows a lot of Christians will vote for him out of a misguided feeling of Christian duty, and that non-Christians will vote for him because they know he won't actually DO anything for the Christians. The god of the GOP is Mammon.
2007-12-23 16:42:53 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm too much of a cynic to believe that all the presidential candidates strictly adhere to their religions. Some of them probably go through the motions like anyone else, except for them it's important to collect the religious votes. After the scare that Bush has given us, I think most people just hope to vote for the most competent candidate.
2007-12-23 16:34:52 · answer #6 · answered by Dethklok 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I question the judgement of a President who believes that God told him to invade Iraq. As to candidates, I don't care. I'm Canadian.
2007-12-23 16:36:09 · answer #7 · answered by Godless AM™ VT 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i agree that a belief in imagination land should disqualify someone for president but the majority of the people are religious (christian) so the political leaders pander to the majority... nothing i can do about that but try to make the majority think logically and in return vote for someone that is like me..
2007-12-23 16:38:58 · answer #8 · answered by Mr. Mastershake 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I do not know what every presidential candidate truly believes. For all I know, they are all muslim, faking beliefs inthe christian god to get votes.
2007-12-23 16:33:06 · answer #9 · answered by CC 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There is a big difference between what people SAY they believe and what they actually believe. I'm more interested in a politician's track record as a public servant than I am in his/her purported religious belief system.
2007-12-23 16:36:58 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Politicians know how to manipulate the populace and religion for them is just like a hammer and chisel for a stonemason. It's the politicians with low intelligence that worry me because they're not smart enough to see that religion is not real.
2007-12-23 16:44:00 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