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John McCain apparently believes that only someone with his particular faith is suitable to be president.
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P.S.: Thomas Jefferson was Agnostic.
America wasn't founded muslim, atheist, hindu, etc..., so ya'll have no argument here. Try again, kids.
...is this guy fucking serious ?
The constitution was written with the INTENT to REMOVE religion from the Government, BECAUSE of the shit that the early nation was put through under RELIGIOUS RULE from ENGLAND.
What the fuck..seriously Mccain, you cant be this stupid.
It's sickening.
America was founded on Christian principles yet remains a non-theocracy. It's as atheistic as it can be without sending people to Siberian labor camps like they did in the Atheist Union.
The United States has been a theocracy for the last 8 years, people just don't know it yet. If McCain becomes president the US will continue its slide down wash-out lane.
He's a great man, this video proves it.
America wasn't founded muslim, atheist, hindu, etc..., so ya'll have no argument here. Try again, kids.
hehehehe... I love your thinly veiled satire.
He's a great man, this video proves it.
America was founded on Christian principles yet remains a non-theocracy. It's as atheistic as it can be without sending people to Siberian labor camps like they did in the Atheist Union.
hehehehe...I love your thick ignorance.
Show me...
Atheists worldwide have murdered over 100 million people. Since you're going to lump all religious folks together, don't y'all deserve to be thrown in with other atheists?
QM, that was Fascists, not Atheists.
hehehehe...I love your thick ignorance. <---No need to get gay, comrade.
Atheists worldwide have murdered over 100 million people. Since you're going to lump all religious folks together, don't y'all deserve to be thrown in with other atheists?
Such an old, tired, disproven argument. Name one -- just one -- violent act committed in the name of atheism.
*crickets*
Now try to think of a few that were committed in the name of some deity -- you'd probably already come up with a dozen examples before you even finished reading the question. Sorry to invoke Godwin's Law, but here goes . . . Hitler may have committed a terrible genocide, but it wasn't in the name of Roman Catholicism (his religion). He just happened to be a Roman Catholic, just like Stalin happened to be an atheist. If anything, Stalin had created the Soviet Communist Party as a new religion and committed atrocities in the name of his pseudoreligion, Communism. However, hundreds if not thousands of dictators throughout history have committed countless atrocities in the name of their respective religions.
And, by the way, this country was founded largely by those who considered themselves skeptical of religion. Show me one Judeo-Christian reference in the Constitution. One.
*crickets*
[and the "so help me God" part of the presidential oath isn't even part of the presidential oath]
"no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States"
[and the "so help me God" part of the presidential oath isn't even part of the presidential oath]
This despite the fact that 13 (correct this number if I'm wrong) states' respective Constitutions explicitly require a religious test as a qualification to hold public office. And McBush is retarded -- "in God we trust" was added when he was in his twenties. Despicable.
The U.S. Constitution begins with "We the people," and never mentions a god, the Bible, Jesus or Christianity. The only references to religion are exclusionary; "no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust" (Art. VI), "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof" (First Amendment). The presidential oath of office is the only oath detailed in the Constitution, and it does not contain the phrase "so help me god" or any requirement to swear on a bible (Art. II, Sec. 1, Clause 8).
>> in God we trust" was added when he was in his twenties. Despicable.
One Nation Under God was added around the same time, all due to Red Terror.
They followed the teaching of Karl Marx, that religion is the opium of masses.
Not because they didn't like theology or anything, its about power and control of it. They sought absolute power.
QM You used to be pretty good at this.
You can have any religion, worship any god, but this is not a criteria from running a country...
I can't believe an American running for President doesn't know basic fucking history of his own country.
The rest of the world is laughing at McCain, Dont forget his http://www.videosift.com/video/McCain-knows-his-presidents "meeting with germanys leader"
Oh, and this guy also wants to start a new Cold War with Russia, by kicking them out of G8
Way to Go McCain - isolate America from the world - Thats change...no, wait thats the bush administrations policy...
