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Why are Americans confused about Obama's religion?
The Washington Examiner ^ | February 22, 2015 | Byron York

Posted on 02/22/2015 3:22:57 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife

"..........In June,2012, Gallup asked,"Do you happen to know the religious faith of Barack Obama?" Forty-four percent said they did not know,while 36 percent said he is a Christian, 11 percent said he is a Muslim, and eight percent said he has no religion. The "don't know" group included 36 percent of Democrats.(A larger number of Republicans, 47 percent, said they didn't know Obama's religion,as did 46 percent of independents.)........

.....Whenever the issue pops up, Obama's most ardent supporters are quick to blame conservative media for misperceptions about Obama's religion. But it's possible something in Obama's public presentation of himself has also created confusion among a significant number of Americans about his religion. The fact is, Obama's religious roots and development have always been a complicated story. In 2010, after the Pew poll came out, I wrote about the causes of public confusion about Obama and faith, particularly the belief that he is a Muslim:........."

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TOPICS: Editorial; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: domesticpolicy; foreignpolicy; leadership; msm; muslim; obama; obamareligion; religion
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

What about the Stenopholous interview where he actually says his Muslim faith.


41 posted on 02/22/2015 4:47:57 AM PST by STJPII
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

I can’t get over how the lame streams are trying to use this as a “gotcha” against GOP presidential candidates

Scott Walker nailed it but then his lame “spokeswoman” walked it back. So if the lamestreams can’t nail the candidate they will nail his “spokesperson” and attribute the mumbling fumbling dithering to the candidate anyway

MESSAGE TO THE GOP. STOP THIS CRAP.
and STOP playing defense against a crowd of bullies
REFUSE to ENGAGE and move on.


42 posted on 02/22/2015 4:48:15 AM PST by silverleaf (Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
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To: uncitizen

He’s obsessed with Islam. Whether he is a direct Allah believer, can be debated. That hypothesis isn’t needed to explain where he is. He seems to worship himself.


43 posted on 02/22/2015 4:48:58 AM PST by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

a Jeremiah Wright Christian

QUOTE: “God DAMN America”


44 posted on 02/22/2015 4:50:07 AM PST by silverleaf (Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
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To: STJPII

His actual faith is probably only in himself. Which is often in a Muslim “mode” but is focused on the earthly aspects of it.


45 posted on 02/22/2015 4:50:39 AM PST by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: silverleaf

And claiming not to have noticed that... oh, sure how do you fail to notice such a thing even if you are not the most rabid patriot in the world??

We have allowed many cultural characteristics that might be laudable in a proper context, including tolerance, to stand rootlessly on their own. There was a reason to be “tolerant” and it had to do with the virtues of patience and reason. It also wasn’t an unlimited license. Now we have put our civic virtues on autopilot, so to speak. The Pilot has long been ejected from the cockpit for all practical purposes.

If God has damned America it is because America has damned God, refusing to affirm His worthiness, spurning His love and blessings.


46 posted on 02/22/2015 4:54:16 AM PST by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Personally, I don’t accept as a Christian ANYONE who accepts homosexual marriage and homosexual behavior.


47 posted on 02/22/2015 4:57:49 AM PST by xzins (I Donated to the Freep-a-Thon - You Should, Too! https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: silverleaf

bttt


48 posted on 02/22/2015 5:00:56 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: xzins

We have some (temporarily) disobedient Christians in the world who believe, for now, in such things. It is not an infallible test.

But frankly, Barack isn’t even a good Muslim, who officially should have no more room for the gay craze than does classic Judeo-Christianity (and in fact, should be cruel about it).

His religion as practiced is about leftism and self.


49 posted on 02/22/2015 5:01:32 AM PST by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: HiTech RedNeck
His religion as practiced is about leftism and self.

Ditto that. His ego can brook no other god than himself.

50 posted on 02/22/2015 5:04:15 AM PST by Sirius Lee (All that is required for evil to advance is for government to do "something")
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To: HiTech RedNeck

I would say that the burden of proof is on the advocate of homosexualism.

But, you are right. Any acceptance of homosexualism on Obama’s part is contrary to Islam. (Have I read someplace that raping a male enemy is acceptable in Islam as a sign of power over that enemy? Think some of the stories about Ambassador Stevens.)

Obama is more a believer in narcissism and his own mirror as he is in anything else.


51 posted on 02/22/2015 5:05:34 AM PST by xzins (I Donated to the Freep-a-Thon - You Should, Too! https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Obama doesn’t believe hundreds of thousands of professing Muslims are really Muslims.

Why should people believe his claims?


52 posted on 02/22/2015 5:10:20 AM PST by gitmo (If your theology doesn't become your biography, what good is it?)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

He also “believes” in community salvation! HA!! what a pathetic “belief”.


53 posted on 02/22/2015 5:12:58 AM PST by Ann Archy (ABORTION....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: XRdsRev

Controlling EVERY aspect of our lives and the destruction of America is his religion.


54 posted on 02/22/2015 5:14:01 AM PST by Ann Archy (ABORTION....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: uncitizen

Obama always says “the holy Koran,” but he never says “the holy Bible.” What’s up with that?


55 posted on 02/22/2015 5:18:45 AM PST by ought-six ( Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

I don’t know what he is, but his sympathies are clearly with islam over any other religion, sect, or cult.


56 posted on 02/22/2015 5:25:15 AM PST by ought-six ( Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
"Informed by the reporters that Obama is in fact a Christian"

This remark speaks volumes!

But only to truth seekers.

57 posted on 02/22/2015 5:27:11 AM PST by Savage Beast (Let's roll!)
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To: mrsmel

I wonder how many Democrats have become “Muslims” out of admiration for their leader.


58 posted on 02/22/2015 5:33:52 AM PST by Theodore R. (Liberals keep winning; so the American people must now be all-liberal all the time.)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

People wonder about it because it is a “brand” of Christianity that people haven’t seen before...cutting people down for clinging to Their Bibke and their guns”


59 posted on 02/22/2015 5:34:40 AM PST by bike800
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

I think it’s safe to say that Obama is an Isflamist.. everything he says is flam. He’s the Grand Wallah of Isflam.


60 posted on 02/22/2015 5:35:27 AM PST by WilliamofCarmichael (If modern America's Man on Horseback is out there, Get on the damn horse already!)
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