Everyone knows (even if it's not widely discussed) that people who occupy positions of authority necessarily have to have a psychological profile somewhere between sociopathy and psychopathy, otherwise they are not able to make the decisions their social positions require them to make. So when someone rises to the top of a social structure espousing as one of its core values 'peace, love and understanding' it smacks of, if not hypocrisy the downright lying. Those of us who are not religious can stomach these tendencies in our political leaders (if we are honest we'd all rather have the political liar and cheats on our side of the negotiation table) we will not accept it in those who pretend to be good Christians when it is so obvious they cannot be. What is worse is we all know that leaders cannot be altruistic, otherwise they would never be able to lead, and yet their followers seem willing to ignore this hypocrisy right at the heart of altruistic structures. It's collective idiocy.
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"The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions" - Leonardo da Vinci
"I think I use the term “radical” rather loosely, just for emphasis. If you describe yourself as “atheist,” some people will say, “Don’t you mean ‘agnostic’?” I have to reply that I really do mean atheist, I really do not believe that there is a god; in fact, I am convinced that there is not a god (a subtle difference). I see not a shred of evidence to suggest that there is one ... etc., etc. It’s easier to say that I am a radical atheist, just to signal that I really mean it, have thought about it a great deal, and that it’s an opinion I hold seriously." - Douglas Adams (and I echo the sentiment)
"I think I use the term “radical” rather loosely, just for emphasis. If you describe yourself as “atheist,” some people will say, “Don’t you mean ‘agnostic’?” I have to reply that I really do mean atheist, I really do not believe that there is a god; in fact, I am convinced that there is not a god (a subtle difference). I see not a shred of evidence to suggest that there is one ... etc., etc. It’s easier to say that I am a radical atheist, just to signal that I really mean it, have thought about it a great deal, and that it’s an opinion I hold seriously." - Douglas Adams (and I echo the sentiment)