Also, George W Bush said "God wants everyone to be free...in fact,...erm...its part of my foreign policy"
McBush for 2008! hehe, de doesn't like that either much eh?
The presidential oath of office is the only oath detailed in the Constitution, and it does not contain the phrase "so help me god" or any requirement to swear on a bible (Art. II, Sec. 1, Clause 8).
There isn't even a requirement that a person "swears" - they can "affirm." That's how concerned the founding fathers were about religious tests for office (de jure or de facto).
five minutes in any library or on the internet and you can find out that this guy doesn't know anything about the foundation of his own country. it's not debatable.
if some english politician confused the magna carta with the foundation of the church of england they'd be laughed off the campaign trail in 24 hours. wouldn't they?
if some lithuanian politician swapped the words "Poland" and "Russia" they'd probably get beaten up in the street on the way out of the studio.
I thought americans at least taught kids their OWN history.
-Thomas Jefferson, letter to Dr. Thomas Cooper, February 10, 1814
In every country and in every age, the priest has been hostile to liberty. He is always in alliance with the despot, abetting his abuses in return for protection to his own.
-Thomas Jefferson, letter to Horatio G. Spafford, March 17, 1814
I never submitted the whole system of my opinions to the creed of any party of men whatever in religion, in philosophy, in politics, or in anything else where I was capable of thinking for myself. Such an addiction is the last degradation of a free and moral agent.
-Thomas Jefferson, letter to Francis Hopkinson, March 13, 1789
Millions of innocent men, women and children, since the introduction of Christianity, have been burnt, tortured, fined and imprisoned; yet we have not advanced one inch towards uniformity.
-Thomas Jefferson, Notes on Virginia, 1782
Question with boldness even the existence of a god; because if there be one he must approve of the homage of reason more than that of blindfolded fear.
-Thomas Jefferson, Letter to Peter Carr, August 10, 1787
I concur with you strictly in your opinion of the comparative merits of atheism and demonism, and really see nothing but the latter in the being worshipped by many who think themselves Christians.
-Thomas Jefferson, letter to Richard Price, Jan. 8, 1789
Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between man and his God, that he owes account to none other for his faith or his worship, that the legislative powers of government reach actions only, and not opinions, I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their legislature should 'make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof,' thus building a wall of separation between church and State.
-Thomas Jefferson, letter to Danbury Baptist Association, CT., Jan. 1, 1802
History, I believe, furnishes no example of a priest-ridden people maintaining a free civil government. This marks the lowest grade of ignorance of which their civil as well as religious leaders will always avail themselves for their own purposes.
-Thomas Jefferson to Alexander von Humboldt, Dec. 6, 1813.
There's plenty more where that came from here:
http://www.nobeliefs.com/jefferson.htm
Hard to believe McCain doesn't realize that separation of church and state proves America was founded by atheists, on atheist beliefs and that only atheists should be considered fit to be president. Separation of church and state means that anything tied to religious belief must be explicitly prevented from having any part in government!
If anybody can agree with the above go slam your head into a wall for a few hours please, your part of the problem.
QuantumMushroom has either got to be a troll or a sock puppet. Nobody can be that fucking dense.
It takes all kinds. Sometimes it's good to step back and see the other side. Communist atheists have killed a lot of people (though not as much as religion I think)and this nation (the anglo one that placed themselves here) was almost entirely Christian, so in a way, you could almost say it was founded as a Christian nation. It's just that they decided to keep church and state separate(thankfully). It could even be argued however that most of them only said they were Christian to avoid retribution. It could also be argued that most of the atheist communists were also trying to avoid retribution. Unfortunately, we'll never truly know about every single one of them will we?
Let QM get on your nerves. That's good. Consider it as him helping you with your continuing education. It's good to know what you're talking about and although it can be infuriating, at least it helps you take into consideration what you truly believe. I think he really believes what he's saying. (for the most part anyway)
At least it's not like all of us Sifters are going to start killing each other or anything.
