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Obama Nurtures His Faith Away From the Spotlight (Thou Shalt Barf Alert)
AP via ABC News ^ | Saturday, October 19, 2013 | Josh Lederman

Posted on 10/19/2013 9:57:37 AM PDT by kristinn

President Barack Obama is not an overtly religious man. He and his family rarely attend church, and he almost never elaborates in public about his own relationship to his Christian faith.

But away from the public eye, advisers say, the president has carefully nurtured a sense of spirituality that has served as a grounding mechanism during turbulent times, when the obstacles to governing a deeply divided nation seem nearly insurmountable.

Every year on Aug. 4, the president's birthday, Obama convenes a group of pastors by phone to receive their prayers for him for the year to come. During the most challenging of times, prayer circles are organized with prominent religious figures such as megachurch pastor Joel Hunter, Bishop Vashti McKenzie of the African Methodist Episcopal Church and the Rev. Joseph Lowery, a civil rights activist.

Each morning for the past five years, before most of his aides even arrive at the White House, Obama has read a devotional written for him and sent to his BlackBerry, weaving together Scripture with reflections from literary figures such as Maya Angelou and C.S. Lewis.

"I've certainly seen the president's faith grow in his time in office," said Joshua DuBois, an informal spiritual adviser to Obama who writes the devotionals and ran Obama's faith-based office until earlier this year. "When you cultivate your faith, it grows."

Obama is particularly moved by theories that draw connections between biblical themes and the personal journeys of historical figures such as Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King Jr., DuBois said.

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To: kristinn

Spirituality maybe. But he doesn’t have any belief in Christ our savior. His spirituality is by his actions the fruits of Satan.

He is not a religious man because he doesn’t believe in anything but mammon. He is a fake man. A man without real beliefs. He is someone that anyone with good sense would stay far away from because his destination is doom.

But then this AP scribbler doesn’t know anything or anyone but the already dead.


41 posted on 10/19/2013 10:47:14 AM PDT by A message
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To: kristinn

I can understand why he wants to keep his faith out of the spotlight. There are still a lot of people in this country who know Islam is a death cult. If he pulled out his prayer rug and prostrated himself in public a lot of people might get anxious.


42 posted on 10/19/2013 10:51:55 AM PDT by Gritty (Progressives see themselves as saints, opponents as Satanists; that justifies anything-D. Horowitz)
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To: FReepers
March the 6th, 2007. Nicholas D. Kristof of the New York Times, "Mr. Obama recalled the opening lines of the Arabic call to prayer, reciting them with a first-rate accent. In a remark that seemed delightfully uncalculated, Mr. Obama described the call to prayer as 'one of the prettiest sounds on Earth at sunset.'"


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43 posted on 10/19/2013 11:05:45 AM PDT by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule the all)
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To: JudyinCanada

Not only late term abortion, let’s not forget he is for born alive babies to be left for dead during a botched abortion.


44 posted on 10/19/2013 11:16:15 AM PDT by Guardian Sebastian (Mother of God, pray for us and our country.)
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To: kristinn
This is such a bunch of crap....spiritual my eye.
Obama is a nasty, vindictive SOB with a big mouth and bigger ego.
45 posted on 10/19/2013 11:33:29 AM PDT by AlphaOneAlpha
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

He seems to like it when men are on their knees like Larry, Reggie, or Bill Frist. Is that a form of worship?


46 posted on 10/19/2013 11:41:40 AM PDT by SERKIT ("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.......)
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To: kristinn

Cultivating faith, heck, they can’t even keep a garden from going to waste and rot.


47 posted on 10/19/2013 11:44:34 AM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi)
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To: kristinn
Methodist Episcopal Church

Methodist + Episcopal = twice as liberal/marxist. God help us if that is who he requests prayers from.

48 posted on 10/19/2013 11:47:45 AM PDT by Archie Bunker on steroids (The fear of the lord is the beginning of wisdom (Psalm 111:10))
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To: Blackirish; mickie; flaglady47; oswegodeee; Chigirl 26; Bizzy Bugz; hoosiermama; seekthetruth; ...
"Spirituality" doesn't make you a Christian. Some far eastern lama living on top a mountain can be "spiritual" in his own mind.

Excerpted from the article above, here's what these flack pastors and advisors base their opinions on regarding Obama's "deep spirituality". ( Note: they never mention his deep "religiousity" ):

He's such a private person which is the reason why he doesn't go to church.

