So What If He Were Muslim?

The fact of the matter is that Obama only started going to church after local leaders said he wouldn't get anywhere in Community Organizing without going to church and making connections. Either it was a political decision or he really was brought to Christianity for the first time by a racist nutjob who blames America and white people for 9/11. Personally I hope it was a political sceme so at least he's not some kind of ultra-radical. But his political career was launched at an enviro-terrorist's house and his other "father figure" is a Communist pedophile, Frank Marshall Davis. I know it sounds almost too odd to be true, but I'm not throwing this stuff out there. It's just happens to be factually true.

(http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/uselection2008/barackobama/2601914/Frank-Marshall-Davis-alleged-Communist-was-early-influence-on-Barack-Obama.html)

You know, even if he did convert to Christianity, shouldn't that be a plus, Christians? As a Christian myself, I don't really care what religion he WAS or USED TO BE (OR NEVER WAS) as long as he accepts Jesus Christ now.
Besides, even if he were Muslim, it shouldn't matter. This government is SUPPOSED to practice seperation of Church and State.

Christians who hate Muslims and think Obama is dangerous should reread the Bible and LOOK CAREFULLY at Jesus' teachings. He preached to love thy neighboor, not unequivocally hate.

About the quoted statement in the article by Valerie Jarrett top Obama advisor:"...one's religion is one's business, that no candidate should be subjected to tests of religious faith as long as the candidate believes in separating faith from goveernance..."
COMMENT:As long as the religion does not intrinsecally demands its believers govern politically according to the beliefs dictated in the religion itself...

Ellis, while I find your article very interesting, I believe you are off-base to assume that religious beliefs and politics are completely separate. I believe very strongly in the separation of church and state but a Politician???s religious/spiritual beliefs should dramatically influence their decision-making. When making a difficult or controversial decision, I have always leaned on my core beliefs which are fundamentally based in my religion. To think that anyone can completely abandon these beliefs is simply naïve, especially for a person with the responsibility of our Nation and it???s future. Having said that, Obama has been unfairly targeted regarding religion. How many adulterous or scandal-ridden Politicians claim they are religious and time and time again get caught in compromising positions yet their religious beliefs are not questioned? That is the underlying racism at work not only in this campaign but that exists across America.

Ellis, while I find your article very interesting, I believe you are off-base to assume that religious beliefs and politics are completely separate. I believe very strongly in the separation of church and state but a Politician???s religious/spiritual beliefs should dramatically influence their decision-making. When making an difficult or controversial decision, I have always leaned on my core beliefs which are fundamentally based in my religion. To think that anyone can completely abandon these beliefs is simply naïve, especially for a person with the responsibility of our Nation and it???s future. Having said that, Obama has been unfairly targeted regarding religion. How many times does someone have to say they are a Christian for people to believe it? How many adulterous or scandal-ridden Politicians claim they are religious and time and time again get caught in compromising positions yet their religious beliefs are not questioned? That is the underlying racism at work not only in this campaign but that exists across America.

My singular disappointment with Senator Obama is that he did not answer the smear campaign with the statement: "I'm not Muslim; I'm Christian--but in our country that should not make a difference."

Thank you for this article. This issue has been overlooked by the media for way too long. The primary reason this country exists is the pursuit of religious freedom.

Wow. This writer tries to calm the anti-Moslem nervousness and fears of voters by citing a CAIR representative? The writer obviously doesn't know that CAIR has been linked to terrorist promotion and financing. CAIR also calls for, and has as their political agenda, a hundred year plan to Islamicize America and the eventual flying of the Islamic flag above the nation's capital. CAIR should be shunned by society and by political parties, and their supporters (like this article's writer) and NGOs should likewise be chastised.

http://my.barackobama.com/page/invite/birthcert

http://my.barackobama.com/page/content/fightthesmearshome/
And for the Pièce de résistance:

http://www.vietnamveteransagainstjohnmccain.com/

In President Kennedy's run, the suggestions that Roman Catholicism was a disqualifier were founded in a root belief that a Roman Catholic might have dual loyalties divided between his nation and his Constitutional oath on one hand, and his religion and religious leader (the Pope in Rome) on the other hand. That view was proven wrong in Kennedy's case, but it was not fundamentally unreasonable or indicative of intolerance for voters to be concerned about it. The voters are responsible for choosing a President who will preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States, without divided loyalty.

