The IRS prohibits tax-exempt organizations, such as churches, from endorsing political candidates for public office. Most ministers abide by this rule.
Last year LifeWay Research reported that 90 percent of Protestant pastors agree that they should not endorse candidates from the pulpit, even though 44 percent of them personally endorse candidates.
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Ask An Atheist: Why atheist and not agnostic?
I often describe myself as a "devout agnostic but a functional atheist." By which I mean that I do not rule out in principle that god(s) might exist (though many a dogmatic atheist does exactly that), though since if asked do I believe in any particular god, as I don't, that makes me a functional atheist.
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