My point is this is way out of the main stream of Christianity. People who believe that are way over the edge of Christianity. They are extremely fundamentalist. I don't trust or want a fundamentalist of any religion in a position of leader of the USA. That includes a fundamentalist atheist as well. (That would be a person extremely hostile to religions in general.)
I agree with you in spirit if not in detail.
Fundamentalist Christians are FAR MORE dangerous to the US than are fundamentalist muslims for one reason...
Fundamentalist Christians CAN get elected to high office in this country. ( no fundamentalist muslim could)
While I am not an atheist, per se... I am hostile toward religion because of the low standard of moral responsibility... and its willingess to rationalize any transgression. And its presumption that those without religion are "less moral" than those with...
Being "good" out of fear of death, or out of hope for eternal life is not moral- its pure self interest.
Its why most fundamentalist christians identify as conservatives... because conservatives are ruled by self interest.
I would have no problem with an Atheist as president... in so long as that president maintained separation of church and state, and did not infringe on the rights of citizens to worship as they please.
But you have to understand that I find the idea of a president who believes in an invisible magical sky-daddy to be JUST as delusional as one who thinks the earth is 6000 years old.
Both are disregarding fact and evidence to believe in something that is not demonstrable.
And those delusions they suffer from influence their decisions in office.
When it comes to religion or the lack thereof, I want someone in the middle or at least close to it: Some one who doesn't let try to push their personal beliefs on the rest of us. That is suppose to be unconstitutional.
That would mean she would be very hostile toward all the sciences.
Amen, brother, amen.