RE: Could Barack Obama be an Atheist?
February 18, 2013 at 9:59 pm
(This post was last modified: February 18, 2013 at 10:01 pm by Whateverist.)
(February 18, 2013 at 9:03 pm)Shell B Wrote: When people say Obama is an atheist, it is because they can't stand to imagine a reasonable man is also a Christian, in my opinion. It's a fair enough assumption, but an assumption, nonetheless. All being Christian is is adopting a label. Obama has adopted that label. Therefore, he is Christian.
I agree that there is a popular stereotype among atheists that Christians can't be intelligent or well informed or because of some other shortcoming. I take it that you, like me, also think that isn't true. There is no reason Obama or any other intelligent person can't also be a Christian. Of course there is a reason for the stereotype and we've all heard lots of Christians say some pretty naive things. I find the thought intriguing that someone as interested in the public good as Obama would find a way to deal with religion if he does not believe in the magic bits. While I don't at all think that he must be an atheist, I'd be very curious to know what he does think about religion.
