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Obama's religion: does your president's faith matter? (WP proclaims Obama a Christian with no proof)
washington post ^ | 8/19/2010 | Elizabeth Tenety

Posted on 08/19/2010 11:25:30 AM PDT by tobyhill

"No religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States."

-Article VI, Section 3, United States Constitution

Does the religion of a president matter? A Pew Research Center survey showed that nearly 20 percent of Americans believe that President Obama is a Muslim (he is not), and only one-third of Americans believe he is a Christian (he is).

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


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To: tobyhill
"No religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States."

-Article VI, Section 3, United States Constitution

Nice sleight of hand there, mister WaPo writer. Nobody is claiming that he is unqualified to hold an office or position of public trust due to his Muslim faith.

(He is unqualified based on a host of other issues, but not this one).

Obama is the master of the phony strawman argument. By leading off with this statement, the author of this article is engaging in the same sort of deception...

41 posted on 08/19/2010 12:06:33 PM PDT by Zeppo ("Happy Pony is on - and I'm NOT missing Happy Pony")
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To: tobyhill

Just look at how fast the MSM runs to carry King Hussein’s water for him!

Boy, can they scurry.


42 posted on 08/19/2010 12:08:24 PM PDT by mojito
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To: MrB
Obama is demon possessed and I suspect as Malachi Martin calls it a “Perfect possession” where there is no exorcism. The possessed has personally rejected Christ and hardened their heart and welcomed the evil spirit in. Islam without any doubt is a Satanic religion, not my opinion, it's in the Bible. In Isaiah the word for Lucifer is Hebrew means Crescent(or bright light) of the Morning star..this look familiar...

The Koran itself has 400 references to names of Allah, some are The Morning Star, the Greatest Deceiver, etc. What other proof do you need to have. One of Satan's greatest works of deception making the bad guy the good guy and the good guy the bad guy. Islam is the 7the head of the dragon, the one in Revelation. Jesus will come and wipe out all the Imams and religious leaders and crush the minarets and the Muslims will cry and gnash their teeth. too late now..And Obama sides with them.

43 posted on 08/19/2010 12:08:53 PM PDT by pburgh01
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To: tobyhill

Posted on Saturday, June 12, 2010 1:01:16 AM by NoLibZone

This was a statement by Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit on Nile-TV. It was made on the «Round table show».

This is the statement recorded:

Adul Gheit said he had a one-on-one meeting with Obama, where the US President told him that He was still a Muslim, the son of a Muslim father, the step son of Muslim stepfather, that his half brothers in Kenya are Muslims, and that he was sympatetic towards the Muslim agenda.

Adul Gheit claimed Obama told the Arabs to show patience. Obama promised that once he overcame some domestic issues, like the Health care reform, he would show the Muslim World how to deal with Israel.


44 posted on 08/19/2010 12:13:30 PM PDT by bt579 (Is government doing us more harm than good? Pruning the power begins with the Presidency)
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To: tobyhill

and you shall know them by their works...

false prophets, false philosophies, false teachings...

15”Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves. 16By their fruit you will recognize them. Do people pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? 17Likewise every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. 18A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit. 19Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 20Thus, by their fruit you will recognize them. Matthew


45 posted on 08/19/2010 12:14:37 PM PDT by EBH (Our First Right...."it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it,")
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To: Spreadhead

“So then, you will know them by their fruits.”

Words mean little, especially for a politician. We can only judge them by their actions.


46 posted on 08/19/2010 12:15:17 PM PDT by BigBobber
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To: tobyhill
"No religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States."

He got elected, didn't he, Elizabeth? We don't have to like it that he is a crypto-Muslim or Ed Cone acolyte, but he got elected, but there is no "test" here.

The MSM is cowering in fear over what this mosque thing reveals about Obama. They know Americans view Obama as "other" than them, alien to their culture.

47 posted on 08/19/2010 12:19:55 PM PDT by backwoods-engineer (There is no "common good" which minimizes or sacrifices the individual. --Walter Scott Hudson)
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To: Spreadhead
He states that he is a Christian.

Hitler publicly claimed to be a Christian, but in fact was very hostile to Christianity. Hitler was just much, much better at posing that the artless dilettante in the White House.

