An atheist President would be okay

Your website about 'pantheos' doesn't exist. Error 404. .. so yeah! ! Here's my rebuttals. 1A. The Bible My opponent: "I live under the assumption that the Bible was written by man and not inspired by a higher deity. " Off the top of my head, here's a verse claiming that the Bible is inspired by God, (since you have already assumed God is real when making this statement): 2nd Timothy 3:16: 'all scripture is inspired by God, and profitable for teaching and reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man may be complete: equipped in every good work. ' "There is morality we agree with in the Bible because it was written by man. If you need a god to tell you not to kill people, there's something wrong. " What would be 'wrong'? I sense that you don't understand the real meaning of 'Creator God. ' (See 1B. ) 1B. Trust If MANKIND was created by Him, AND God knows more than all of us ever will, why would we (selfishly and foolishly) trust ourselves to make decisions, choose the lifestyle, etc. and assume our ways are wiser than His? ! The Christian God is the ONLY Creator of the world, he is not "a god" as you said, and I also believe He loves us all as His children SO WE CAN TRUST HIM. "You'd trust someone you don't even know exists more than yourself. " I know He exists because of the evidence all around us, and I can trust that He is wiser than me BECAUSE I believe that He is the Creator. To bring all this on topic, an atheist president would be quite selfish and foolish to rely on his own decisions while trying to lead a country. The Bible says what is morally right (and in my opinion most of it is already common sense no matter if God says it), so if the president was completely ignorant to God's ways, the morals of the president AND the direction of the country would be wrong according to our VERY OWN CREATOR. Yes, this is "Pascal's Wager," but it seems appropriate because I am a Christian and I believe God is real--this is the very reason I am debating this: to express my opinion on why an atheistic president who doesn't believe in God wouldn't be "okay. " You are taking a lot of things for granted. Just think of what it would be like if God made us like good-deed-doing robots: no choice in life (so we'd have to do the right thing), mankind wouldn't succeed and achieve any more than the way we started, and we wouldn't have many joys or excitements without freewill. That's why God gave it to us. But because of this, He must have known there would be some consequences, because there's also the great possibility of us doing the immoral and choosing to do the wrong thing--sometimes being VERY wrong in their choices (i. e. murder is something that wouldn't happen without freewill). So God set some guidelines and gave some limits, which are logical to follow. I have explained why it's better to follow your Creator's ways than our own so I won't go any more into this. 1C. The Pledge If the P. O. A. isn't a law it IS for sure a commitment, or an agreement, you can't argue that. Why haven't we changed the words to the Pledge? Because under half America's population AGREES with it. And taking away the fact that there 'possibly could be' a God from America's government would offend, as you said, 1/3 of America's citizens, and would put the country in some danger: morally because it would not have the guidelines God set before us (assuming He is real), and socially because it would break us apart, it would segregate the religious with secular. (Rebuttal for your website) Personally, I disagree that the Pledge of Allegiance being offensive TO ATHEISTS. The two words "Under God" can't go as far as hurting atheistic veterans; those two parts of the pledge are basically saying that 'trusting that there might be God, our country is under Him. ' Atheists should not take this personally as they cannot prove if there is or is not a Creator, and it would be wise to go with the Higher Being (this is what I've been saying all along) than trying to lead a country yourself. 2. Obama being atheist I agree that Obama is not atheist. But there are MANY references of Obama mentioning the Qur'an and about being/agreeing with the Muslims. It is interesting you put out that interview with "Sen. Barack Obama" website and I enjoyed reading it, thank-you. But I don't think he knows what it is to be a Christian--or else he was lying, if he really did say straight out "I am Christian. " Here's why: He thinks of Christianity as something YOU get things from, but according to the religion you are supposed to acknowledge and praise God for your every possession and spirituality (because you believe He is the Creator therefore you should respect and trust Him). Barack Obama said he had drawn the most out of Judaism, and you can tell he respects any religion that leads to a God. But this is what he said according to the article: "So, I"m rooted in the Christian tradition. I believe that there are many paths to the same place, and that is a belief that there is a higher power, a belief that we are connected as a people. That there are values that transcend race or culture, that move us forward, and there"s an obligation for all of us individually as well as collectively to take responsibility to make those values lived. " It sounded like he thinks that the belief in a Higher Intelligence brings us, humanity, together. But this is not Christianity. This is pantheism, or more so 'theism. ' Does he believe in Jesus Christ? I doubt it. Does he agree with the things in the Bible? Later on he even said: "these religions were a common set of beliefs about how you treat other people and how you aspire to act, not just for yourself but also for the greater good. " His 'religion' was him trying to figure out morality and people peace, it didn't sound like he relied on praying or waited on the Christian God for peace. Watch the video this site gives: . http://www.glennbeck.com... He went to a Catholic School in Indonesia and studied the Bible. .. !? He worked as a peacemaker and job-finder for the community in Chicago, after that, and decided to do that as part of a church. This is quite a wishy-washy religion he's trying to make out of. Obama talked a lot about his back-round and childhood, saying his mother was just "Christian" and "no particular kind. " His grandparents were supposedly Methodist, Baptist, and then--Universalist, well that's sort of vague! My question is, did his grandparents believe in God or not? They sound like very hopeful agnostics, his grandparents. After a while it says he said he devoted his life to Christ. But he said he thinks religion tears people apart. He said he talks to his inner voice to figure out what is morally right and says he continually prays and "reads the Bible. " But then again, he advocates abortion now (the Bible is against any killing), and, not that this is a debate about Obama but about atheist presidents, but I will end with this: Obama doesn't believe in what the Bible says about Jesus' salvation. And that is the main thing about Christianity, that he opposed in the interview shown on this website you gave. I do not agree that he is a Christian or an atheist . http://cathleenfalsani.com... But that's another topic! The only thing I'll add to this debate is another perspective on why an atheist president would be bad. Life is temporary. But someone who is choosing to ignore that there is more to life than power, money, and leadership (the first and the latter being pretty much the same) will probably not have a good composure while trying to make decisions and leading a country. Why? Because he will get caught up in those three things I mentioned: power (the atheist president might be conceited) because he doesn't believe there is a Higher Being than himself; money (he might be greedy) because he doesn't believe there is more to life than being successful and moving; leadership might be misunderstood as he is overlooking/doubts the fact that there might be a God who could help the country. I choose to conclude this debate because my point has been proven and I feel we have both debated well.