If you're running for American president it seems to me that there are different things you want to say. For instance, you want to say something about: I believe in America, the growth of our economy, the future of our children, the American worker, free speech, democracy etc. Or I believe in the collaboration between nations, our fellow allies etc. You may miss something which would have been nice to say, for instance I believe in medical research, but certainly we would think it would be very beneficial if the presidential candidate left out his personal superstition about various aspects of Kosmos. For instance, he would not do any progress in his campaign by saying "I believe in the divinity of Santa Claus reindeer" or "I believe in the existence of the Celtic God Abellio (the god of apple trees) and the son god Anextiomarus". His advisers would strongly recommend him not to inform his voters about these perspectives of the universe. However, at the same time, his advisers wouldn't even blink if the presidential candidate said something like "I believe in the existence of an Almighty God (not just the protector of apple trees) I believe in Jesus, the son of God, his bodily resurrection from the dead, and I believe my sins can be forgiven by him". In fact, it would probably cause problems for the candidate if he did not express his belief in a Almighty Judea Christian God who cloned himself to a human being sometime in the bronze age. When he after a long speech said something like "God bless America" his listeners would at least agree on the last sentence and take it for granted that by God he meant the Judea Christian Abrahamic God. If he said something like "Abellio bless America" people might start running home for their guns. Simply because of a cultural heritage we find most kinds of superstitions completely ludicrous, while one is found to be almost obligatory. This is the world we live in, in 2010.