I tend to think there have been atheist presidents ..
Perhaps Johnson, Kennedy,Roosevelt and maybe even Nixon who feigned religion for political purposes.
I had high hopes W might have been such. I am sad to conclude he is not. Frankly the religious can have him.
When will an Atheist be president?
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Re: When will an Atheist be president?
God has the right to create and to destroy, to make like and to kill. He can delegate this authority if he wishes to. I know that can be scary. Deal with it.
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Re: When will an Atheist be president?
Thomas Jefferson was a very liberal form of theist. Almost a deist, but not quite.
An open atheist president seems to be a long ways off, and is effectively impossible in our current political climate. A nominally religious person who probably is an nonbeliever in private has a chance at being president at any given point. Howard Dean is the last highly probable suspect for one of those who put on a credible run, I think.
An open atheist president seems to be a long ways off, and is effectively impossible in our current political climate. A nominally religious person who probably is an nonbeliever in private has a chance at being president at any given point. Howard Dean is the last highly probable suspect for one of those who put on a credible run, I think.
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Re: When will an Atheist be president?
You can’t trust adults to tell you the truth.
Scream the lie, whisper the retraction.- The Left
Scream the lie, whisper the retraction.- The Left