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Originally Posted by baddog
No one said it was a criteria, but being "one nation under God" pretty much assures there will be no atheists elected anytime soon.
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You not think it is a criteria baddog?
You can already see the oozing of alleged religious beliefs in the line-up to the next rat race for the Whitehouse. It's not only at the level of "what exactly are your spiritual beliefs?" but ripping them apart and nit picking while trying to apply these to laws which may have "moral issues".
I dunno.. but smell that "aura" in any government is unhealthy and "cultivated" to create political advantage - in effect, an abuse of religion. It has little to do with effective and efficent government, but more a tendency to cause division and hatred within a society.
People are entitled to their spiritual beliefs, whether others agree or not - it's a personal matter and not something for public voyeurism. Trying to mix and force personal spiritual beliefs into what is basically the business of running a corp (tho on a bigger scale), is walking a path of being ineffective. Same as biz is biz, government is government - mixing private life/beliefs in either just don't work.
Will say it again
Firmly believe any government has the duty to "serve" - not "control". They exist at be behest of the "shareholders" and have a responsibilty to these shareholders to protect their interests, enhance infrastructure, provide services et al - and manage the overall economy and defense etc on behalf of these shareholders. They do not exist to represent segments of shareholders or have "side interests" where conflict can arise. They are also responsible for totally transparency and accountabilty with their shareholders. Morals and spiritual beliefs are obvious in many cases - you don't steal or lie blah and this is already accepted as law. Bending away from the corp scenario is leading to, in different ways, corruption of the whole system. But... is that the whole basis of politics?