Three-quarters of Australians do not care whether political leaders believe in God or not

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http://www.examiner.com/humanist-in-portland/australia-s-prime-minister-julia-gillard-an-atheist

Australia's Prime Minister Julia Gillard an atheist

June 29th, 2010 4:09 pm PT.

The new Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard is an atheist. Yesterday on Australian TV Gillard told a national audience that she does not believe in God.

While appearing on ABC's Jon Faine program yesterday, Faine asked Gillard: "Do you believe in God?"

Gillard replied: "No, I don't Jon, I'm not a religious person".

Gillard claims she will not try to court the Christian vote by pretending to have faith. “I am not going to pretend a faith I don’t feel.”

[hobbit709]

1. Unlike here

[malaise]

2. How rational

Bravo OZ.

[yellerpup]

3. I don't understand why it should matter.

It isn't as if belief makes you a better person or more ethical.

[Merlot]

6. Believers are taught that they are more ethical than non believers.

In their world, morals and ethics come from god and god only.

[yellerpup]

8. I know they are taught to believe they are superior.

That don't make it so, tho'! :rofl: I've been cheated and lied to and abused by more xtians because I was raised in the culture and rejected the whole concept in kindergarten. No regrets and no trouble shaking the whole thing off. I ain't afraid of no ghost, heavenly or otherwise.

[Cirque du So-What]

4. I hope I live long enough to see a day

when candidates for elected office see no need to bow & scrape before some born-again taliban.

[mistertrickster]

5. Of course they'd never vote for teetoler, heh . . . nt

[Obamanaut]

7. Here's one in the US who doesn't care either. nt

[laughingliberal]

9. As one Australian said to me, "Thank God we got the convicts and you got the puritans." nt