Could you vote for an atheist for public office?
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Wednesday, January 09, 2008
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7 comments:
No.
Depends on the office. But, in general, yes. If someone can do the job with honesty and integrety his or her personal faith is irrelevant. I probably have the hardest time with President/VP. I want that person to acknowledge something beyond themselves, something eternal, and to know that they are accountable not just to the voters.
Is he a Democrat or a Republican? Gay or straight? I need more details!!
It depends... What kind of BBQ does s/he like?
Could you vote for an atheist for public office?
Hmmm, my hunch would be that, for a good number of Christians, they couldn't vote for the vast majority of Christians for public office, let alone an atheist.
I would, provided that the candidate was not a militant atheist and his/her political views coincided with mine.
Of course, I'm coming from the perspective of having been an atheist. I would have no objections to being governed by the John of six years ago.
DannyG wrote:
I want that person to acknowledge something beyond themselves, something eternal, and to know that they are accountable not just to the voters.
I don't get the sense that most Christian politicians feel that they are accountable to any power, earthly or eternal. So a politician's faith just isn't much of a selling point.
I would probably vote for an atheist. How do we really know what is in a man's (or woman's) heart? The faith issue during election time is so distressing for me as it is so obvious it is just a vote-getting tactic.
We just need to avoid electing the kooks - Christians and otherwise.
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