Hi to all my Forum Friends,
The excerpts below are from the Perspectives section of OneNewsNow.Com and, in my mind, raise several questions. First, why do we have a president who is so evasive about his religious beliefs -- when it is so easy to put the issue to rest?
And, of course, the question which has been on the minds of Americans for the past two years -- is Obama an American citizen or is he in the White House illegally, i.e., against the criteria set down in our Constitution as strict requirements for a person to be elected to the presidency -- a natural born American citizen? Again, this is an issue which can easily be put to rest.
The biggest question on most minds is: Why will he not simply stand up like a man and settle these two simple issues -- instead of allowing them to fester like an open wound?
If I had stolen money and was asked if I had stolen the money -- I would either lie, say no, or keep my mouth shut.
On the other hand, if I had not stolen the money and actually had proof which would show me to be innocent -- I would be an idiot to not quickly produce that evidence.
As the article below says, "This isn't rocket science."
I have only shown excerpts from Dr. Kengor's article. To read the full article, click on the URL shown below:
God bless, have a wonderful, blessed day,
Bill
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OBAMA INVITES CONFUSION ABOUT HIS FAITH
OneNewsNow.Com, Perspective Section
Dr. Paul Kengor - Guest Columnist - 8/24/2010
http://www.onenewsnow.com/Pers...ault.aspx?id=1134060
Dr. Paul Kengor is professor of political science and executive director of the Center for Vision & Values at Grove City College. His books include "God and Ronald Reagan," "God and George W. Bush," and "God and Hillary Clinton."
The recent poll by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life is generating much discussion over its provocative finding that an increasing number of Americans (nearly one in five) believe that President Obama is a Muslim. The survey was completed before Obama's recent comments endorsing the construction of a mosque near Ground Zero.
While this no doubt is a fascinating development, consuming most media coverage of the poll, and unprecedented in presidential history, the figure of greater interest to me — and not surprising — is the percentage of Americans unsure about whether Obama is a Christian, or, more generally, about his faith at all.
"[T]he proportion saying [Obama] is a Christian has declined," reports Pew. "More than a year and a half into his presidency, a plurality of the public says they do not know what religion Obama follows." Pew added: "Only about one-third of adults (34 percent) say Obama is a Christian, down sharply from 48 percent in 2009. Fully 43 percent say they do not know what Obama's religion is."
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Our puzzling president:
All of this, from rare church attendance to the lack of other conventional displays of faith, has persisted well into Obama's presidency. Think about the oddity of this one fact alone: The current president has neither a church, nor, to my knowledge, even a denomination. When I'm asked questions about his faith, by sincere people not looking to attack, I sincerely can't give a good answer. It's a problem I didn't have with any of the Bushes, the Clintons, Reagan, Carter, and on and on.
In short, and I don't mean this to be disparaging, with Barack Obama we are witnessing the most unconventional faith profile of a president in arguably 200 years. The assessment we're getting from a curious public is not a crass misperception by a bunch of intolerants, but, rather, natural puzzlement.
Of course, it shouldn't be difficult to rectify misperceptions. Throughout American history, presidents have been asked about their faith and sat for lengthy interviews sharing their thinking, explaining precisely what they believe. Why doesn't Obama simply do the same? This isn't rocket science.
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