Why Are Americans Still Uncomfortable with Atheism?

Re:Why Are Americans Still Uncomfortable with Atheism? by foobarbazetc on Tuesday October 23, 2018 @07:05PM (#18288282)

The weirdest part about all this is that Obama was deeply religious (though the black church is scary or something), but Trump is obviously an atheist.

Yet they’re treated exactly the opposite by the evangelicals. It’s a bit of a mindfuck until you realize it’s not really about religion at all.

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Re:Why Are Americans Still Uncomfortable with Atheism? by leonroy on Tuesday October 23, 2018 @07:29PM (#18288404)

> The weirdest part about all this is that Obama was deeply religious

I really did not get that impression at all from his book Dreams From My Father. A quick Google suggests that both his father and mother were atheists at points in their life. I do know that Obama did attend church more often as he started to move into politics.

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Re:Why Are Americans Still Uncomfortable with Atheism? by poulsbohemian on Tuesday October 23, 2018 @07:25PM (#18288389)

You nailed it.

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Re:Why Are Americans Still Uncomfortable with Atheism? by wolfgke on Tuesday October 23, 2018 @08:08PM (#18288584)

> but Trump is obviously an atheist.

I doubt this: he rather either believes that he is personally chosen by God or God himself. :-)

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Re:Why Are Americans Still Uncomfortable with Atheism? by thawkins on Tuesday October 23, 2018 @09:02PM (#18288842)

There is only one god that trump worships, himself.

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Re:Why Are Americans Still Uncomfortable with Atheism? by krapp on Wednesday October 24, 2018 @06:36AM (#18291171)

The difference between God and Donald Trump is that God doesn't believe he is Donald Trump.

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Re:Why Are Americans Still Uncomfortable with Atheism? by beatgammit on Tuesday October 23, 2018 @08:54PM (#18288811)

> Trump is obviously an atheist

Huh, I didn't realize Presbyterians were atheist...

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