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Originally Posted by baddog
I can pretty much assure you that anyone of any political status in this country will be religious.
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And that is probably a fundamental flaw - not because an individual has religious beliefs, but simply because it is a criteria for electing a government.
Governments are elected to manage economies, defence, healthcare, build roads blah, implement laws where appopriate etc. The personal spiritual beliefs have no place in that. The relevant qualifications are those of managers with whatever professional expertise they can bring to the table.
Reality is - this has nothing to do with religion and more an issue of a convenient religion being hijacked (basically cult-style) by self-seekers and opportunitists with the object of pandering to the masses and presenting a righteous face in an attempt to get elected. As a group they whore the backalleys of the beltway like any other human being.
Are they "better" from their religious beliefs? Rarely - they are too busy talking shit and mixing religion with laws - the ultimate hypocracy is probably using "In God We Trust" on a poxy greenback. It's almost an affront to any religion.
PS Sure there are plenty of genuine, honest, honorable and "religious" men and women among the rabble - but the chances of them ever being heard is remote. They have to be whores to get elected.