48 posted on 08/19/2010 12:23:44 PM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (The naked casuistry of the high priests of Warmism would make a Jesuit blush.)
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To: tobyhill

Unbelievable. This same left wing media that hates Christians, now trying to defend Obama, insisting that he is Christian. The left wing is going in circles.


49 posted on 08/19/2010 12:28:24 PM PDT by Hattie
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To: tobyhill
Imam Obamah has only been to a Christian church only a couple of times since becoming Imam of the United States.

But spent 20yrs in hate-filled, muslim honoring African Nationalist so-called church.

50 posted on 08/19/2010 12:31:24 PM PDT by TexasCajun
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To: Spreadhead
Spreadhead
Since Aug 13, 2010

What proof do any of us have, but our words? He states that he is a Christian.

OOPS! Obama Slips - Admits Muslim Faith

If I state that I am a 300 LB lineman for the Dallas Cowboys, would you believe me? I just stated that, so take it for the truth.

51 posted on 08/19/2010 12:32:42 PM PDT by Arrowhead1952 (Remember in November. Clean the house on Nov. 2. / Progressive is a PC word for liberal democrat.)
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To: Spreadhead
What proof do any of us have, but our words? He states that he is a Christian.

Only God can see into a man's heart.

But that said, if someone was a member of a 'church' for 20 years that had the following posted in their 'About Us' section of their website (tucc.org - prior to March 2008 ... They've since 'cleaned up' their statement), I'd strongly suspect: Not Christian...

About Us[Trinity United Church of Christ]

We are a congregation which is Unashamedly Black and Unapologetically Christian... Our roots in the Black religious experience and tradition are deep, lasting and permanent. We are an African people, and remain "true to our native land," the mother continent, the cradle of civilization. God has superintended our pilgrimage through the days of slavery, the days of segregation, and the long night of racism. It is God who gives us the strength and courage to continuously address injustice as a people, and as a congregation. We constantly affirm our trust in God through cultural expression of a Black worship service and ministries which address the Black Community. Trinity United Church of Christ adopted the Black Value System written by the Manford Byrd Recognition Committee chaired by Vallmer Jordan in 1981. We believe in the following 12 precepts and covenantal statements. These Black Ethics must be taught and exemplified in homes, churches, nurseries and schools, wherever Blacks are gathered. They must reflect on the following concepts:

1. Commitment to God
2. Commitment to the Black Community
3. Commitment to the Black Family
4. Dedication to the Pursuit of Education
5. Dedication to the Pursuit of Excellence
6. Adherence to the Black Work Ethic
7. Commitment to Self-Discipline and Self-Respect
8. Disavowal of the Pursuit of "Middleclassness"
9. Pledge to make the fruits of all developing and acquired skills available to the Black Community
10. Pledge to Allocate Regularly, a Portion of Personal Resources for Strengthening and Supporting Black Institutions
11. Pledge allegiance to all Black leadership who espouse and embrace the Black Value System
12. Personal commitment to embracement of the Black Value System.

The Pastor as well as the membership of Trinity United Church of Christ is committed to a 10-point Vision:

1. A congregation committed to ADORATION.
2. A congregation preaching SALVATION.
3. A congregation actively seeking RECONCILIATION.
4. A congregation with a non-negotiable COMMITMENT TO AFRICA.
5. A congregation committed to BIBLICAL EDUCATION.
6. A congregation committed to CULTURAL EDUCATION.
7. A congregation committed to the HISTORICAL EDUCATION OF AFRICAN PEOPLE IN DIASPORA.
8. A congregation committed to LIBERATION.
9. A congregation committed to RESTORATION.
10. A congregation working towards ECONOMIC PARITY.

Notice anything 'odd' about that long 'About Us' message... They seem to be focused on something, but its not Worship of God and Christ. Not once is the LORD Jesus Christ's Name mentioned...

I'll say it again - a 20 year member of this 'church': Not Christian.

52 posted on 08/19/2010 12:42:14 PM PDT by El Cid (Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house...)
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To: Diogenesis

Zero is covering up he is a Muslim. This is what did Nixon in.
Being a Muslim is bad, but covering it up makes it worse.


