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 ...
Pardon me - I'm allergic to B.S.
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.
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
I have faith zero thinks of himself and islam first. That is a fact.
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.
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Practicing Christian. That’s rich. LOL!
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Seek professional help, Greg. Soon.
You forgot the barf alert.
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!!!!
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.
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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.
“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
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oh yeah, its the WashPost, isn’t it?!
the WashPost wins the 2015 Joseph Goebbels’ Big Lie award.
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Please see and share: http://www.allenbwest.com/2014/04/obamas-40-alarming-quotes-islam-christianity/
Unintentional comedy is best comedy.
When was Obama baptized.
By the way, WAPO, the office of Pontiff is taken. You’d better annoint him for something else.
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