If anything, America was founded agnostic. The only reason any of our founding articles use the word "creator" is that evolution hadn't been invented yet. Creation was the best option back then. I bet Washington, Jefferson and that lot would've loved the idea though. They would've seen their Revolution as the survival of the fittest political system.
Evolution wasn't invented, it's just the way things are. I think you meant to say that we hadn't discovered the workings of evolution.
>> ^Norsuelefantti:
Does Obama support separation of curch and state? Prolly not, it would be a bad campaing move...
I believe Obama gets it. I was just reading an article yesterday about his religious views on USA Today. The article is from July 2006.
"For one, the separation of church and state in America has preserved not only our democracy but also the robustness of our religious practice. After all, during our founding, it was not the civil libertarians who were the most effective champions of this separation; it was the persecuted religious minorities concerned that any state-sponsored religion might hinder their ability to practice their faith.
This separation is critical to our form of government because in the end, democracy demands that the religiously motivated translate their concerns into universal, rather than religion-specific, values. It requires that their proposals be subject to argument, and amenable to reason. If I am opposed to abortion for religious reasons but seek to pass a law banning the practice, I cannot simply point to the teachings of my church. I have to explain why abortion violates some principle that is accessible to people of all faiths, including those with no faith at all."
I don't care how measured the rest of the comment is. To even repeat something like this is so fucking retarded I just want to scream "FUCK YOU RETARD" at you (yes you Ryjkyj). Nobody was ever killed in the name of atheism. You may as well say "air-breathing communisists have killed a lot of people" and then try and say there is some connection between breathing air and being immoral.
"Communist atheists have killed a lot of people."
I don't care how measured the rest of the comment is. To even repeat something like this is so fucking retarded I just want to scream "FUCK YOU RETARD" at you (yes you Ryjkyj). Nobody was ever killed in the name of atheism. You may as well say "air-breathing communisists have killed a lot of people" and then try and say there is some connection between breathing air and being immoral.
You are part of the problem. History doesn't specifically show that any given religious belief system or lack there of leads to war or genocide. It shows that fanatical intolerance of other people's beliefs, or lack there of, almost inevitably does. Claims that people following any particular belief(or lack there of) are immune to repeating such atrocities is repeatedly shown to create fanatical intolerance. The moment you start saying your belief system, or lack there of, is completely unique and no adherents of it could possibly repeat the atrocities of history, you're part of the problem.
Hard to believe McCain doesn't realize that separation of church and state proves America was founded by atheists, on atheist beliefs and that only atheists should be considered fit to be president. Separation of church and state means that anything tied to religious belief must be explicitly prevented from having any part in government!
If anybody can agree with the above go slam your head into a wall for a few hours please, your part of the problem.
You sure know how to beat the hell out of a straw man, but sorry -- the rational argument man is over yonder.
: )
Anyhow, I'll just mosie along to the next post, oh...
whats this...
a history book?
From which I can planely see that
western civilisation has christianity at it roots...
whoops!
That said, I'm sort of marxist (in the oeconomic aspect at least), so I have my...
"Get out of the clutches of rabbid liberals for free" - card
(and the "walk right into religious zealots brandishing bibliae"... card, also)
: )
Personally, I believe part of two statements, first, that separation of Church and State was done primarily by Christians but different Christians; Catholics and Protestants,etc, who as was pointed out by jimnms, er, Obama that that part was added to avoid persecution by any state sponsored religion. I also believe that the atheists of the day, Jefferson most predominantly, probably had a big hand in this as well for the same reason.
"Communist atheists have killed a lot of people."
I don't care how measured the rest of the comment is. To even repeat something like this is so fucking retarded I just want to scream "FUCK YOU RETARD" at you (yes you Ryjkyj). Nobody was ever killed in the name of atheism. You may as well say "air-breathing communisists have killed a lot of people" and then try and say there is some connection between breathing air and being immoral.
You just repeated it.