U.S. CitiesCity-Data Forum Index
Go Back   City-Data Forum > General Forums > Religion and Spirituality > Atheism and Agnosticism
 [Register]
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
View detailed profile (Advanced) or search
site with Google Custom Search

Search Forums  (Advanced)
Reply Start New Thread
 
Old 11-10-2010, 07:57 AM
PDD PDD started this thread
 
Location: The Sand Hills of NC
8,773 posts, read 18,055,527 times
Reputation: 11996

Advertisements

to high public office?

I don't know if it has been discussed here before but I was just thinking that I would be more comfortable with a professed non believer politician who could come up with good ideas/solutions.
Not that I would vote for somebody just because they were a non believer.
I am sure I have voted for some that were faux believers.
I just find it disturbing that some politicians might be asking for Gods help in problem solving.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message

 
Old 11-10-2010, 08:00 AM
 
Location: Rome, Georgia
2,751 posts, read 3,898,155 times
Reputation: 2051
Probably not. It would have no effect on my vote either way, but the majority of American's believe in a higher power of some sort or another, and most that do regard that belief to be of the highest importance.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 11-10-2010, 08:20 AM
 
Location: Texas
1,301 posts, read 2,087,536 times
Reputation: 749
Only if he/she were to lie about their beliefs.

It's very possible there are some closet non-believers in Washington right now.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 11-10-2010, 08:21 AM
 
Location: Rome, Georgia
2,751 posts, read 3,898,155 times
Reputation: 2051
Quote:
Originally Posted by achickenchaser View Post
Only if he/she were to lie about their beliefs.

It's very possible there are some closet non-believers in Washington right now.
Probable. Some of those Television Evangelists are remarkably good at faking it. Add the profession of politician to that.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 11-10-2010, 08:22 AM
 
Location: Out in the Badlands
10,421 posts, read 10,633,802 times
Reputation: 7795
Me thinketh he already has.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 11-10-2010, 02:08 PM
 
Location: CA
2,464 posts, read 6,400,163 times
Reputation: 2641
I believe it's been polled in the 90 percentile range that an atheist/agnostic could not be elected to public office (so, he/she would have to officially change their view AFTER getting elected which, if I remember correctly, was the case for an Australian politician).

I honestly don't know why being an atheist would be a political hinderance. I can only speculate that there is a deep bias towards non-believers regardless of their capabilities or accomplishments which is sad and truly pathetic at best.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 11-10-2010, 04:23 PM
 
Location: The Milky Way Galaxy
2,256 posts, read 6,869,189 times
Reputation: 1520
Yeah I believed it was polled where American's would rather elect a Muslim than an atheist...as appalling as that sounds.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 11-10-2010, 04:31 PM
 
Location: Colorado Springs, CO
3,331 posts, read 5,887,784 times
Reputation: 2081
It depends. If it someone who publicly states that they are a no kidding non-believer, probably not. That being said, I think we've had plenty of non-believer politicians - even in the White House. It's just that they've never made it a matter of public record.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 11-10-2010, 06:23 PM
 
Location: Connecticut, USA
47 posts, read 104,121 times
Reputation: 166
Short answer: No. It seems all politicians must profess christianity to be elected in the US.

As for their attribution of ideas - well, if they are good ideas I don't care if the politician wants to give credit to an imaginary guy in the sky. Just do something for the country you claim to love, and stop suckling at the corporate teat.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 11-10-2010, 08:09 PM
 
1,114 posts, read 1,204,158 times
Reputation: 464
Congressman Pete Stark is an atheist. There are also more members of congress who are listed as "unaffiliated" for their religion which could be "code" for being secretly atheist.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.

Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.


Reply
Please update this thread with any new information or opinions. This open thread is still read by thousands of people, so we encourage all additional points of view.

Quick Reply
Message:

Over $104,000 in prizes was already given out to active posters on our forum and additional giveaways are planned!

Go Back   City-Data Forum > General Forums > Religion and Spirituality > Atheism and Agnosticism
Similar Threads

All times are GMT -6. The time now is 09:28 PM.

© 2005-2023, Advameg, Inc. · Please obey Forum Rules · Terms of Use and Privacy Policy · Bug Bounty

City-Data.com - Contact Us - Archive 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37 - Top