Believing in God or not believing in God are positions held by millions of very intelligent people. Payette thinks you're an idiot if you believe in God, which the majority of Canadians do. Her atheist position is legitimate and she may even be correct ( I have no idea if God is real or not) but her mocking of theists for simply believing that there be a divine element in creation is not appropriate for the unifying head of state for the country. Imagine she said " can you believe that these indigenous peoples ACTUALLY STILL believe that their lands are sacred and come from a Great Spirit?". Her position on not believing in indigenous spirituality is totally legitimate but people would be horrified on the tone.