American voters, by and large, don't worry about Protestant Christian faiths, which don't have strong central leadership and have passed the test of time in regard to compatibility with the Presidency. History has seved to educate the voters that Protestant Christian Presidents don't have divided loyalty.

This is the first time that a candidate has been linked (albeit factually incorrectly) to the Moslem faith...and that faith is widely perceived (albeit again incorrectly) as having central international leadership, hewing to values that are inconsistent with Americanism, and perhaps even wanting to see the US Constitution destroyed. Thus, loyalty concerns have arisen.

Note that, whether or not factually based, a Presidential candidate of the Jewish faith would be likely to have to "prove" his or her single loyalty to the US in order to avoid parallel concerns about loyalties divided between the US and Israel.

Concerns about religion leading to divided loyalties are not in any way specific to the Moslem faith. Whether those concerns arose on their own or have been cynically encouraged by political opponents, it's not unreasonable for voters to be concerned with their constitutional responsibility to judge that factor. What we owe the voters is however much media education it takes for them to be aware of the facts.

My browser went haywire so I am sorry for the typos in my last post
( thought I would get this in real quick before some of you " intelligent " folks respond to my previous typing

Ah geezzz ... now we're getting into the he said/she said mode ... degrading ourselves for all the world to see! Turning it into racism ... last time I checked we are American and we do have the right to free speech. I might not agree with it ... I might even call it reversed racism and un-American. But, at least I can say it!!!

I thought for a long time that I lived among morons, but I wasn't sure. Reading many of the comments urged by Mr. Cose's stupid article, I now know I am. Islam is a high-jacked rligion and ideology. Islam and the United States Constitution are incompatible. Most of the commentators have teh slightest idea of Islam. It is a fascist religion -- one that has control of its members from birth to death. If you want that, go to Saudi Arabia.

whatintheworld: You left your Caps Lock on. I couldn't read what you burbled.

WHAT YOUR GOVERNMENT IS NOT TELLING YOU: journal Le Monde, WE ARE LOOSING THE WAR AGAINST THE TALIBANS AND IT IS GOING TO AFFECT THE WHOLE WORLD! Thanks to Bush!
And you want 4 more years of the Bush agenda?? You ve got to be out of your mind!'

Read the Koran, and if you are inteligent enough to understand it you will realize why NO musllim should ever be elected to the highest office in this nation. Got news for you, 1/3 of the worlds Muslims would love to bury us, and why cafe radicals and worse sit around supporting a smoke-screen leftist like Obama, the nation only becomes more imperiled. This guy's mother was an atheist from Kansas who left her grass-roots family values behind when she married a Muslim from Kenya, who, in turn, rasied Obama for the first 7 years of his life as a Muslim where he attended mosque etc. in one of the most repressive forms of religion in existence. To think this has NOT influenced his view of the world is most naive, and he is about as much a man with good old American values as is Joe Biden who tries to sell HIS working class back-ground while his kids go to Yale and make millions with sweet bank deals. Give me a break. Problem with these two is that their supporters are so brain-washed and unable to criticallly examine his background that they would vote for anybody promising to make this nation a culturally pluralistic, kumbaya untopio where only certain people have to work hard to achieve the American dream so they can support the free-loading parasites who sit around and wait for their unearned piece of the pie. Well it will never happen because there are too many OTHER Americans who will be pushed only so far by left week anarchists, and socialists before they speak at the polls - or by other means!