[quesney]

Faith in G*d and humility before a higher power is so...quaint.

[ShadowDancer]

I could not care less whether any elected official believes in God: I care about what he or she does on earth.

I have no problem with this sentence whatsoever.

[Gay State Conservative]

Whenever I'm handed a ballot my policy is "atheists need not apply".

[SteveMcKing]

", I am asked whether I am an atheist or an agnostic."

Why? They are unrelated.

Agnostics are not weak atheist or weak believers; they are confident in their doubt.

[sodpoodle]

Faith in God and humility before a higher power is an enviable state.

Some are born with faith
Some earn their faith
and others spend their lives searching......for faith is never thrust upon anyone.

The searchers are called agnostics...the humble ones.

[VOA]

bump

[Old Professer]

Why would anyone want to make a point of being an atheist unless he wants to start a fight?

[Mad Dawg]

Taking the liberty of pinging you ...

[SamuraiScot]

speaking openly about atheism works to dispel the notion that atheists have horns.

Oh yeah, we tried atheism in the French, Russian, and Chinese Communist revolutions, and you remember how well that worked out.

I trust an atheist in public office to have deep issues with his earthly father, perverting his ability to understand his heavenly Father.

An atheist is someone who seeks to replace God with . . . himself. I think that shows a poor understanding of the qualifications demanded by the job.

[Torie]

There is a lot of interest in my "religion" lately. I like it. Being ignored sucks.

[highlander_UW]

In nearly every interview about my book, Freethinkers: A History of American Secularism,I am asked whether I am an atheist or an agnostic. The bias--a profoundly American bias--implicit in this question is that only an "unbeliever" would want to write a historical work about the secular influences on the founding and development of our nation.

Wrong, only an "unbeliever" would consider secularists "free thinkers".

[Alouette]

In nearly every interview about my book, I am asked whether I am an atheist or an agnostic.

Every time I mention that I have 9 kids, I am asked whether I am a Catholic or a Mormon.

[Sir Francis Dashwood]

...the secular influences on the founding and development of our nation.

There aren't any...

"...to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them... that all men are created... Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world... with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence..."