| Kasz216 said: Actually it's 4%. The 8% is being generous from a poll that had a different method of asking questions. Do I believe politicans wouldn't lie to me? Of course not. Do I believe they'd lie about being atheists? Not really, because they wouldn't be believable at it unless they spent at least as much time at it as a religious person. Its ridiuclious how those evangelicals can "sniff" you out with all the random religious questions they ask... and you always end up at their stuff... even if your a democrat. I mean hell... look at that debate he and McCain ahd with that "family values" guy that swore Obama in. He had some hard hitting religious based questions. I mean have you heard Obama's speeches? If he's lieing about beign a Christian... he's had to put more work towards "faking" christian then most christians put towards actually being christian. Guy uses mroe biblical refrences then an Alabamian preacher. |
Actually, you are wrong about the athiest/agnostic statistics. You either have an old source, you misunderstood your source, or you and/or your source is lying.
The most recent data puts American athiest/agnostics at 12%.
http://b27.cc.trincoll.edu/weblogs/AmericanReligionSurvey-ARIS/reports/ARIS_Report_2008.pdf
The CIA World Fact Book puts athiests at 4%, but makes no mention of agnostics. It does, however, list unaffiliated at 12% and unspecified at 2.5%.
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/
Going by the CIA statistics, about 20% of Americans are well outside of mainstream religion, while we only have one person in Congress who is willing to be open about it.
As far as politicians and lying goes, I do not have a hard time believing that a politician could successfully tell a lie, even if it is about their religion. I lied to my family and went to church for years as an athiest, and if I can do it I have no doubt that a professional liar could.
