"I'm a Christian by choice," he told a woman who asked why he's a Christian. "My mother was one of the most spiritual people I knew, but she didn't raise me in the church... So I came to my Christian faith later in life and it was because the precepts of Jesus Christ spoke to me in terms of the kind of life that I would want to lead — being my brothers' and sisters' keeper, treating others as they would treat me."
Wow... that response really sucked. Seriously, you weren't rasied in a church, Mr. President, because your mother was atheist and both your father and your stepfather were Muslim. In fact, Mr. President, you grew up in a mosque, well at least Muslim schools.
Things must be bad, folks! Obama is clinging to his religion!?! He's actually talking about his faith! Well, sort of... When asked about abortion in light of his Christian faith, Obama replied that it should be "safe, legal and rare"...
How Christian.
I think I may have preferred the response, "that question is above my paygrade."
This whole "I'm a Christain by choice" canard is a little off-putting and anti-Christian, as well. According to Ephesians 1:4-6.
(That's the Bible, lefties. The book that Christians believe is the word of God! Just saying...)
For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love he predestined us to be adopted as his sons through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will— to the praise of his glorious grace, which he has freely given us in the One he loves.
The "kind of life that I would want to lead" is a little self-centered, Mr. President. Plus, the central question is not of obeying precepts (obliging rules and regulations); rather it's about repenting of sin and believing in and submitting to the authority of the Lord Jesus Christ. Again, just saying...
Many Republicans are familiar with the term RINO (Republicans in Name Only). Well, based on the words and actions of President Obama, I think that he is a CHRINO (Christian in Name Only).
Read more here.
P.S. The Golden Rule and "being you brother and sisters keeper" are not the precepts of Jesus. Again, just saying...
LMAO!
Chris will be slinking away soon and go back to trolling in the dark of night.
Than after a few months he will come back, post a few incoherent comments, get the beat down and run again.
Some times predictability can be so entertaining.
Posted by: Maddypie | October 02, 2010 at 09:00 AM
James, I guess I should be happy than you are still allowing me to post here, since you feel the need so often to prevent that from happening.
Yes, James, who can know it.. since you don't know it either, I would say calling Obama a fraudulent Christian is as irresponsible as assuming that his heart is in the wrong place regarding faith, no? Both are assumptions and highly subjective at that, so why try to call me out for doing the same thing you are doing? Doesn't that make you a.... *cough* hypocrite? Remove the splinter from thine own eye, James.
I happen to think Richard Nixon was the worst president ever, and since he was impeached I guess my opinion is slightly more valid than yours, so are you going to insist that your opinion is correct??
I'm not assuming anything except you wouldn't dare call McCain a fraudulent Christian because he's a Republican. Dispute me if you want, that's fine, but I just have a hard time believing it, that's all.
Yes I did call Cookers a dumbass because he seems to think he can contradict himself in his own paragraph and I'm supposed to take it as truth. The truth is you ARE accusing Obama of playing Christian for his political benefit, this is not a "discussion" this is a trial, and Obama lost without having has the chance to defend his own faith.
I am so serious and if you have a problem with me "Telling it like it is" you can just ban me, like you usually do.
Posted by: Chris | October 02, 2010 at 04:57 PM
OK Chris... You're banned. (Gosh... I hope it works this time!)
Posted by: James T. | October 02, 2010 at 08:15 PM
James T, did Chris really call me that? I nodded off about halfway through that dreadful stream of semi-consciousness that I missed that.
Chris, you have every right to think and believe what you want.
You are completely wrong, but the Constitution grants you the freedom to be as wrong as you want to be.
Way to go exercising that freedeom with gusto. Here, Here!!
Posted by: Cookers | October 03, 2010 at 12:24 AM
PS to Chris - do you know what the word contradiction means? If not, go back and read your own posts. That should help.
Posted by: Cookers | October 03, 2010 at 12:27 AM
yeah I suppose I am just plain wrong that you guys implying Obama is faking his Christianity is a bunch of half-hearted slanderous nonsense... completely off base on that one..
