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Fellow atheists,
Would you disqualify an intellectual professional whose services you might choose (doctors, lawyers, accountants, and such) because he/she believes in God?
Y'know I think I am to that point. Honestly I only want a staunch atheist cutting me open, or determining the best tests, the best medicines. I don't want someone who might think that the responsibility for the outcome of his/her decisions lays partially with an imaginary being. So with doctors from now on, I am going to seek that information and decide accordingly. But wonder how far into the intellectual professionals I should take this. I have tried to not go there with religion and religious folks; but if the religious are asking the same question and leaving if the professional doesn't believe in God (and I hear this is happening quite a bit, now). . .well, I guess it is time for me to make distinctions based on the same criteria. If I don't then a false impression that more people want believers as their professionals will grow because I've tried to be nice, and I haven't asked, and I left religion to stay out of my decision making.
Would you disqualify an intellectual professional whose services you might choose (doctors, lawyers, accountants, and such) because he/she believes in God?
Y'know I think I am to that point. Honestly I only want a staunch atheist cutting me open, or determining the best tests, the best medicines. I don't want someone who might think that the responsibility for the outcome of his/her decisions lays partially with an imaginary being. So with doctors from now on, I am going to seek that information and decide accordingly. But wonder how far into the intellectual professionals I should take this. I have tried to not go there with religion and religious folks; but if the religious are asking the same question and leaving if the professional doesn't believe in God (and I hear this is happening quite a bit, now). . .well, I guess it is time for me to make distinctions based on the same criteria. If I don't then a false impression that more people want believers as their professionals will grow because I've tried to be nice, and I haven't asked, and I left religion to stay out of my decision making.