If a politican said he didn't believe there was a God, would you vote that person?
969125
I don't care what religion, or lack thereof, an individual has.  Do they have good morals?  Do they care about their constituents.  Do they understand the issues?\n\nI don't care what name they call god, nor do I care if they believe in god.  My ex wife considers herself to be deeply religious, however, she was constantly breaking our wedding vows  She was also very judgmental.  You don't have to be a Christian to have Christian Values, nor does being a Christian mean you have them.\n\nI am a liberal, and have had so many conservative friends I've lost count.  Each one of them considers me one of the best people they know.  It is just a shame that those values have all too often disappeared these days.
1086120
No, it doesn't make sense. It's another (of many) reasons people have non-belief. Why would anyone want to believe in a higher power that would punish them, even if they were good people and led very positive lives, just because they didn't acknowledge the existence of or worship that higher power? Not appealing to think the common example of a god is thinking "I don't care how wonderful you are, since you won't bow to me I'm gonna punish you". *shakes head*
242121
It takes what one would call 'faith'. I personally consider myself to have no religion, therefore I don't entirely understand why someone, rather most people in this world, would believe in a 'higher power', an 'intelligent creator', or 'GOD'.
141093
Because I may or may not believe in a god.
1017254
I would say..."Well to some people God really does exist but to some people he just a myth made by people and some people believe in the devil so it all depends whether you believe in God!"
1070641
No. Being a atheist, you wouldn't  believe my answer anyway. I can explain to you as why. BUT, being a nonbeliever, you don't believe in a world government or a one world currency.\n\nSorry.\n\nNO, The President CAN not take your advise according to prophecy itself.\n\nNow, even according to MAN, he can't take your advice, because it has to lead up to The end of times. And it will.\n\nThe beginning of the end of times, will start with the "Trilateral Commission, which was a cult and unbelievers to begin with. \n\n A atheist will advise the President NOT to protect Israel, and THIS HAS to happen.\n\n.
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The problem is, you are assuming in your "if there is a God" case that you know what to do to "serve" Him.  But you don't have any basis to know that.  If you are talking about some generic God, there are infinitely many possibilities for how to "serve" Him (assuming He even needs serving).  On the other hand, if you are postulating a very specific God that you have heard about from other people or a book, then you have created a false dichotomy; there aren't just two possibilities (no God versus the God of the Bible), but rather infinitely many (God of the Bible, God of the Koran, God of a book that no one wrote yet, etc.).  So if you "serve" one of them (whatever that means), you are neglecting to serve others.\n\nSo we are back to figuring out what you believe, and going with that.  I guess if you believe in no God, you could still pick one of the infinitely many possibilities of God to "serve," but that seems awfully arbitrary, and your odds of guessing right seem so infinitesimally small that it seems hardly worth the random guess.
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He was not an atheist... otherwise he would not have made this statement...\n\n"The sphere of religion belongs the faith that the regulations valid for the world of existence are rational, that it is comprehensible to reason. I can not conceive of a genuine scientist without that profound faith. The situation may be expressed by an image; science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind." \n\n                                                                           Albert Einstein
598474
No!!\nIf they really fear the implications of the existence of God, they would believe in God to avoid the implications!
976578
Reminds me of that bit in Catch 22.\n\nAnyway, I don't believe in a God of History; one whose supposed exploits are charted in writings from the past. There is no way I can face a divinity who sits from the distant yesterday and claims that enough has been done, or who has dangled false hopes over our future. Life is not that simple. The God that I would believe in would exist in the here and now, and would be defined through such an existence rather than through the broken remains of our ancestors.
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a god without works is not God, so would be dead. that would be a false god, as the real God has done and continues to do all kinds of works.
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Nope..that would be an Agnostic
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Not necessarily.\n\nAn atheist does not have to disprove anything, its a blank.  He chooses to enter the debate of God/gods but "must" does not apply.  Belief in nothing is not a belief system, but trying to disprove faith becomes an avocation.\n\nAgnostics would seem to me to be more engaged in a inner dialogue of an existence of a higher power.  It isn't really sitting on the fence as one said, but perhaps standing at different times on either side of the fence.
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If there is a god, he is an atheist. He doesn't believe in a higher power.\n\nIf there is a god, he also loves atheists, since we use our brains (given by Him) to analyze His creation, use His rules of logic to test our ideas. We demand evidence for outlandish claims, and reject faith & dogma. \n\nI agree. If a god exists, it would have to favor atheists & humanists.
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It would be more correct to say that atheists do not think God is real.
588516
He may well have existed, and many do agree with you. There are, however, others who don't agree, and they feel sorry for you. There's also a larger group who doesn't believe as you do and they don't care a whit or a tittle about your dogmas.
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I am an agnostic atheist (secular humanist, to be more specific), and I am of the opinion that playing the atheist card is sudden death for a politician.  Gay people can not practice homosexuality and be okay in the christ-stain's book, but atheists are clearly blinded by satan and cannot be trusted.\n\nMorons.