53 posted on 08/19/2010 12:45:50 PM PDT by archivist007
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To: tobyhill

Not as long as (he she) are honest about it, but when they keep it hidden or lie about it, different story.


54 posted on 08/19/2010 12:54:10 PM PDT by VTenigma
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To: tobyhill

When that “faith” is hatred of the US and its citizens...YES it matters a hell of a lot!!!


55 posted on 08/19/2010 1:01:48 PM PDT by Oldpuppymax
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To: tobyhill
"No religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States."

-Article VI, Section 3, United States Constitution

Does the religion of a president matter?

No, and maybe.

Someone's religion doesn't constitutionally disqualify them for the Presidency, as stated above.

However, once a Voter steps into the voting booth everything from religion, skin color, general appearance, weight, nose size, and anything else (no matter how serious, or how trivial) the voter likes/dislikes about the candidate matters -- to that voter's decision about who to pull the lever for.

That's the strength, or weakness (depending upon your happiness about the outcome of an election), of America's use of secret voting.

So, the author's quote of the Constitution only applies to whether a candidate can qualify to get their name on the ballot, but beyond that, has nothing to do with the Voters' decision whether to select them from the list of candidates.

56 posted on 08/19/2010 1:12:50 PM PDT by Col Freeper (FR is a smorgasbord of Conservative thoughts and ideas - dig in and enjoy it to its fullest!)
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To: tobyhill

In this case yes.


57 posted on 08/19/2010 1:27:46 PM PDT by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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To: tobyhill

About 80% of Americans are UNIFIED against this mosque.

DEHUMANIZING TRADITIONAL AMERICA, THE OBAMA GOAL

That makes no difference to the national socialist elite in power, they want to cow America with their Utopia. The former needless genocidal 9/11 sacrifice of 3800 innocent lives is trumped by “ minority rights.” This is just the beginning if Obama and his national socialist junta is allowed to stay in power. People in general should make no mistake about it.

The dehumanization of the 9/11 victims is the goal Obama has.Once this is accomplished, the sky is the limit for this sort of thing.He means to define who is humanand who is not. And then we are to watch silently as Obama’s plan to isolate and disempower middle America socially , politically and economically accelerates. Dehumanization of sectors of society is a major fascist technique. So far he has dehumanized many, including the Fort Hood shooting victims, as the sanctity of Muslims is preserved in our military over the necessity for American justice and the future protection of our military personell.

On a parallel matter, Obama is redistricting America as we speak, using the 2010 census. The defining parameters will be to cloister racial and ethnic minorites into their own Congressional constituncies. Subsequently the plan is to pit that block of racial and ethnic minority voters against the rest of America. The “ minority rights” aspect of this mosque argument will then be applied to budgeting. Special federal programs to provide “historical justice “ for the so called ‘exploited” will be put in place. Using fannie / freddie for affirmative action lending nearly destroyed our nation and the world economy, and now Obama wants to remake Fannie /Freddie? You can imagine the image in which he will remake these bogus institutions, even Barney Frank is bailing.

There is a very large comprehensive plan, and the mosque right now is the icon on a much larger political battle front. America is kept ignorant of this larger battle. The Obama Utopia is a cultural mosaic, not a melting pot, and he is quietly going about this redefinition of America which will now be rammed down our throats , using his executive powers, the Supreme Court, and a cowed Congress.

Obama will not unite America, he intends to divide it and conquer it, and will use force to do so if he thinks it necessary.Thats why he manifests a burgeoning Secret Service personal security plan which now freezes our municipalities as he travels about our nation.Its a message, part of his campaign to cow America into submission.

This mosque must not be built, if it is, it will likely be destroyed. As Rush Limbaugh says, can one imagine building a Shinto Temple adjacent to the USS Arizona at Pearl Harbor, 10 years after it happened there?

You can see the reasoning here about the overall Obama approach which he has very carefully revealed to America in fits and starts, so few will connect the dots. This is his so called transparency:

http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html


58 posted on 08/19/2010 1:57:49 PM PDT by Candor7 (Obama . fascist info..http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html)
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