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The quiet impact of Obama’s Christian faith
Washington Post ^ | 12/22/15 | Greg Jaffe

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.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Editorial; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: delusional; lies; liesandmorelies; lyingliar; obama; spiritofantichrist
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To: Bobalu

Fridge worthy.


141 posted on 12/22/2015 5:46:15 PM PST by Argus
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To: ghost of stonewall jackson

Muzzies are heralded, celebrated by the left, so why are they not wanting him to be one?


142 posted on 12/22/2015 5:50:54 PM PST by CincyRichieRich (Some Animals are more equal than others.)
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To: ghost of stonewall jackson
But . . . but . . . isn't it "theocracy" when Christians try to base their policies on their religious values? Of course, the answer to this conundrum is that so-called "Christians" are only praised for their faith when their policies coincide with the policies of secular liberals.

This whole article is a howler, an example of the media thinking they can fool people with utter absurdity.
143 posted on 12/22/2015 6:18:56 PM PST by Steve_Seattle ("Above all, shake your bum at Burton.")
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To: Publius
"I stopped reading after the first sentence. Obama is an atheist. I know this because I’m an atheist, and I know all the signs."

I'm not an atheist, but I absolutely agree. Everything he does spells a-t-h-e-i-s-t.
144 posted on 12/22/2015 6:21:11 PM PST by Steve_Seattle ("Above all, shake your bum at Burton.")
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To: Bobalu

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!
Stumbling around blindly...
Me eyes!


145 posted on 12/22/2015 6:23:57 PM PST by MS.BEHAVIN (Women who behave rarely make history)
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To: TexasCajun
"Watch how fast his spiritual being evolves once out of the White House."

I'm convinced that once he's safely out of politics, his future biographers will confirm that he's an agnostic or an atheist, and that many in the media and the Democratic Party knew it all along. It was just a sham to get enough extra votes to put him over the top.
146 posted on 12/22/2015 6:24:17 PM PST by Steve_Seattle ("Above all, shake your bum at Burton.")
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To: jersey117
"The story is BS."

Yes, it is, and all of us here see it for what it is. Yet it is being put out by one of the country's most powerful media institutions. Think of it - absolute CRAP being put out as fact, and most people will believe it because it comes from a "mainstream" source.
147 posted on 12/22/2015 6:28:38 PM PST by Steve_Seattle ("Above all, shake your bum at Burton.")
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To: ghost of stonewall jackson

Everything Obozo says is a lie. His “Christian” faith is just one more.


148 posted on 12/22/2015 7:27:05 PM PST by Zman516 (Truth is the new hate speech -- Thought-Criminal #1)
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To: rlmorel

Remember the Klingon saying:

Revenge is a dish best served cold...

[this is a non-violent post. illustration is used to make a point - that is all]


149 posted on 12/22/2015 8:01:49 PM PST by sauropod (I am His and He is mine.)
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To: ExNewsExSpook

Considering all the skull-doggery this admin has been up to, nothing would surprise me.


150 posted on 12/22/2015 10:00:51 PM PST by CyberAnt ("The fields are white unto Harvest")
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To: ghost of stonewall jackson

His Christian faith is so quiet as to be absent. No good fruit that I have seen... Even with his family, he seems, detached. Maybe it’s his overuse of I, me, my, mine..etc. just not a warm genuine person. I can see why he identifies with people who sell babies for parts and burn down businesses.


151 posted on 12/23/2015 12:57:12 AM PST by momincombatboots (Iraq 3.0.. Try and look surprised. Prayers for my brothers and sisters in arms as global pawns.)
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To: ghost of stonewall jackson

Is this from the Onion?
Surely it’s extreme satire.


152 posted on 12/23/2015 4:40:54 AM PST by Guenevere (If.the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do....)
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To: ghost of stonewall jackson

A BARF alert would have been an understatement.


153 posted on 12/23/2015 5:27:23 AM PST by ilovesarah2012
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To: NorthMountain

He said he believed his mother was in heaven because “she was a good person”. FAIL.


154 posted on 12/23/2015 5:29:03 AM PST by ilovesarah2012
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To: Theo

Where is his rabbit’s foot and four-leaf clover?


155 posted on 12/23/2015 6:36:41 AM PST by crusty old prospector
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To: ghost of stonewall jackson

Greg Jaffe is certifiable.


156 posted on 12/23/2015 8:30:00 AM PST by simpson96
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