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Atheists/Agnostics who supported McCain/Palin....?
I am agnostic. I consider myself fiscally conservative and socially liberal, however, I could never vote for the ticket with Sarah Palin on it.
I have a bunch of friends who are atheists or agnostic, and a lot of them supported the McCain/Palin ticket. I find this so crazy, why would you want someone like Palin, who represents the extremism of religious views, be in the White House?
I've never asked them this question myself, because I hate getting in political debates because they usually get so intense that we just get annoyed for the rest of the day.
7 Answers
- ♥ MelLv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
You are using your non beliefs the same way the believers are. Using it to pick a President and VP> You are just as guilty as any. Separation,remember? That includes non believers too.
- Galaxie GirlLv 61 decade ago
My brother is atheist and he voted for McCain/Palin. I used to be agnostic, now believe in God, but am not part of a religion (at least not yet). I also voted for McCain/Palin. To us, a person's religion does not matter, because we agreed with their political views. Actually, I agree strongly with Palin, more so than with McCain (like on abortion, etc.), so I don't have a problem with a strong Christian being in charge - I tend to agree with them. I think my brother is the same way.
Add: Mel brings up a good point - you're thinking the exact same way that strong Christians think: "I must vote for someone who is similar to my religion." A person's religion is not necessarily correlated to their political beliefs. Look at Obama, he's "Christian" too, and yet is very different from Palin politically.
- ?Lv 45 years ago
He has been in place of work lots longer than obama, He has greater adventure! He has solid recommendations for which path our united states desires to pass. He has a solid armed forces background ( yet does not prefer to pass to warfare)He won't over tax us like the competition claims to choose directly to do. Palin has a solid backing. She ran a state she has an confident attitude and could vigorously help us. he's undemanding! AND the main suitable HE LOVES OUR united states! He hasn't flipped on each and every ingredient he has instructed us. He says what he skill and does not exchange it day after at present by using fact the common public did not like what he suggested. HE desires to maintain the U. S. funds interior the U. S. and not spend it on the undesirable in Africa like numerous different candidate. McCain 08!
- Anonymous1 decade ago
No, it has nothing to do with religion. It's all about education. I don't understand that people want Palin to represent them when you know that Palin went through 6 different community colleges to get her diploma and everything shows she doesn't know anything about anything.
I like my president / VP to be highly educated and smart ... maybe it's just me
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- El TecoloteLv 71 decade ago
You have to allow for the person above me who wants to pigeonhole everybody into round holes when they might be square pegs. I'm a staunch conservative who is pro-choice, and I am quite candidly sick and tired of the "religious right" hijacking my political party.
- lg304621942Lv 41 decade ago
You can't call yourself a Atheist or Agnostic if you vote Republican since the Republican party's number one supporters are the mindless, ignorant, evil, foul, hypocritical Christian Right!
- JenLv 71 decade ago
It's baffling, but there are some people who would have preferred a right-wing, theocratic incompetent than a highly intelligent, capable person of color.