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Why are Americans confused about Obama's religion?
The Washington Examiner ^ | February 22, 2015 | Byron York

Posted on 02/22/2015 3:22:57 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife

"..........In June,2012, Gallup asked,"Do you happen to know the religious faith of Barack Obama?" Forty-four percent said they did not know,while 36 percent said he is a Christian, 11 percent said he is a Muslim, and eight percent said he has no religion. The "don't know" group included 36 percent of Democrats.(A larger number of Republicans, 47 percent, said they didn't know Obama's religion,as did 46 percent of independents.)........

.....Whenever the issue pops up, Obama's most ardent supporters are quick to blame conservative media for misperceptions about Obama's religion. But it's possible something in Obama's public presentation of himself has also created confusion among a significant number of Americans about his religion. The fact is, Obama's religious roots and development have always been a complicated story. In 2010, after the Pew poll came out, I wrote about the causes of public confusion about Obama and faith, particularly the belief that he is a Muslim:........."

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TOPICS: Editorial; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: domesticpolicy; foreignpolicy; leadership; msm; muslim; obama; obamareligion; religion
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Most Westerners - especially those in the USA, if they listen at all, see no distinction between Islam and Christianity - even some hating Christians and Christianity while praising muslims as morally superior. Which is why so many fall for the “moderate” Islam line.


61 posted on 02/22/2015 5:36:45 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Fundamentally, he’s a very orthodox Obamanist.


62 posted on 02/22/2015 5:39:32 AM PST by tbpiper
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To: xzins

That doesn’t matter. Islam officially allows for lying to non-Muslims if it is to advance or protect Islam-it’s called “taqqiya”. And for that matter, he doesn’t have be a devout Muslim to be a Muslim-I can’t see him being a devout anything because he does indeed worship himself. But as far as he follows any religious/politcal system (and make no mistake, Islam is as much a political system as it is a religion), it’s Islam.


63 posted on 02/22/2015 5:41:47 AM PST by mrsmel (One Who Can See)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
ASSHAT
64 posted on 02/22/2015 5:43:57 AM PST by baddog 219
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
Why are Americans confused about Obama's religion?

Because he's a Muzzie and Muzzieism is new to America.

65 posted on 02/22/2015 5:44:42 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Bush "hates black people" but don't you dare accuse Barry of not liking Americans!)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

He attached himself only to those aspects of Christianity that helps him to sell communism to the American public


66 posted on 02/22/2015 5:48:10 AM PST by virgil (The evil that men do lives after them)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

I am not. Not confused at all.


67 posted on 02/22/2015 6:38:22 AM PST by ThunderSleeps (Stop obarma now! Stop the hussein - insane agenda!)
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To: uncitizen
Do you have a link? Thanks.
68 posted on 02/22/2015 6:41:02 AM PST by Eagles6 (Valley Forge Redux. If not now, when? If not here, where? If not us then who?)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

He calls it the “holy” koran and said that it was revealed. No Christian would say those things.


69 posted on 02/22/2015 6:43:49 AM PST by Eagles6 (Valley Forge Redux. If not now, when? If not here, where? If not us then who?)
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To: ThunderSleeps; MinuteGal

The Rev. Wright was a Muzzie himself before he started his alleged Christian hate church.


70 posted on 02/22/2015 6:46:30 AM PST by flaglady47 (The useful idiots always go first)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

I for one am not confused. Just look at what he does and you will find the answer. His words are just so much BS, it is his actions that betray him. Muslim born and Muslim until death.


71 posted on 02/22/2015 6:47:52 AM PST by JayAr36 (Republicans. When you compromise with evil, EVIL wins.)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Obama went to a Muslim school as a child but his ultimate faith is in Marx and Lenin.

It shows in his decision to kill Bin Laden, who actions hurt the Marxist cause by discrediting terrorism as a method of political action.

Communist and Communist backed terrorism was a major feature of the 20th Century.

It also shows in his infatuation with Iran and giving them what they want.

The Iranian regime’s closest “friends” are the Marxist-Leninist nations like Venezuela and Cuba, North Korea and China. Russia is also a friendly nation.

The Soviets occupied northern Iran including Tehran during WW 2 and subverted the country and planted agents there to exploit events like the “Islamic Revolution”.


72 posted on 02/22/2015 6:57:51 AM PST by Nextrush (OBAMACARE IS A BAILOUT FOR THE HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Is American hating Islamofacism a religion?


73 posted on 02/22/2015 6:59:01 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: Pollster1

What is even more of a mystery is how the American public voted for him, TWICE!

Bad omen for America’s future.


74 posted on 02/22/2015 6:59:49 AM PST by 353FMG
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To: XRdsRev; All

He points his golf cart east 5 times a day.


75 posted on 02/22/2015 6:59:59 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
He's gotta be a Christian.

After all, John McCain refused to use his middle name (Hussein) or have it uttered by his campaign in 2008 and the GOP was again completely silent about it in 2012. They treated it like a "government shutdown" and refused to go there for any reason. Same with the media.

So, he's gotta be a Christian!

76 posted on 02/22/2015 7:03:44 AM PST by Gritty (To assent to obvious lies is to co-operate with evil. Liars are easy to control-Theodore Dalrymple)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

A man with Obama’s ego has no religion. Government is his God and he is the messiah. Obama envies political Islam but can not accept any higher power than himself. Sadly, there are people that believe the same and actually pray to and worship Obama.


77 posted on 02/22/2015 7:04:48 AM PST by Organic Panic
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To: mrsmel

I would say that he is actually only a cultural Muslim. A real Muslim believes in a god; Obama, being a malignant narcissist, could never engage in the sort of humbling of self to a deity that religious faith requires. He worships himself, not God, not even the god “Allah.”


78 posted on 02/22/2015 7:09:02 AM PST by ottbmare (the OTTB mare, now a proud Marine Mom)
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To: tbpiper

Obamunisum,,

that’s a horse of a different color!


79 posted on 02/22/2015 7:16:20 AM PST by Big Red Badger (UNSCANABLE in an IDIOCRACY!)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

He is what ever is convenient at the time. Under that, he is nothing.


80 posted on 02/22/2015 7:16:48 AM PST by KosmicKitty (Liberals claim to want to hear other views, but then are shocked to discover there are other views)
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