Originally posted by: sean wookie
Can we start a new topic? How about why the Republicans think they are god approved. I never understood why they thought something intangible such as god would say they approve of them. Doesn't he love everybody? Why would he pick one group of his children as his favorite?

One reason is that many Democrats have thrown the whole "God approved" label as far away from them as they could. They seem to actively cater to the atheist crowd. There is a delicate balance that should be maintained on religious neutrality. Many Democrats have been extremely hostile to religion. Freedom of religion does not mean you have freedom from ever having to see anything even remotely related to religion.

As for the entire US congress professing belief in God, the vast majority of the US population does believe in God in some form as well. The cynic in me then says that its a vote getting ploy to get the most votes. The non-cynic says that its just that the people who are elected happen to all believe in God. I think that true athiests are very rare, at least in my experiences. Most people who call themselves athiests that I have talked to are actually agnostic.