Why on earth would a Christian make a better president than an atheist?

Great question and good points. One does NOT have to be religious (or even identified with a religion) to be moral. It takes leadership, concern, and caring as well as knowledge and attitude/presence to carry off a successful presidency.

Despite what some folks think, this is NOT a Christian nation. While this country has a majority of self-identified Christians, there is NO state religion; hence we are NOT a Christian nation. That is against our Consititution and our founding fathers (being Deists) were wise to include this.

Well first of all a Christian would be more likely to hold up the constitution. A president must take an oath to uphold the constitution that states that the rights of the people come from their Creator. Where do atheist think their rights come from? Their Creator or the government? If they come from the Creator they cannot be taken away by the government, if they come from the government then the government could take those rights away. I highly doubt that anyone who does not believe in a Creator would be able to uphold the constitution of the United States of America. Anyone who believes that their rights come from the government should not be elected to office in this country. I have seen how atheist governments have trampled on the rights of the masses in the countries they run. I don't want that to happen in America.

The first amendment says that congress shall pass no law prohibiting the free exercise of religion. Most atheist I know don't want religion practiced in any public forum which goes against the first amendment.

I know that many people think that the first amendment says that religion should not be a part of government but that is never what the founding fathers had in mind. Atheist claim to be rational, tell me if the founders had thought that way, would they have allowed church services in congress, the treasury building and the supreme court? Church services went on in the congress till after the Civil War. Would congress have ordered 20,000 Bibles from foreign countries during the Revolutionary War because the supply from England had been cut off? Would they have started sessions of congress with prayer? They still do this today. Would the presidents who were there when the constitution was drafted proclaim days of prayer and fasting? Congress also had days set aside for prayer and fasting.

If you don't beleive these things to be true please do your country a service and check it out for yourself. Here is a link where I found all of these things. It is not a Christians website it is to the Library of Congress and you can see the original documents. There is a whole section about religion and the roll it played at the founding of this great country.

http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/religion/rel01.html

Before I leave I would like to point out that I do not have a problem with atheist. They have every right to practice what they believe and the constitution of the United States of America protects them as much as it does any one.

Not to pick nits, but ...

I think you are misreading the responses to both those questions.

In the first one, the vast majority of respondents said they would have no problem voting for an atheist, provided that they agreed on the issues and the Constitution. Kind of the same way they choose who to vote for now. Only a couple (not "many Christians") indicated they thought a Christian candidate would be inherently more fit.

In the second, you did not ask what people thought the President should do, only how they saw themselves. And again, most did not say that the Bible should take precedence over the Constitution. Only that if there were a conflict between the government and their religious liberties, that the government would have already violated the Constitution, and could therefore be justifiably defied.

None of them said they would elect a president who would supplant the Constitution with the Bible. Please read them again.

I agree with you. Religion shouldn't have anything to do with running the country, and the country should be run according to the constitution and not religious doctrine. USA is multicultural, not all christian. An atheist would be free to make logical decisions, right decisions.

Also, I think it's only a myth that an atheist would try to ban religion. I think an atheist would be more open to others' beliefs. Look at what George H. W. Bush said about atheist not being patriots, and that they shouldn't even be called citizens. That's not tolerance!

I love how you set this question up. Good on you.

I often debate the same thing with many of the Veterans at the VFW. I dont care who is in office, so long as they do the right thing for the people of this country. I dont care if they worship poo, just fix the medical problems and the rising cost of just living in general.

We are supposed to be this great nation that helps others, well its time we start helpin ouselves.

A Christian wouldn't. Look at what Bush has done. Just yesterday, he vetoed a bill against torture. He's a great example of why a Christian wouldn't make a better president than an Atheist.

Atheists care about whats good for all, not just whats good for their religion.

Edit" Space captain, the US was created under a spirit of FREEDOM FOR ALL, not freedom for only Christians.

I totally agree with you. If a extremly religous Christian became president, they would favor the christian population. They would solve problems using their faith, instead of their minds. Instead of taking action, they would just pray for change. They might try to convert your children to his religion. An atheist can guarantee religious freedom for all by favoring none.

They think that the only way to have morals is to be a christian.

And hey... most of them want the US to have christianity shoved into government, public schools, and everywhere else so that tells ya that they don't really have a lot of respect for the constitution.

The vast majority of Americans are Christian. So, they feel more trusting towards someone who shares their world view.

If not for that an atheist would be the best choice, (more rational).

well don't they have to swear on the bible before they become persident. and at court too. im an athiest, and i could care less if any religion becomes president, but it would nice if we had mixed religions instead of all christians. all they really do is shove the word of god down your throat.