Some think it would be better to have an atheist as president than someone who believes in God.
I think it would be better to elect a president who isn’t an atheist.
In making my arguments, I will refer to believers in God, but will include everyone who believes in a higher power. The reasons I would prefer a believer as president are that the President of the United States needs to represent the people, the president needs to have reverence and respect for America and a president needs to instill hope in the people.
One of the jobs of the president is to represent America. The president goes to foreign countries and does what we would do if we were there.
More than 90 percent of Americans believe in God according to “Do Americans Believe in God?” run on April 24, 2000, in the Washington Post. Because of this, we should elect a president that also believes in God.
Admittedly, believers in God have just as many problems as anyone, including atheists. However, believers in God worship a being who they perceive as more wise and powerful than themselves. They are taught that, although they are loved, they are a small part of something bigger than themselves.
The act of worshiping would condition them to humbly appreciate the great responsibility and honor of leading the greatest country in the world. They would be conditioned to treat the office of the President of the United States with reverence and respect. The President needs to realize that he or she is simply a part of something much larger than his or her self.
Reverence and respect are essential in preserving the dignity of the office of the President. Unfortunately, Bill Clinton lost respect for the position he held and desecrated the Oval Office with immoral behavior. Presidential candidate Barack Obama has continuously tolerated and supported anti-American rhetoric from the pulpit. In so doing, he has hurt his bid to become President of the United States. He supports those who lack respect and reverence for America.
The last reason to elect a president who believes in God is that the president needs to be able to instill hope in the people. In times of crisis, many people look to the president for guidance.
I do not blindly support President Bush. I have been disappointed with some of his policies and grateful for some of them. However, I do remember in the days after 9/11 how I appreciated his leadership. He was able to give hope because he had faith. He, like all of us, realized that there were many things that were out of our control, yet he found the hope from somewhere. I think it came from his belief in a higher power.
People who wanted religious freedom founded America. It continues to be a nation that believes in God. If America is to remain great, it must elect leaders who believe in God.
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After years of a needless war that was sold on lies, torture of prisoners, flouting of the Constitution, pardoning of political operatives, and downright ineptness, I am still surprised to see that some people still hold Bill Clinton up as a example of Oval Office immorality. In regards to Obama lacking respect and reverence for the nation he wishes to serve, I quote RFK: “The sharpest criticism often goes hand in hand with the deepest idealism and love of country.”
There’s so much dishonesty in Shane Porter’s piece that a thorough criticism of its inconsistencies and inanities would require more words than Mr. Porter’s piece did.
Please ask yourself: Is it intelligent or mature for alleged adults to indulge in infantile fantasies about a magical, invisible friend?
Now answer yourself, with honesty, if possible.
(And what in the world does he mean by “higher power?” Wouldn’t Gravity qualify as one?)
Wow, it’s almost impossible to have a reasonable conversation about politics with someone who believes in gods. This man has obviously been listening to his pastor rather than studying American government. His insistence that America is a Christian nation is a propoganda point direct from the Rupuglican/evangelical playbook. Maybe next, he’ll start repeating quotes about activist judges, homosexual lifestyles, and the rights of hte “unborn”. I give up.
Why are we even having this discussion? It’s so infantile and amateur. We have one of the most exciting Presidential races in history going on, why are there two columns about religion? How about some columns about politics? The opinion editor needs to cut the pro-Christian/anti-Christian nonsense, buckle down, and start writing about politics.
Tony,
How can you say the author of the piece was insisting that America is a Christian nation? He doesn’t even use the word Christian in his article!
He does say that America is a religious nation and cites his source from a poll conducted in the Washington Post.
And no offense to Pierre, but you don’t earn friends with anyone who is religious by calling their beliefs fantasies and invisible friends.
It personally has no bearing on me whether any candidate is religious or not. As we all know, practically all politicians lie cheat and steal to get where they’re at, and none of them have very many morals regardless what kind of life doctrine they have.
Tony, Pierre,
I will assume you are both non believers. Please correct me if I’m wong. Why is it the automatic response of nonbelievers to attack and ridicule anyone of faith. George Washington,one of foundin fathers, made this statement in his Farwell speach to congress on September 17th, 1796:
“It is impossible to rightly govern the world without God and the Bible”
Would you consider him unintelligent & infantile.
Justin, the Opinion Editor does not aim to please you all the time. The columnists, for the most part, write their opinions at their own discretion.
And I don’t aim to please the opinion editor all the time–I write my suggestions at my own discretion.
Michael:
In your post on June 13 at 1:02 PM:
Sentence 2: “wrong” misspelled as “wong.”
Sentence 3: not a sentence, but a question that should end with a question mark, not a period.
Sentence 4A: space needed after the comma following “George Washington.”
Sentence 4B: “founding” misspelled as “foundin.”
Sentence 4C: “Farwell” [sic] incorrectly capitalized.
Sentence 4D: “farewell” misspelled as “farwell.”
Sentence 4E: “speech” misspelled as “speach.”
Sentence 4F: “congress” [sic] incorrectly capitalized.
Judging by your writing skills, I would call you unintelligent. You cannot expect people to look past your grammatical and typographical errors. These errors are a direct reflection of you. If you do not care enough to proofread your work, don’t expect me to care enough to take seriously what you’ve written.
Michael:
Now that I’ve taken up the issue of your writing, let us also take up the issue of your quote . . .
Apparently Washington never said those words. A quick search will point you numerous sites that claim he said them, but historians appear to have ruled this out.
Check out http://www.religioustolerance.org/badquotes.htm