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(2,955 posts)Less important is the particular religious belief, than the candidate believing in SOMETHING of the spiritual variety. Many people are uneasy with the thought of an atheist president because they want a president who believes in some form of 'higher power' or 'accountability for our actions in this life'. People believe that such beliefs will keep a person from acting out their worst fantasies. Other people just don't like atheists because they consider them to be arrogant or 'rebels who just don't want to conform to common belief'.
Personally I consider myself to be in the 'spiritual but not religious' category. What's important to me is that people can put aside their beliefs to act on proven scientific facts, and that they not discriminate against other faiths. The ongoing fight between Christians and Muslims is utterly ridiculous to me. They basically believe in the same version of God. The only difference lies in their traditions and how they worship.