Could an atheist who called Jesus a "drunkard" be elected in your country?

[aneeshm]

A genuine question.

If there were an atheist politician (assuming such a thing can exist) in your country, and he called Jesus (or equivalent figure of reverence) a:

a) Lie,
b) Drunkard, and
c) Evil racist imperialist,

would he be electable anywhere?

More generally - would an atheist politician, running on an anti-religion platform, be electable?

Also, would it be appropriate for him (or any other politician) to make such statements, or to run on such a platform?

[Wezil]

Sadly, no.

[BeBMan]

Define "anti-religion platform". What would they do precisely?

[Kuciwalker]

Originally posted by Wezil
Sadly, no.

[Eli]

Sure.

[Kuciwalker]

[aneeshm]

[Pekka]

If there were atheist politicians..... of course there are.

If he would publicly do that? Prolly not, mostly because it would most likely be some tool who would go on about an issue like that. Why would you do that?

So no, but not because of atheism, more like because he'd be a tool and a madman.

[Proteus_MST]

Depends on his other qualities.
As Christian fundamentalists don´t have a lot of power in germany, he might have a chance in elections if his qualities deserve it.
Except perhaps in Bavaria, where the catholics are strong.

[DinoDoc]

Which Indian politician are you asking us to comment on, aneeshm?

[Barnabas]

Atheists can and are elected

Atheists who insult Jesus, I dont think he would win the election

[Shrapnel12]

I would like to see this candidate run in a predominately muslim country.

[LordShiva]

Originally posted by DinoDoc
Which Indian politician are you asking us to comment on, aneeshm?

That's what I'm wondering, also.

[Proteus_MST]

I don´t think it would affect his chances there,
although Jesus is a prophet for the moslems, too,
they wouldn´t care as much for it,
as if he had insulted Muhammed or Allah

[LordShiva]

Originally posted by Proteus_MST
I don´t think it would affect his chances there,
although Jesus is a prophet for the moslems, too,
they wouldn´t care as much for it,
as if he had insulted Muhammed or Allah

I think
that's
what he
meant