One of the things that people don’t realize is just how easy it is to become, be considered, or stay a Muslim.
According to Islamic law, all one has to do as an adult is say the “Shahadah,” (in Arabic) “There is no God but Allah, and Mohammed is his prophet.” and this is the “creed,” nothing else is required for entrance (and exist of course must be at death...either natural, or, by others, if you choose to leave Islam (”you can check out any time you like but, you can NEVER leave...”) Of course too, unlike in Judaism (where the Mother must be a Jew) a father’s child is automatically a Muslim, and no ceremony analogous to circumcision (as in Judaism) or baptism is required to automatically consider that child a Muslim. So as far as the Muslim world is concerned, Obama IS a Muslim...in spite of what he and his supporters say.
Another odd thing is that Obama claims to have become a Christian in the 1980s, while he was in his 20s. I’m exactly the same age as the President...and I recall major events (like girlfriends or job changes) from the ‘80s with ease. There is not date or record (or recollection) of a baptism—and even if Obama cannot recollect the date of his “conversion” ANYONE would remember going up front as an adult in Church to receive baptism.
All Christian denominations (except maybe Quakers) require baptism for Church membership. Since Obama’s mother was an atheist, and his father and step-father were Muslims, he was not baptised as a child...so if he actually became a Christian as an adult—he WOULD have been soon baptised—and no one has brought any evidence showing he has.
See #66. I write from the perspective of once being a member of the Congregational Church which merged with the Evangelical and Reformed Church around 1958 to form the United Church of Christ. Trinity United Church of Christ is a member of that same denomination, although most UCoC churches follow the direction of their own congregations. They are independent and very pround of not taking external direction.