Atheists identified as America’s most distrusted minority

Which means that any U.S. politician who wants to be elected MUST profess to be religious, whether they are or not.Here's something I picked up somewhere: (source)It is possible that Bush really believes this. It is also possible that he was lying.I find both possibilities equally disturbing.

Although I was mainly concerned with Bush's own motives, which warranted a strict dichotomy, yes, logically speaking, God's existence is also a possibility, albeit a remote one in my opinion. And I would not find that disturbing in the least, if God is the way he is always portrayed to be. After all, who would not want to have Santa in town permanently?But what I would find very, very disturbing - if not utterly incongruent - is that God would choose George W. Bush, of all people, to be his instrument. I mean, Bush is even purported to have said that "God speaks through him." Good grief! If that's true, then either the Almighty must have lost grip on his public relations department for good, or his sense of humour has taken a turn for the worse.I know, I know, "God works in mysterious ways." Well, in this life, I'm in no mood for his pranks, and unless he doesn't mind my disbelief in him, he'd better start clearing up his act.This message has been edited by Parasomnium, 05-May-2006 02:10 PM

As an afterthought: Guess who said that. No, not Bush. The sentence ends with "...wage this battle for Germany" and was spoken by Adolf Hitler before he launched his doctrine of preventive war against all of Europe.So if we have to go by George's own account, then we should also accept that God chose Hitler to be his instrument too.Somehow, that thought sits uncomfortably with me. If anyone should be distrusted, it's people who proclaim their own divine election.This message has been edited by Parasomnium, 05-May-2006 01:25 PM

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"Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science." - Charles Darwin.

I think you'll find that in those days almost anybody with power would fit that description. Maybe. But Judas didn't say: "Listen up people, next week I'm gonna betray Jesus. It's part of God's plan and that's the job He told me to do. (But I won't go sharing no thirty silver pieces with no God, He can make his own damn money.)"What I'm saying is that he didn't go around advertising the fact. Neither did the Pharaoh, for that matter. Would have been a bit silly, wouldn't it: the Pharaoh didn't even believe in God, being an Egyptian god himself. Well, thanks for letting me know. Next time I need an interior decorator, I'll know where not to go.This message has been edited by Parasomnium, 05-May-2006 07:39 PM

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"Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science." - Charles Darwin.