Posted on 02/12/2011 7:07:30 AM PST by blueyon
When someone says they don’t think President Barack Obama is actually a Christian, the expectation would be that they think he’s secretly a Muslim. Not Bill Maher. On tonight’s Real Time, in the process of arguing that Obama’s not really a centrist politically, Maher also revealed that he doesn’t think Obama’s actually Christian, either, but rather a secular humanist.
The belief Maher apparently holds – that Obama isn’t actually a Christian, but merely pretends to be one to keep up appearances for the sake of his political career – strikes us as one of the most cynical things anyone could possibly believe about Obama.
agree 100%
“Anyway, no one knows what’s in O’s heart, but he doesn’t act like a Christian, more like a muslim.”
To paraphrase that Gump guy:
“Muslim is as Muslim does”.
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Well, thanks for nothing. Now I’ve got an image of Obama in the mirror singing that and doing a Christopher Lee pose!!!! Ack!
Yes, I definitely agree with you on that point. I think he likes them because they give him some influence with a certain segment of the black population (who might not be disposed to view Obama as that authentically black, to coin a phrase). I also think there is a pseudo-intellectual cool factor in play. Of course, there are a lot of other themes in his background that probably explain it as well.
Truthfully, my gut feeling is because the word "faith" has so little meaning for Obama. To me, that whole world view just doesn't register for him-- there is not much beyond him. I mean, this is a guy who defined sin as "failing to live up to my values"-- like he's the arbiter of sin! He seems to me to be almost completely self-centered.
I think Obama was trying to convey (as usual) his worldly upbringing, superiority to the rest of us, etc., etc., and used a clumsy way to refer to his Muslim background. I don't know the exact interview to which you refer, but if he was off teleprompter, he's clumsy at best. And I think he was using "faith" as a synonym for "background," in trying to remind everyone of his role as World Citizen Who Can Heal the Planet. I think he is careless in his tossing around the word "faith" precisely because it doesn't mean that much to him. Who knows, I may be entirely wrong but that's just the gut feeling I've always had about him. I've never felt that Obama "gets" any concept that requires submission to an authority higher than himself.
I see your point, but I don’t think you can be a Catholic unless you believe in the Catholic faith. Doesn’t matter how many years of Catholic school, perfect mass attendance, defending Catholics in political issues, etc. If you don’t believe in the faith, you’re not a Catholic as I would understand the term.
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