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Fumesucker

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26. There's a thread about an atheist in a foxhole where someone's faith in God was shaken by learning

Reply to cbayer (Reply #17)

Wed Mar 25, 2015, 10:48 PM

Mar 2015

Learning just how inhumane humans can be to each other.

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Americans are deeply religious, so will we ever see an atheist president? Here�s what we know. [View all] cbayer Mar 2015 OP

Not for generations whatthehey Mar 2015 #1

Things are changing but there is a very serious image problem here. cbayer Mar 2015 #3

How do you we haven't already had an atheist in the White House? There sinkingfeeling Mar 2015 #2

That point is made in the article, but in our lifetime cbayer Mar 2015 #4

Not if Hillary has anything to say about it.. Fumesucker Mar 2015 #5

Hillary Clinton is a christian. cbayer Mar 2015 #6

We know the Republicans are all going to play the Christian trump card Fumesucker Mar 2015 #7

I don't disagree but I don't think you can conclude from that cbayer Mar 2015 #8

You'll never read this, but there are many reasons for concern... trotsky Mar 2015 #9

I don't hold you responsible for comments made by others to any article or video you might post Fumesucker Mar 2015 #13

I did not hold you responsible at all. cbayer Mar 2015 #14

That video clip is creepy as all get out Fumesucker Mar 2015 #23

I didn't find it creepy when I first saw it, but it wasn't clear to me what it was about. cbayer Mar 2015 #24

Everyone with an IQ above room temperature has an agenda Fumesucker Mar 2015 #25

Hillary's agenda is larger than just about anyone's. cbayer Mar 2015 #28

Has Hillary come out publicly against an atheist President? (nt) stone space Mar 2015 #18

Of course not. But she named the bible as her most important book, cbayer Mar 2015 #19

Just pointing out the wide range of religious choices we get in Presidential candidates Fumesucker Mar 2015 #20

OK. The title of your post suggested otherwise to me. stone space Mar 2015 #21

I think there have been Atheist POTUS Runningdawg Mar 2015 #10

I do think there have been atheists. I guess the better question is cbayer Mar 2015 #11

A nonbeliever could run Runningdawg Mar 2015 #16

At this point, I think someone who identifies themselves as some sort of christian cbayer Mar 2015 #17

There's a thread about an atheist in a foxhole where someone's faith in God was shaken by learning Fumesucker Mar 2015 #26

I think it is fair to say that people can both find and lose god in a foxhole. cbayer Mar 2015 #29

Could even shake one's faith in humanity, I suppose. stone space Mar 2015 #31

Of course we will. (nt) stone space Mar 2015 #12

We're a long way from electing an open atheist, MineralMan Mar 2015 #15

I think we will (and probably have already). pinto Mar 2015 #22

i think obama is an atheist. DesertFlower Mar 2015 #27

I think he is what he says he is cbayer Mar 2015 #30

President Obama is the first President successfully pressured to quit his church by mass media. stone space Mar 2015 #32

This is accurate. cbayer Mar 2015 #33