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Obama: I Pushed Dodd-Frank And Health Care Reform Because Of Christ
BuzzFeed ^ | Feb 2, 2012 | Zeke Miller

Posted on 02/02/2012 2:36:30 PM PST by bkopto

At National Prayer Breakfast, Obama grounds his controversial policies in the Bible. Tax hikes for rich “[coincide] with Jesus's teaching.” .... The president said he often falls to his knees in prayer, and emphasized the role of his religious values in determining where to lead the country.

"I’d be remiss if I stopped there; if my values were limited to personal moments of prayer or private conversations with pastors or friends. So instead, I must try — imperfectly, but I must try — to make sure those values motivate me as one leader of this great nation."

Obama maintained that his call for the wealthiest to give up their tax breaks, he's doing so out of economic necessity, but also in line with biblical teachings.

"And I think to myself, if I’m willing to give something up as somebody who’s been extraordinarily blessed, and give up some of the tax breaks that I enjoy, I actually think that’s going to make economic sense. But for me as a Christian, it also coincides with Jesus’s teaching that 'for unto whom much is given, much shall be required,'" Obama said, noting Jewish and Islamic teachings say much the same thing.

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


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1 posted on 02/02/2012 2:36:43 PM PST by bkopto
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To: bkopto

This is one of the funniest things I’ve read for a long time. Thanks for the mid-afternoon humor!


2 posted on 02/02/2012 2:39:50 PM PST by thesharkboy (poet, know it.)
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To: bkopto
Just did a run through on the whole Bible, and nowhere in there does it say that to do good you must hold a gun to their head and make them hand over all their money.

I'm afraid Obama has now revealed himself as one of those people who imagines he is a satisfactory substitute for God.

3 posted on 02/02/2012 2:41:06 PM PST by muawiyah
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To: bkopto

Religious pandering by Hussein. He must be reading the Mormon threads on FR, hoping to pick up some evangelical Christian votes from the uninformed....


4 posted on 02/02/2012 2:41:45 PM PST by Fu-fu2
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To: bkopto

left out - ANTI-


5 posted on 02/02/2012 2:43:16 PM PST by Leo Carpathian (fffffFRrrreeeepppeeee-ssed!)
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To: bkopto

Forgot the Barf alert! Damn....ruined my day.


6 posted on 02/02/2012 2:43:56 PM PST by mosaicwolf (Strength and Honor)
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To: bkopto

And the Koran teaches the good Muslim that it is permissible to lie to the infidel.

This is called “Taqqiyah”.

I don’t believe a single thing out of the mouth of the illegitimate bisexual Marxist Kenyan Muslim Usurper.

And neither should anyone.


7 posted on 02/02/2012 2:44:36 PM PST by Old Sarge (RIP FReeper Skyraider (1930-2011) - You Are Missed)
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To: bkopto

He’s delusional. He thinks he is Jesus Christ!


8 posted on 02/02/2012 2:45:35 PM PST by MIchaelTArchangel (Romney ruined Massachusetts. Now he wants to ruin the nation.)
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To: bkopto

What happen to “We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus, and nonbelievers.”


9 posted on 02/02/2012 2:46:23 PM PST by Leep (It's gonna be a Newt day!)
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To: bkopto
Allready posted

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2841538/posts

10 posted on 02/02/2012 2:46:26 PM PST by lula (Newt 2012! We need him now more than ever because the establishment is scared.)
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To: bkopto

Is this from The Onion?


11 posted on 02/02/2012 2:46:34 PM PST by DNA.2012
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To: thesharkboy
This is one of the funniest things I’ve read for a long time.

Not to me. The Lord will not be mocked. This nation is in trouble.

12 posted on 02/02/2012 2:46:55 PM PST by houeto (Mitt Romney - A Whiter Shade of FAIL © - tomkat)
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To: All
Obama: "I Pushed Dodd-Frank And Health Care Reform Because Of Christ,"....yeah Barry I imagine you DID!!


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13 posted on 02/02/2012 2:48:11 PM PST by musicman (Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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To: bkopto
I don't doubt that he's a Christian. But a lot of Christians are confused, especially those that have come from such a Leftists/Legal education background as Obama. We should really pray for him because,

"The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turns it whichever way He chooses." Proverbs 21:1.

14 posted on 02/02/2012 2:48:54 PM PST by PapaNew
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To: bkopto
I am so sorry I read this just after I finished my dinner. You need a "Barf" alert on this piece of disgusting fantasy and misuse of the Bible and Christ's teachings.

I seriously doubt that Obama has EVER read the Bible. Years ago there was a video of him being interviewed and asked questions about his "Christian" beliefs. From his answers it was quite obvious that he knew very little about Jesus, or His teachings. He seemed stumped with his replies. I wish I could find the video, some woman was asking the questions. Will have to look for it again. Maybe someone else will recall it before I find it.

15 posted on 02/02/2012 2:49:18 PM PST by CitizenM (Obama's legacy will be to be remembered as The architect of the decline of the USA)
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To: bkopto
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16 posted on 02/02/2012 2:49:18 PM PST by Jeff Chandler (Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati)
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To: bkopto

A> He thinks Soros is Christ?
B> Charlie doesn’t use an h in his name.
C> I already knew that the christ of the koran is not the Christ of the Bible. This confirms it.


17 posted on 02/02/2012 2:50:25 PM PST by Ingtar (I never thought I would come to say it, but "Go Newt!" Our last, best chance.)
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To: bkopto

****The president said he often falls to his knees in prayer****

Let me guess, five times a day in an easterly direction?


18 posted on 02/02/2012 2:50:36 PM PST by ResponseAbility (Islam...Imperialism in a turban.)
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To: bkopto

Is is patriotism that’s the last refuge of a scoundrel, or is it religion? I forgot.


19 posted on 02/02/2012 2:51:23 PM PST by Signalman
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To: bkopto

As we used to say when we were kids, “Oooooh, the devil’s dancin’ on his tongue!”


20 posted on 02/02/2012 2:51:48 PM PST by maryz
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