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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: ghost of stonewall jackson
AAAAAAchOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO...............

Pardon me - I'm allergic to B.S.

21 posted on 12/22/2015 12:52:56 PM PST by grobdriver (Where is Wilson Blair when you need him?)
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To: ghost of stonewall jackson

Obama sat in the pew listening to a radical “preacher” spew racial hatred for 20 years. Those sermons sure do not fit my idea of Christianity.


22 posted on 12/22/2015 12:53:34 PM PST by TexasRepublic (Socialism is the gospel of envy and the religion of thieves)
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To: ghost of stonewall jackson

He was raised in an Indonesian madrassas, and had to be reminded of the name of “his” religion in a live interview. Two lies in the first sentence of the article. SMH


23 posted on 12/22/2015 12:53:34 PM PST by Teacher317 (We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men)
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To: ghost of stonewall jackson

I have faith zero thinks of himself and islam first. That is a fact.


24 posted on 12/22/2015 12:53:43 PM PST by soycd
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To: Huntress
Obama doesn't believe in any higher power than himself.

Exactly. That is why I have never believed that Obama is a Muslim.

Culturally and politically Obama identifies as a Muslim. But spiritually he is too much of a narcissist to believe in any other god before him.

25 posted on 12/22/2015 12:54:12 PM PST by Bubba_Leroy (The Obamanation Continues)
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear; metmom; CynicalBear; SkyPilot; tuffydoodle; tang-soo; righttackle44; ...

to above


26 posted on 12/22/2015 12:54:26 PM PST by SaveFerris (Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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To: ghost of stonewall jackson

Practicing Christian. That’s rich. LOL!


27 posted on 12/22/2015 12:54:27 PM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: grobdriver

lol


28 posted on 12/22/2015 12:55:02 PM PST by SaveFerris (Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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To: ghost of stonewall jackson
Obama is such a good Christian he's not only completely ignored Christians being enslaved & slaughtered in the middle east, he's EXCLUDING them from immigrating here.

Seek professional help, Greg. Soon.

29 posted on 12/22/2015 12:56:15 PM PST by skeeter
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To: ghost of stonewall jackson

You forgot the barf alert.


30 posted on 12/22/2015 12:56:21 PM PST by colorado tanker
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To: ghost of stonewall jackson

The sub headline....

Why the president’s convictions led him to believe he could unite a divided country - and why he failed

is very telling. Obama’s convictions are the very reason WHY he failed. Why he had to fail. His convictions are anathema to the success of America. His convictions are in total and complete opposition to that which is good and decent for America.

FUBO!!!!


31 posted on 12/22/2015 12:56:33 PM PST by Responsibility2nd (With Great Freedom comes Great Responsibility)
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To: The Final Harvest

Spiritual cleansing indeed....on top of a complete fumigation. The White House will have to be scrubbed from top to bottom. Don’t know if anything will get rid of the stench.


32 posted on 12/22/2015 12:56:39 PM PST by fatnotlazy
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To: fatnotlazy

correct


33 posted on 12/22/2015 12:56:39 PM PST by SaveFerris (Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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To: ghost of stonewall jackson

What audacious twaddle.

He’s an atheist with Marxist leanings. He’s also a cultural muslim much like a cultural Catholic or Jew, a nonbeliever.


34 posted on 12/22/2015 12:56:54 PM PST by OpusatFR
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To: ghost of stonewall jackson

35 posted on 12/22/2015 12:57:33 PM PST by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: ghost of stonewall jackson

“Obama’s Christian Faith?!”
BS BS BS BS BS BS BS BS BS BS BS BS BS BS BS BS BS BS BS BS BS
Lies Lies Lies Lies Lies Lies Lies Lies Lies Lies Lies Lies
oh yeah, its the WashPost, isn’t it?!

the WashPost wins the 2015 Joseph Goebbels’ Big Lie award.

Lies Lies Lies LIes LIes Lies Lies Lies Lies Lies Lies Lies

Please see and share: http://www.allenbwest.com/2014/04/obamas-40-alarming-quotes-islam-christianity/


36 posted on 12/22/2015 12:58:14 PM PST by faithhopecharity (Diff tween D's and R's is that the D's allow the poor to be corrupt, too. (O. Levant))
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To: Trillian
I would not be surprised if Obama is wearing Muslim robes when he is getting on a plane to leave the White house.
Just one last middle finger to the American people.
37 posted on 12/22/2015 12:58:22 PM PST by Falcon4.0
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To: ghost of stonewall jackson

Unintentional comedy is best comedy.


38 posted on 12/22/2015 12:59:02 PM PST by Bogey78O (We had a good run. Coulda been great still.)
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To: ghost of stonewall jackson

When was Obama baptized.


39 posted on 12/22/2015 12:59:12 PM PST by Theo (May Christ be exalted above all.)
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By the way, WAPO, the office of Pontiff is taken. You’d better annoint him for something else.


40 posted on 12/22/2015 12:59:26 PM PST by OpusatFR
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