The latest polls show 18% of Americans believe Barack Obama is a Muslim. A small percentage but still very disturbing. The percentage of people who think he is a Christian has fallen from 51% to 34%. Those who call themselves conservative Republicans are more likely to say he is a Muslim then say more moderate repubs and democrats, NO kidding!
President Obama does not NEED to flaunt his religion so fanatics can feel at ease. If you are a true Christian that is your personal journey, you don't have to wear your religion on your shirt sleeve. There is no reason to constantly talk about your faith and throw it in peoples faces the way GW Bush did. So, according to religious rightwingers, Bush was a Christian because he told them so and President Obama is a Muslim because he did not tell them so..
Joel Hunter, an evangelical pastor who is part of a small circle of spiritual advisers who frequently talk to Obama by phone, said this in an interview, "There is a downside to not wanting to expose what is personal to the political arena, it leaves all kinds of room for speculation and conspiracy and people who are just not informed."
"You know what happens with a vacuum?" he said."It gets filled."
Joshua DuBois, the president's chief faith adviser in the White House, said the president does not intend to suddenly practice his faith in public in an effort to counter misperceptions.
"The president's spiritual life, his Christian walk, is something that is important to him not for communications reasons or political reasons," DuBois said. "We're not going to shift course in any way on the basis of a short-term event."
That's smart Mr. President, to all of a sudden appear in church would just add fuel to the fire.
President Obama is the Christian son of a Kenyan Muslim father and a Kansas mother. From age 6 to 10 Obama lived in Muslim Indonesia with his mother and Indonesian stepfather. His full name is Barack Hussein Obama. That makes you fearful? This is one of the most ridiculous, outrageously stupid, arguments coming from fearmongering fanatics I have ever heard! Well, besides the "sky is falling chicken little story"....
GET A LIFE PEOPLE!!
