• originalucifer
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    1410 months ago

    ill believe it when they vote that way. how many atheist politicians? if its more than 1 ill be shocked

    • @some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org
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      510 months ago

      I’m atheist and the article says we’re more likely to care about politics. Checks out. I strongly encourage voting, even though Dems are a letdown. But ranked choice voting would be a step in the right direction.

      • originalucifer
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        210 months ago

        yes this is a good point… kinda. valid, and disappointing as it reinforces the fact they still have to fake it to get elected

    • @frezik@midwest.social
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      210 months ago

      To get to these numbers, people who identify as “nothing in particular” are lumped in with atheists and agnostics. Without that, this group is pretty small. However, they may believe in some kind of god. There’s accusations of hypocrisy that atheists are happy to include this group to pump the numbers, but are less welcoming when they learn their actual beliefs.

      Still, this atheist does think this represents an important step in removing religion from its dominant position in society.