I know one thing I'm right about, this place is as Christlike as any other religious/political institution... which is to say its not, but hey I guess that's just my opinion.
Posted by: Chris | October 03, 2010 at 04:33 AM
Hey chris, the commie dog has been spinning the dial since 2007 on what his Religion and beliefs are.
He is a commie chameleon and professes his faith on which way the wind is blowing at that moment.
Get back to me when his ass-ness gets the balls to spin the dial, land on his Faith and stick to it.
Maybe than we can debate what he believes in.
Right now all he believes in is the commie media who continues to accommodate his absurdities and lies.
@Cookers and James T.
isn't it fun having chris back. It is just like taking candy from a baby.
Posted by: Maddypie | October 03, 2010 at 05:12 AM
Ahhh James, if that's you in the pic, you lost me at hello. You have on three rings!!!! :)
Posted by: I want to believe in god, but she keeps letting me down. | October 03, 2010 at 08:26 AM
Chris is back? Damnation!!!! This banning thing is for the birds!
Posted by: James T. | October 03, 2010 at 08:30 AM
She god,
I use to have more rings! I lost three on my left hand when I got married!
Posted by: James T. | October 03, 2010 at 08:33 AM
James, I promise I will only post when you and your entourage have taken it too far. Toodles.
Posted by: Chris | October 03, 2010 at 09:08 AM
Promises, promises...
Ladies and Gentlemen... Chris has left the National Conversation... Not to be heard again until we (not the Chocolate Jesus) go to far... again.
See ya Chris! God speed (that's the KJV), continue to keep your powder wet and that Bible closed.
@Maddypie I've got a cavity!
Posted by: James T. | October 03, 2010 at 09:25 AM
Toodles? He must be off to the pansy parade.
Posted by: Frank | October 03, 2010 at 11:56 AM
The stuff I miss when I'm off to profess my faith... and tend to my Mom!
Buh-bye chris.
Posted by: Joyce | October 03, 2010 at 12:31 PM
@James, Dr. Maddypie says that cavity should be gone in no time.
Listen, can you hear it?
Sweet silence, no whining.
I think the baby has crawled back into his crib.
Posted by: Maddypie | October 03, 2010 at 06:23 PM
It's all good, Joyce, Frank, Maddypie and everyone else. Just because Chris was arguing in semi coherant threads doesn't mean we should get worked up about it. the lot of us could compose a post that details behaviour and positions taken by President Obama that are on the surface anti-christian or at least not inkeeping with the traditions of our faith, but that isn't going to convince Chris. Take his insistence to argue in a cyclical illogical fashion to mean he would rather have fun playing games with us than engage in meaningful conversation where maybe all of us could learn something.
Posted by: LegioNofZioN | October 04, 2010 at 11:52 AM
Maybe one day we will grow up as a nation and not care about our leaders' religious beliefs or lack thereof. And James, let's not make this a left/right issue because as an atheistic/union member/socialist I have seen alot of selfishness and greed from so called good Christian conservatives. Leave the man's beliefs alone, he chooses to be a Christian so be it.
Posted by: PilotX | October 06, 2010 at 08:43 PM
You call that grown up PilotX? I call that naive. You can make it left/right/up/down/in or out.
Whatever.
The Pres. doesn't get a free pass from me just because you can't handle the fact that he attempted to use his "faith" to fool those of us who are "clinging to our guns and Bibles."
Try harder Pilot.
Posted by: James T. | October 06, 2010 at 09:25 PM
James has a point PilotX, if the President didn't attempt to use faith and faith communities to advance his positions, then what you ask would be logical. I for one still give him the benefit of the doubt more often than not, but to debate his faith of lack thereof is a good choice for public debate given his own actions and policies.
Posted by: LegioNofZioN | October 07, 2010 at 09:14 AM
We won't be able to modify our previous. We are not able to modification the simple fact that individuals will act in a very specific way. However the only factor we are able to do is play around the one particular string we've, and that's our perspective.
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