“It seems noteworthy to me that Mr. Obama refuses to acknowledge that he was, as a child, a Muslim”
Maybe he doesn’t think he was. Children follow the directions of their parents. They don’t decide to attend church or religious schools because of their faith, but because of the faith of their parents. If my parents sent me to a Baptist church and school, I would learn about the Baptist faith, but I wouldn’t truly be Baptist until I myself had accepted Jesus as my Savior.
On the other hand, there are many that try to give the appearance of being religious, but they are not true believers in their faith.
Strangely enough, Obama seems to fit both of these categories. I doubt he ever believed as Muslims believe, and he is being labeled as a Muslim. He tries to show everyone that he is a Christian, but his actions show that he really isn’t.
There are just SO MANY things to dislike about his policies and beliefs, that I think it sounds very petty to keep making fun of his name and accusing him of being a “secret Muslim”.
“Maybe he doesn’t think he was. Children follow the directions of their parents. They don’t decide to attend church or religious schools because of their faith, but because of the faith of their parents. If my parents sent me to a Baptist church and school, I would learn about the Baptist faith, but I wouldn’t truly be Baptist until I myself had accepted Jesus as my Savior.”
Islam is less like Baptists in this regard and more like Catholicism. In Catholicism, if you're baptized, even as a small child, you're a Catholic. If an individual later follows another religion, it would still be said that the individual was once a Catholic. Those born into Muslim families are Muslim. Should a young Muslim follow another religion in adulthood, it would properly be said of him that he was a Muslim in his youth.
“Maybe he doesn’t think he was.”
If that’s the case, then he’s being intellectually dishonest about where he comes from.
“There are just SO MANY things to dislike about his policies and beliefs, that I think it sounds very petty to keep making fun of his name and accusing him of being a ‘secret Muslim’.”
I’m not saying that he’s a “secret Muslim.” I’m saying he was once a Muslim, and it’s troubling that he evades that part of his life.
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