Posted on 12/22/2015 12:47:31 PM PST by ghost of stonewall jackson
Obama did not grow up in a religious household and became a practicing Christian as an adult. He has written more extensively about his spiritual awakening than almost any other modern president, addressing it in two books before he was elected to the White House and in more than a dozen speeches since.
His faith had been central to his identity as a new kind of Democrat who would bring civility to the country's political debates by appealing to Republicans through the shared language of their Judeo-Christian values.
With just one year left in his second term, Obama now holds a different distinction: No modern president has had his faith more routinely questioned and disparaged. Recent polls show that 29 percent of Americans and nearly 45 percent of Republicans say he is a Muslim.
He has repeatedly said in recent months that one of his biggest regrets is that he will leave behind a country that has grown more polarized and distrustful during his two terms in the White House. "There's all this goodness and decency and common sense on the ground, and somehow it gets translated into rigid, dogmatic, often mean-spirited politics," Obama said in a recent interview.
To understand why he so deeply believed that he could close that gap and why he largely has been unable to do so, it is essential to understand his faith and how it shapes his politics. That faith also explains why he has not given up.
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Mr. Jaffe wouldn’t know a Christian if he fell over one.
Spewriffic.
This is so offensive that I cannot find adequate words. Obama has demonized and marginalized Christianity with everything he’s done. When he gave a speech at Notre Dame, he covered the cross. But promotes Islam at every turn.
“My muslam faith....”
“The future must not belong to those who slander the prophet of Islam.”
The call of the muezzin is, “One of the prettiest sounds on Earth.”
“I am one of them.”
soebarkah is a filthy, enemy islamist pig-dog.
Been out there since 2008. I remember when it first showed up.
Bizarre, hm?
Do you think the BIG BANG created all things?
What created the BIG BANG?
JAFFE? Rhymes with LAUGH??
Greg Jaffe needs professional psychiatric help. Seriously.
That ring he wears. What Christian would wear that? Anyway we have seen how he treats his fellow Christians 24/7. Isis takes them out in ME and obama/valjar declares war on them here.
Total loss for words. Total.
“Gag me with a farm implement.”
LOL! Not to get off topic, but I’ve never heard this particular comment before. Are there particular farm implements that are preferred over others? Combine? Thresher?
yep
LMAO!
Excellent work as usuall.
Go Trump
Baloney.
Yes, he’s such a deeply religious man, he’s attended church services twice (by my count) during his years in the White House. Of course, when he did go to church, it was to hear Reverend Wright, so I don’t know what’s worse: staying home, or seeking out services where liberation theology comes first and the gospel is an after-thought.
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