Next week, when Donald Trump strokes a Bible and requests the help of God as president, even a large share of his own fans will doubt that he means either gesture. Thirty-eight per cent of them, as well as most Americans in general, have him down as “not too” or “not at all” religious. I won’t presume to know the inner life of a stranger. But as far as the public is concerned, the US has had, and is about to have again, a leader who is at least atheist-adjacent. Within my lifetime, this was unthinkable.
下周，当唐纳德•特朗普以总统身份手握《圣经》并请求上帝的帮助时，即使是他的大部分支持者也会怀疑他是否真心实意。38%的支持者，以及大多数美国人，认为他“不是很”或“根本不”信教。我不敢妄测一个陌生人的内心生活。但就公众而言，美国曾经有过，并即将再次拥有一位至少与无神论相近的领导人。在我有生之年，这是不可想象的。
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