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Originally Posted by **********
You know who would make a great president? Or any leader? An Atheist. Someone who stands up and says we'll keep freedom of religion, but it stays out of politics. Decisions will be based on SCIENCE, ECONOMICS, SAFTEY and improving the lives of EVERYONE.
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It would be a good start to not have them acting like they are stupid by pretending to believe in fairytales for sure.
But even the rest of what you say wouldn't be a given...money, greed, and the lust for power all trump any idealistic hopes.
Also...you have to realize that IF you went with "SCIENCE, ECONOMICS, SAFTEY and improving the lives of EVERYONE" without some type of exceptions...then we would indeed have "death panels" wouldn't we?
Because cold, calculated decisions based on science and economics would definitely call for the death of old people with terminal diseases.
Not sure that will ever fly with people.
Also if you REALLY went with science and genetics...things could get really ugly and politically incorrect for some ethnicity's.
But overall I agree. As a society we should stop demanding that our LEADERS profess belief in superstitious nonsense as a prerequisite to being elected.
It ensures one of two things:
1. We get a clown elected who actually DOES believe that horseshit.
2. We get what we have been getting for the last few decades: guys who will lie and PRETEND to believe it to get elected.
Neither one should be leading our country.
Both types WILL make stupid decisions based on superstitions rather than reality.