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Dave W.
Info Junkie
USA
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 Posted - 05/30/2007 : 20:07:26
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Poll Question:
When will the United States of America elect its next non-Christian President?
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JEROME DA GNOME
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 Posted - 05/30/2007 : 23:39:38 [Permalink]
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Dave, the U S A lost its sovereignty in Korea. The answer is obvious.
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What a man believes upon grossly insufficient evidence is an index into his desires -- desires of which he himself is often unconscious. If a man is offered a fact which goes against his instincts, he will scrutinize it closely, and unless the evidence is overwhelming, he will refuse to believe it. If, on the other hand, he is offered something which affords a reason for acting in accordance to his instincts, he will accept it even on the slightest evidence. The origin of myths is explained in this way. - Bertrand Russell |
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
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 Posted - 05/31/2007 : 00:48:05 [Permalink]
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Hmm. Answers #5 & #6 pretty much amount to the same thing. I might suggest:
When lying the country into a needless war becomes an impeachable offense that, if indicted, could/would result in big-time jail-time, or worse.
Which also amounts to the same, damned thing.
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JohnOAS
SFN Regular
Australia
800 Posts |
Posted - 05/31/2007 : 01:22:08 [Permalink]
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I went with the 60 years option, as it includes options 1 and 2 by default, making me statistically more likely to get a big payout on my considerable betting investment.
This assumes (fallatiously, of course, in keeping with the spirit of the thing) that all the options are equally likely. |
John's just this guy, you know. |
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marfknox
SFN Die Hard
USA
3739 Posts |
Posted - 05/31/2007 : 03:15:10 [Permalink]
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| other: who the fuck cares, most of them lie about it anyhow. What matters is what they do while in office. |
"Too much certainty and clarity could lead to cruel intolerance" -Karen Armstrong
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Cuneiformist
The Imperfectionist
USA
4955 Posts |
Posted - 05/31/2007 : 05:33:44 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by JEROME DA GNOME
Dave, the U S A lost its sovereignty in Korea. The answer is obvious. |
Also, peaches are my favorite ham. Q.E.D. |
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Kil
Evil Skeptic
USA
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Posted - 05/31/2007 : 08:23:39 [Permalink]
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Studies have shown that religiosity is tied to how happy people are. Given that, when we get happy as a nation, not many will care if an atheist is elected president. Now for the hard part. We need to become a happy nation first... I'm giving that 60 years. But it could be never. Also, most european nations have a very big lead in that department. So does Canada.
We need to grow up as a nation. We have a long way to go...
By the way, I think a jew like Lieberman could win without much moderate christian or christian fundamentalist objection. |
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pleco
SFN Addict
USA
2998 Posts |
Posted - 05/31/2007 : 08:38:14 [Permalink]
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| Who would get elected first - a Muslim/Hindu or an atheist? Polls indicate that we atheists are lowest forms of life on the planet, and that anyone with religious beliefs is preferable... |
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moakley
SFN Regular
USA
1888 Posts |
Posted - 05/31/2007 : 10:04:26 [Permalink]
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| I wonder, who was the last non-christian president? |
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Gorgo
SFN Die Hard
USA
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Posted - 05/31/2007 : 10:18:43 [Permalink]
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Screw religion, now that we have super-model newscasters, I want to know when we'll have the first super-model president.
I don't care about looking presidential, I wanna see Baberaham Lincoln. |
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Dave W.
Info Junkie
USA
26020 Posts |
Posted - 05/31/2007 : 10:41:57 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by moakley
I wonder, who was the last non-christian president? |
I think the argument could be made that some of the Founding Fathers (and so perhaps a President or two or three) were deists who paid lip-service to Christianity but certainly followed different ideologies. This poll is about the future, so I wanted to nip the "but we've already had non-Christian Presidents" complaints in the bud. |
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Vegeta
Skeptic Friend
United Kingdom
238 Posts |
Posted - 05/31/2007 : 12:07:40 [Permalink]
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| I picked other. The rapture is coming soon so it's a pointless topic. |
What are you looking at? Haven't you ever seen a pink shirt before?
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Siberia
SFN Addict
Brazil
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Posted - 05/31/2007 : 13:27:00 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Kil
Studies have shown that religiosity is tied to how happy people are. Given that, when we get happy as a nation, not many will care if an atheist is elected president. Now for the hard part. We need to become a happy nation first... I'm giving that 60 years. But it could be never. Also, most european nations have a very big lead in that department. So does Canada.
We need to grow up as a nation. We have a long way to go...
By the way, I think a jew like Lieberman could win without much moderate christian or christian fundamentalist objection.
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That's interesting. My country had two declared atheist presidents (they afterwards denied it, but hey) in a row... one eight years in the government, the other on his second mandate already. But then, we have a completely different culture. |
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Dude
SFN Die Hard
USA
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Posted - 05/31/2007 : 17:46:02 [Permalink]
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| I wonder, who was the last non-christian president? |
Lincoln was rumored to be an atheist.
The problem is that about 30 years ago in the US, the conservatives were getting their asses kicked in elections by democrats on a regular basis. They needed more votes.
So they recruited a block of people who are easily manipulated (probably because they tend toward the lower end of the educational and $/year spectrum and are programmed from birth for credulity), the fundamentalist christian. They discovered that you could get a fundamentalist christian to vote against his own self interest on every major issue, if you just included some bible passages in your campaign speeches and if you took their side on some social issues (none of which have any impact on the issues of interest for conservative politicians).
Needless to say, THAT plan has backfired bigtime. Instead of manipulating the fundamentalist voting block, the republican party was taken over by them.
Now you have a president who can't form coherent sentences, has embroiled us in a no win situation in the middle east, and has no plan to fix his mess except to pass it off to the next president... but 28% of the country STILL thinks he is doing a fine job as president!
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JEROME DA GNOME
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Posted - 05/31/2007 : 19:48:38 [Permalink]
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Dude said "So they recruited a block of people who are easily manipulated"
Dude there are a lot of "groups" that fit this description used by both parties.
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What a man believes upon grossly insufficient evidence is an index into his desires -- desires of which he himself is often unconscious. If a man is offered a fact which goes against his instincts, he will scrutinize it closely, and unless the evidence is overwhelming, he will refuse to believe it. If, on the other hand, he is offered something which affords a reason for acting in accordance to his instincts, he will accept it even on the slightest evidence. The origin of myths is explained in this way. - Bertrand Russell |
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Valiant Dancer
Forum Goalie
USA
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Posted - 06/04/2007 : 19:40:04 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Gorgo
Screw religion, now that we have super-model newscasters, I want to know when we'll have the first super-model president.
I don't care about looking presidential, I wanna see Baberaham Lincoln.
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Knowing our luck, it'll be Paris "P the Blade" Hilton. |
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When will someone else have a turn?
