Thread: Vote for an atheist president (for religious people)

I wanted to see if religious people would vote for a president who shared all of his views on politics (excepting the religious points of social conservatism) but didn't believe in God.

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Sadly I think that an openly athiest president wouldn't be electable in the near future, even if he was overly-qualified for the position there are too many superstitious folks for that to happen.

As long as he doesn't represent the same closed minded views that I read from most atheist's on the internet I would.

I'm not sure why others concern themselves over the religious beliefs (or lack thereof) of others.

A president's religious beliefs do matter to me, but nowhere near as much as his political platform.

Voted yes.

Unfortunately people are afraid of "the faithless" as atheists are often called. It is the unknown that scares them. Religion gives them something to believe in, they believe it is not unknown because it is hammered into them that it is truth, not unknown.

I couldn't care less about the religious beliefs of politicians as long as they don't bring it into their politics. I would have no problem voting for an atheist.

Assuming they did share what I wanted from a President, I would vote for an atheist.

Originally Posted by 1Perry

As long as he doesn't represent the same closed minded views that I read from most atheist's on the internet I would.

I'm not sure why others concern themselves over the religious beliefs (or lack thereof) of others.

Exactly, it would depend. If he/she was as crazy antagonistic to religion as I've seen some (I do disagree that it's "most") be here, than no.

Originally Posted by Your Star

I couldn't care less about the religious beliefs of politicians as long as they don't bring it into their politics. I would have no problem voting for an atheist.

People use all sorts of things to inform their political policies. Liberals and conservatives both, in a sense, try to "force" their policies onto others who are unwilling. For example, liberals concerned about climate change want to use the force of law to make people conform to what they believe. How is religion any different than that?

I wish every candidate answered questions about his religious beliefs with "that's private, and it's not germane".