Is It Possible for an Athiest to be President? - Page 4 - Political Forum

Parisyann · 04-23-2008, 12:32 PM

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Originally Posted by George Berkely

The thread had strayed rather far from the atheist topic, and as Tito was a President and a Croatian, also an Atheist, and as the Croatians have galloped back to the arms of the papa, they now have altered their social comments by involving god in most of them, the serbs have done the same.I thought all you linguists would spot it.

Maybe the clues were not for the obtuse

But to bastardise a saying "if the shoe fits wear it".
I love a chocolate tipped "Langue de Chat"

Hahaha please do not confuse me for I can easily get lost in English if not in French and your use of idioms undermines all the more my understanding skills. I dunno but my instinct and the bold part of your post above suggest my first impression was right.

If not please forgive me, my bad English, and I ~ peace out.

PS: Au début était le verbe.

George Berkely · 04-23-2008, 02:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Parisyann

Hahaha please do not confuse me for I can easily get lost in English if not in French and your use of idioms undermines all the more my understanding skills. I dunno but my instinct and the bold part of your post above suggest my first impression was right.

If not please forgive me, my bad English, and I ~ peace out.

PS: Au début était le verbe.

And my word was "Merde a Dieu"

Schadenfreude · 04-23-2008, 11:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Future Leader

Why is ok to hate athiests?

Because atheists are evil, according to mainstream Christian America. Just like homosexuals.

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What makes a christian President more desirable then an athiest?

A Christian President is not desirable, to me. I am a staunch lifelong atheist myself, and would love to see a like-minded person in power. I just don't think it will happen anytime soon.

Parisyann · 04-24-2008, 01:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Caltex

In lieu of the fact that no real debate can go on in a thread where nobody is contesting others statements, might as well continue the threadjack!

Spanish and Portuguese are so freaking similar I don't blame you, I would probably mix them up myself. But I don't encounter too much Portuguese in Texas, lol.

Hahaha, threadjack, that's a nice word! I've learned most of my English while living in Texas and neither my Spanish nor my Portuguese had gotten any better there, lol.

Just out of curiosity, Caltex: I like your sig but I can only recognize Nietzsche, Locke & Schopenhauer. Who are the other individuals please?

Caltex · 04-24-2008, 07:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Parisyann

Hahaha, threadjack, that's a nice word! I've learned most of my English while living in Texas and neither my Spanish nor my Portuguese had gotten any better there, lol.

Just out of curiosity, Caltex: I like your sig but I can only recognize Nietzsche, Locke & Schopenhauer. Who are the other individuals please?

My sig is pictures of people who I respect and think have some good ideas, though I do disagree with most of them on several points.

From left to right:
Barry Goldwater -> Frederich Nietzsche -> Thomas Jefferson -> John Locke -> Pat Buchanan -> Arthur Schopenhauer -> Voltaire -> Robert Taft -> Walter Williams

Parisyann · 04-24-2008, 08:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Caltex

My sig is pictures of people who I respect and think have some good ideas, though I do disagree with most of them on several points.

From left to right:
Barry Goldwater -> Frederich Nietzsche -> Thomas Jefferson -> John Locke -> Pat Buchanan -> Arthur Schopenhauer -> Voltaire -> Robert Taft -> Walter Williams

Thanks! First time I saw your sig I thought the first eight were former US Presidents while the last one might be the next...

Grez · 04-27-2008, 04:29 AM

The possibilites are so slim that very slim doesn't cover it. We would likely have a gay president (that is one that has pronounced being gay before runnning) before we have an atheist.

You see, the US was actually built on a religious factor. And I believe that is one of the few things that may stand up to requirements

Caltex · 04-27-2008, 10:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Grez

The possibilites are so slim that very slim doesn't cover it. We would likely have a gay president (that is one that has pronounced being gay before runnning) before we have an atheist.

You see, the US was actually built on a religious factor. And I believe that is one of the few things that may stand up to requirements

We were not built on a religious base. Several of the early Presidents were Deist, Agnostic, or Atheist.

Mooboy · 04-27-2008, 12:31 PM

I don't think we could have an openly atheistic president. The Republicans depend on the socially conservative/ religious right voting block. And any athiest Democrat would open themselves up to being characterized as elitist and detached from main stream America.

Btw, the reason that being mormon was so detrimental to the Romney campaign was that he was trying to appeal to the voting block that's most strongly opposed to a mormon president: the protestant religious right. He pandered to the most bigotted segment of American society, and with befitting irony, they turned their bigotry against his campaign.

LiveUninhibited · 04-27-2008, 01:22 PM

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I would probably agree with France being the most secular country if it wasn't located in Europe where there is still strong anti-semitism (don't be fooled by such a long word, anti-semitism, I'm talking about an allied theme against jewish people).

Well I was saying that mostly based upon about a third of French people being atheist, so it would be strange to me if policies were based upon religion. What sort of anti-semitic policies do they have?