He's such a private person which is the reason why he never mentions the words "Jesus Christ" ( except as a historical figure, not someone who died for him on the cross...my comment ).

He's so "spiritual" because he gets sent "devotionals" personalized around him and his presidency which are written by others.

He is so spiritual because he is "moved" by theories connecting biblical themes with historical figures like Lincoln and MLK.

He's so "spiritual" because his devotionals, "ad hoc prayer circles" and "digital benedictions" are all designed, written and performed to make him a better president ( in actuality, these devices are all Obama-centered themes and events staged by religious/political naifs who adore him almost as much as their God...my comment ).

He is so "spiritual" because every year on his birthday he convenes pastors for a phone round-robin when he "receives" their various prayers for him.

Now, I present the obvious question.....what is the common thread of all the points above on which Obama's "spiritual advisors" base their convictions of Obama's "deep spirituality"?

BINGO! His "spirituality" is all based on HIM, internally or externally, one narcissistic way or the other.

It's like the olden times when all the priests of the land plus lords of various fiefdoms regularly paid tribute and homage to King John, or whoever, just to be invited to castle cocktail parties, just to keep their abbeys, estates and manors safe from the eyes of the king's tax collectors, and, not incidently, just to bask in their royal Lord's reflected glory.

The "spirituality" of Lord Obama, obviously is not faith-based in Christianity as he pretends, it's "ME-based"....and the "advisors' and "spiritualists" flocking and fawning around his throne propagandize us with all the things that they would like us to believe he is.....but what he actually is not.

Leni

49 posted on 10/19/2013 11:50:02 AM PDT by MinuteGal
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To: kristinn

BS! If he’s a “Christian” then I’m Robin the Boy Wonder. (And how many billions of our dollars has he given away to his Muslim Bros and other IslamoNazi pals ? Also tons of weapons to kill Christians in Egypt Syria Lebanon Libya and. ? ). Some “Christian! “. By their fruit you shall know them. Out mass media is worse than Pravda under the Soviet dictators. To keep promoting this obvious lie. We are indeed in deep doo doo. Pray for America.


50 posted on 10/19/2013 12:00:19 PM PDT by faithhopecharity
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To: kristinn

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnlRrxXv-v8


51 posted on 10/19/2013 12:07:03 PM PDT by Gator113
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To: kristinn
...he almost never elaborates in public about his own relationship to his Christian faith.

And if he did so it would only be taqiyya, anyway.

52 posted on 10/19/2013 12:46:56 PM PDT by JimRed (Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & water the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
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To: Innovative

Maybe he aides could put the Bible on his teleprompter.


53 posted on 10/19/2013 1:04:44 PM PDT by ilovesarah2012
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To: kristinn

What faith?
Where’s his compassion, mercy, love & kindness for those who don’t agree with him?

No real Christian would lock out veterans from open air memorials then call critics terrorists,hostage takers & arsonists.

I’m seeing acts done by a sinner.


54 posted on 10/19/2013 1:08:23 PM PDT by RginTN
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To: kristinn

“President Barack Obama is not an overtly religious man. He and his family rarely attend church, and he almost never elaborates in public about his own relationship to his Christian faith.”

Thats because he’s a card carryin Muslim and he has to hide his prayer rug in his closet along with his sexual preference.

He doesn’t go to church because (Sam Kennison voice) he’s not a CHRISTIAN!


55 posted on 10/19/2013 1:32:08 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: kristinn
... Obama is not an overtly religious man.

Please. He worships himself.

56 posted on 10/19/2013 1:48:18 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: kristinn

If he’s a Christian, why doesn’t it show more? Not being judgmental ... just seems like something is missing.


57 posted on 10/19/2013 3:13:24 PM PDT by Cloverfarm (This too shall pass ...)
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To: kristinn

Barack Obama believes in...himself.


58 posted on 10/19/2013 3:17:19 PM PDT by RichInOC ("In the name of Me, The Most Compassionate, The Most Merciful...")
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To: kristinn

Phony Christian. Supported by GLBTABCDisney.


59 posted on 10/19/2013 3:58:48 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (America 2013 - STUCK ON STUPID)
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To: kristinn; GeronL

“Gimme some talking points that couch arguments for my agenda in a religious context!”


60 posted on 10/19/2013 4:02:32 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (America 2013 - STUCK ON STUPID)
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