Posted on 09/29/2010 2:01:03 PM PDT by topher
Wednesday September 29, 2010Obama Says Teachings of Jesus Christ 'Spoke to Me,' then Defends Abortion
ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, September 29, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) Following reports of widespread skepticism over his professed Christianity, President Obama on Tuesday invoked the teachings of Jesus Christ as the inspiration for his public agenda, which he called part of an "effort to express my Christian faith" - and in his next breath defended the legalized killing of unborn children. When a teacher's assistant asked him why he was a Christian during a townhall Q&A in Albuquerque, the president answered, Im a Christian by choice. The president admitted that his parents werent folks who went to church every week" and that his mother "didnt raise me in the church. "I came to my Christian faith later in life, and it was because the precepts of Jesus Christ spoke to me in terms of the kind of life that I would want to lead - being my brothers and sisters keeper, treating others as they would treat me," he said. Obama continued: "And I think also understanding that Jesus Christ dying for my sins spoke to the humility we all have to have as human beings, that were sinful and were flawed and we make mistakes, and that we achieve salvation through the grace of God. But what we can do, as flawed as we are, is still see God in other people and do our best to help them find their own grace. Thats what I strive to do. Thats what I pray to do every day. I think my public service is part of that effort to express my Christian faith," he said. But the president then jumped to defend the legal killing of unborn children when the same woman asked about regulating the procedure. "Now, with respect to the abortion issue, I actually think - I mean, there are laws both federal, state and constitutional that are in place," he said. "And I think that this is an area where I think Bill Clinton had the right formulation a couple of decades ago, which is abortion should be safe, legal, and rare." Obama exhorted the audience to "recognize" killing unborn children as "a difficult, oftentimes tragic situation that families are wrestling with." "I think the families and the women involved are the ones who should make the decisions, not the government," he said, adding: "I do think actually that there are a whole host of laws on the books that after a certain period, the interests shift such that you can have some restrictions, for example, on late-term abortions, and appropriately so." As an Illinois and U.S. senator, Obama never once voted in favor of an abortion restriction, supporting even the gruesome partial-birth abortion procedure and voting against a state law to protect infants born alive during an abortion. Since ascending to the White House, he has solidified his 100% pro-abortion record by pursuing greater funding for abortion groups both overseas and at home. In crafting the federal health care reform, Obama's administration worked closely with abortion giant Planned Parenthood, whom he promised in 2007 that reproductive health would be "at the center, the heart" of his health care plans. Obama's devotion to abortion is not the only aspect of a public agenda in plain conflict with the Christian worldview. Obama has taken an increasingly aggressive stance against Christian values on marriage and the family by courting the homosexualist lobby, and has pushed for an end to the federal Defense of Marriage Act, the repeal of the U.S. military's ban on open homosexuality, and gay adoption. Obama also successfully championed the inclusion of "sexual orientation" as a federally protected trait alongside race and religion in federal "hate crimes" legislation. A survey by the Pew Research Center in August found that nearly one in five Americans believe Obama is a Muslim, and only one in three believe he is an adherent of the faith he claims; 43 percent said they were unsure. The White House shot back at the polls, claiming that right-wing "misinformation campaigns" had produced the results. Yet skeptics likely remained unmoved when, after the Pew results were collected, Obama vouched for a proposed Islamic community center and mosque near the site of the 9/11 terrorist attack in New York City. The president announced his support at a White House dinner celebrating the Muslim fast of Ramadan. Christian leaders have expressed frustration at Obama's claim to Christianity despite failing to attend church services regularly since winning the 2008 presidential election, including Christmas Day 2008 and 2009. |
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If you are about to lose the Mid-Term elections, then a good Muslim should just invoke the name of Jesus...
Im a Christian by choice.
He also kills babies by choice...
He voted against the Born Alive Protection Act
If a baby is alive, you don't kill it if you are a Christian...
Disconnect? I don’t see any disconnect! </sarc>
He stood up in the IL legislature and spoke against medical care for a baby born alive following an abortion attempt.
How low can this kenyan klown go?
Im a Christian by choice.
He also kills babies by choice...
He voted against the Born Alive Protection Act
If a baby is alive, you don’t kill it if you are a Christian...
Pelosi is Catholic and feels the same way. Her Bishop won’t say anything to her - maybe he is as whipped as her husband.
They really did speak to him... and said “get thee behind Me.”
I can imagine Joseph Goebbels saying something like “I recognize killing Jewish families in gas chambers is a difficult, oftentimes tragic situation that Nazi’s are wrestling with. But I think Jew extermination should be safe, legal, and rare.”
Please, Mr. Obozo, show me where either Billy Jeff or you have made any attempts to make abortions rare? For that matter, show me any evidence of any liberal who has made an attempt to make abortions rare? On the contrary, Mr. Obozo, there have been nothing but attempts to ensure that abortions continue at an obscenely high rate.
Gross lying hypocrisy. Happens daily now....with an election nearing.
Obama...
WHY is it a “difficult decision”?
If the “fetus” is not a human baby worthy of protection of its life, then it shouldn’t be “difficult” at all.
If it’s a human, then it’s murder to intentionally kill it.
Not a difficult issue at all. The left attempts to try to categorize the humanity of the unborn as some gray issue - nope, it’s a human or it’s not a human. There is no “partial human” option.
Obama's position on abortion is incoherent and definitely incompatible with fundamental Christian tenets. Sorry, Barry but no sale.
Totally and irrevocably MAD!
You know what they say - the devil hides behind the cross.
I would love to hear his answer as to why would it be a ‘tragic decision’ when his pro-choice worldview espouses that the unborn child is merely a clump of cells.
“Truly children are a gift from the Lord; the fruit of the womb is a reward” (Psalm 127:3)
He speaks of Christianity and his belief in a way that those that actually ARE Christian and even have a cursory understanding of the teachings of Christ our savior see as “bogus”.
It reminds me of Moscow on the Hudson where the russian, attempting to sound American says things like “easy as cake” and “it’s a piece of pie”. It sounds about right to him, but only him.
Honestly, this is one of the sleaziest things I have heard Erkel say.
“And I think also understanding that Jesus Christ dying for my sins spoke to the humility we all have to have as human beings, that were sinful and were flawed and we make mistakes, and that we achieve salvation through the grace of God.”
So . . .
When does the teleprompter get baptized?
Remember, after belittling and making fun of Christians, how Hillary somehow found the Lord during her campaign? These people are nothing more than liars, maggots and frauds.
For those unfamiliar with the Bible, read the last chapter of Malachi.
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