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He recently announced that he is not an atheist any more. I'm thinking maybe this is related to his political ambition. I once had a discussion with an American
by billconan 10y ago
He recently announced that he is not an atheist any more. I'm thinking maybe this is related to his political ambition. I once had a discussion with an American friend on whether America would accept an atheist president. His opinion was that it's gonna be difficult.
- serge2k 10y agoAmerica won't even accept an Atheist member of Congress, at least not openly.
- saghm 10y agoI'm American, and I'd definitely agree with that assessment. I think a lot of people in the US would probably refuse to vote for a self-described atheist on principle regardless of any of the other characteristics and views of the candidate. Things have been changing for a while, but I don't think we're there yet.
- hermitdev 10y agoIndeed. I saw a poll several years ago, and no, I don't recall where or have a citation, but something like 40% of Americans would accept a Muslim President, but only about 10% would accept an atheist President.
- transcranial 10y agoYeah, setting aside whether his claim is actually true or not, why would this even be newsworthy or matter, if it were not for this context?