But I think the term "consecutively" eliminates the need to count individual presidents that did not serve consecutive terms, as those who did are commonly regarded as one presidency.
If we only had 3 christian presidents, and the first and last were the same guy, we still had three consecutive christian presidents.
I don't know. It's a unique situation. But I don't think saying "43 consecutive presidents" is necessarily wrong
I wonder how many US Presidents actually were believers and how many were just going through the motions because until recently in our history not identifying as one made you a pariah in the US, unwelcome in all the little clubs that could lead to the Presidency.
Obama seemed way too logical and analytical to actually buy into such irrational things. Trump clearly doesn't, purely out of narcissistic self-importance making himself his own deity/object of worship.
Not every Christian believes in a literal Genesis and a 6 thousand year old earth etc. , but yeah, probably many were likely (and/or surely) deist, agnostic, uncaring, or even atheist.
Honestly I have more respect for the literalists than the ones that recognize the crazy, but pick and choose which beliefs within their religion they're willing to swallow the crazy of rather than walking away.
If you're going to choose to be a nutter, at least fucking commit.
Amen. This is what they should teach in schools. It's not like you would go outside and tell people that you're a flat earther but you don't really believe that earh doesn't have curve. Then why do people go outside claiming they a christians but don't really believe in thw crap that happened in the great folk lore fantasy book called the bible. I would love to read it some day completely, like a folk lore book, not to convert. Same goes for koran. It would be interesting
I started it. But when I got to the part in Genesis where there’s entire chapters devoted to the generations of who begat who, I realized that it was crappily written and wouldn’t be enjoyable.
I liked it. Except for the entire chapter with the song of Tom Bombadil. I wasn’t sure if I was supposed to be reading, or singing? Great story though.
It always weirds me out too when there's like 2 pages of just songs. Like cool songs and they really add to the depth of the lore but I'm having hard time concetrating on them
The bible is clearly written not as literal truth. The literalists aren't even comprehending it or the messages the author intended. They are very modern in their interpretation taking religious 'truths' to be literal truths. They've ironically been heavily influenced by science, just not in the way compatible with science.
