"Those results, from a new Pew Research Center survey, were drawn from interviews done before the president's comments about the construction of an Islamic cultural center near Ground Zero, and they suggest that there could be serious political danger for the White House as the debate continues.
The president's religion, like his place of birth, has been the subject of Internet-spread rumors and falsehoods since before he began his presidential campaign, and the poll indicates that those rumors have gained currency since Obama took office. The number of people who now correctly identify Obama as a Christian has dropped to 34 percent, down from nearly half when he took office." Washpost
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Collective madness? Cynical manipulation of the bigotry of the ignorant? A bad joke? Some of all of that?
Do these people imagine that Islam is a sort of tribe into which one is born with an indelible mark upon the soul? There are Muslims who think that but do the Americans who think that Obama is a Muslim also believe that?
Since the USA is a heavily Christian country, I don't understand the belief on the part of so many that Obama is Muslim. Christians generally believe that Christ is the redeemer who died in expiation of our collective sin and that he is available to us if we take him as moral exemplar and guide.
Obama publicly proclaims his faith. He worships as a Christian. He educates his children as Christians. He walks like a Christian, prays like a Christian, etc. Why would one say that he is not a Christian?
Is it that he expresses compassion for Muslims? I think that if you cannot feel compassion, then you are not much of a Christian. pl
"Those results, from a new Pew Research Center survey, were drawn from interviews done before the president's comments about the construction of an Islamic cultural center near Ground Zero, and they suggest that there could be serious political danger for the White House as the debate continues.
