Reply #34: I think a large number of Americans basically just pay lip service to religion and want pols

[Warren DeMontague]

who do the same.

That's all they really seem to want- someone who will say they ascribe to a particular -preferably Christian- denomination, or just the generic "Christian".

They don't really give a shit if the pol believes- most of the time THEY don't really believe- they just say they do and they want a politician who does the same.

I was thinking about this the other day; I wonder how many people spend their lives pretending to be religious for their immediate significant others; like, they spend the first half of their lives pretending to believe for their parents, the second half of their lives pretending for their kids. Then the cycle repeats.

For the record, I 'came out' as an Atheist at about age 8. In the Midwest. In the early 70s. At least once or twice, on the school bus. Got some nice ass-kickin' from bigger kids for it, too.

At least, now, people don't completely freak the fuck out when someone says "I don't believe in God" out loud. I think, eventually, we will see openly Atheist politicians as well.