benlehman

Growing up in a different culture never really seemed like the same thing as 'being crazy' to me.

Also as others have already gone over it's a pretty poor implementation for avoiding crazy people. Political shibboleths are almost always a bad idea, especially when they aren't even about an issue that is directly political. The fact that every single politician in the culture says they're religious is strange, but it's also revealing - I still think some of them are sane, competent legislators, and others are not.

I also kind of doubt that even half of the politicians in question have a sincere, intellectual belief in God, or at least one that has the slightest impact on their behaviour.