GC, it has nothing to do with 'very little conviction in what they believe,' and everything to do with admitting to be an atheist is political suicide in this country. Politicians have to sell themselves as the product that the people want, and considering we live in a country where people are obsessed with the idea of god and our country being intertwined, you will not get elected selling yourself as an atheist in most places.
They have to pretend to be religious, because the Christian right will portray them as devil-worshipping baby-eaters.
They have to pretend to be religious, because the Christian right will portray them as devil-worshipping baby-eaters.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
