[Marie2]

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

But, what he or she does on earth has a great deal to do with whether or not he or she believes in God.

[ShadowDancer]

But, what he or she does on earth has a great deal to do with whether or not he or she believes in God.

Seriously? Bullshit.

[Revolting cat!]

(I agree with your response too, that's why I respond to you marie2.)

The brave new atheists on this thread throw out concepts such as "moral" and "decent", as in "as long as he's moral and decent", etc. Moral and decent according to whom? Osama? Obama? Richard Dawkins? Leading American atheist "thinker" Woody Allen? If we have to spell it out, "if there is no God, anything is permitted" -- attributed to Dostoyevsky. Sorry Mr Atheist, but moral and decent, is anything any atheist thinks it's moral and decent. Anything.