Re:Does religion make you nice? Does atheism make you mean?
by time_management on Sunday November 09, 2008 @10:59PM
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We've never had an atheist president, but we've had deists (whom most evangelicals would discount as Christians) including Washington, Jefferson, and Lincoln. We've also had Unitarian presidents, such as John Adams.
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Re:Does religion make you nice? Does atheism make you mean?
by jganetsk on Monday November 10, 2008 @02:30AM
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When Jefferson was running for President... his opponents would smear him by calling him a "howling atheist".
Jefferson was deeply repulsed by Christianity, read his quotes: http://www.nobeliefs.com/jefferson.htm