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« on: February 02, 2016, 04:04:02 PM »
This is a serious question. I've heard Bill Maher, who is himself openly atheist, claim, on an episode of The Daily Show, that President Obama is really an atheist and that he attended Reverend Jeremiah Wright's church for political reasons.

Now that might explain why he doesn't get worked up over people accusing him of being a "secret Muslim".

Of course, a politician's religious beliefs aren't an issue unless they get in the way of policy making and their work.
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« Reply #1 on: February 02, 2016, 04:14:16 PM »
I think Bill is a bit too desperate here to claim Obama as one of his own. If I personally had to guess, I would say Obama is probably a mostly culturally Christian "somethingist".
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« Reply #2 on: February 02, 2016, 04:49:02 PM »
I think that like a large number of Americans, he belongs in the "I occasionally go to church and believe that there is some God, but I'm not very sure of anything and I'm not concerned with religion" crowd.
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« Reply #3 on: February 02, 2016, 05:20:08 PM »
No, he seems to be agnostic or only mildly spiritual. Probably not devout at all, though.
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« Reply #4 on: February 02, 2016, 05:51:32 PM »
Quote from: Clarko95 on February 02, 2016, 04:49:02 PM
I think that like a large number of Americans, he belongs in the "I occasionally go to church and believe that there is some God, but I'm not very sure of anything and I'm not concerned with religion" crowd.
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« Reply #5 on: February 02, 2016, 05:56:53 PM »
I like to think he's in the "who gives a sh[Inks], but I'm a politician so let's play pretend" group.
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« Reply #6 on: February 02, 2016, 06:03:54 PM »
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« Reply #7 on: February 02, 2016, 06:16:15 PM »
Agnostic. Only goes to church to keep up his image and because "that's what good parents do."
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« Reply #8 on: February 02, 2016, 06:42:25 PM »
I don't think Bill Maher has the inside track on Obama's religious life.
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« Reply #9 on: February 02, 2016, 06:47:11 PM »
He's a Christian, but doesn't check on religion. He's playing with fire tomorrow by attending that Baltimore mosque, though.
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« Reply #10 on: February 02, 2016, 06:49:06 PM »
I kinda think that at the most extreme, he's an agnostic. But more likely, he just doesn't really care either way and only goes to church because he's an American politician
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« Reply #11 on: February 02, 2016, 07:09:29 PM »
He's a Christian this is irrelevant.
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« Reply #12 on: February 02, 2016, 07:11:51 PM »
I think he is secretly agnostic or atheist, but I don't care or know. He just strikes me as a natural skeptic.
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« Reply #13 on: February 02, 2016, 07:42:43 PM »
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« Reply #14 on: February 02, 2016, 08:00:47 PM »
I don't think he's suited to be a missionary or anything, and I don't think he's all that devout given his extremely pro-choice nature, but at a basic level, yes, he is a Christian.
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« Reply #15 on: February 02, 2016, 08:08:48 PM »
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« Reply #16 on: February 02, 2016, 08:43:38 PM »
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« Reply #17 on: February 02, 2016, 11:58:46 PM »
Quote from: Joe Republic on February 02, 2016, 05:56:53 PM
he's in the "who gives a sh[Inks], but I'm a politician so let's play pretend" group.
This.
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« Reply #18 on: February 03, 2016, 12:12:25 AM »
He's Christian, just a more liberal one, and no longer feels the need to officially belong to a particular church. Like me.

But really, this is irrelevant.
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« Reply #19 on: February 03, 2016, 04:12:37 AM »
« Edited: February 03, 2016, 11:47:10 AM by MW Representative RFayette »
Quote from: Rockefeller GOP on February 02, 2016, 05:51:32 PM
Quote from: Clarko95 on February 02, 2016, 04:49:02 PM
I think that like a large number of Americans, he belongs in the "I occasionally go to church and believe that there is some God, but I'm not very sure of anything and I'm not concerned with religion" crowd.

Agreed.  I don't want to be the judge of Mr. Obama's salvation, so I'd just take him at his word and say he is a Christian.  Nonetheless, I am concerned with some of his policy stances on moral issues, such as his positions on abortion, gay marriage, and religious liberty.
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« Reply #20 on: February 03, 2016, 04:57:03 AM »
Quote from: MW Representative RFayette on February 03, 2016, 04:12:37 AM
Quote from: DavidB. on February 02, 2016, 11:58:46 PM
Quote from: Joe Republic on February 02, 2016, 05:56:53 PM
he's in the "who gives a sh[Inks], but I'm a politician so let's play pretend" group.
This.

Agreed.  I don't want to be the judge of Mr. Obama's salvation, so I'd just take him at his word and say he is a Christian.  Nonetheless, I am concerned with some of his policy stances on moral issues, such as his positions on abortion, gay marriage, and religious liberty.

Then you don't agree with me at all.  I said he's part of the "who gives a sh**t" crowd, or 'apatheist' as I sometimes like to describe us.  I'm not taking his word for it when he says he's a Christian.
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« Reply #21 on: February 03, 2016, 06:02:15 AM »
He's probably nominally Christian in a European sense (in that 'meh') An increasing number of American's are but have to act up as Joe puts it for  the sake of politics.
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« Reply #22 on: February 03, 2016, 06:26:25 AM »
I think he's a Christian in so far as he believes in 'something' and probably agrees with the Christian social-justice ethos. I don't think he thinks at all about 'salvation' or any of that bs.
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« Reply #23 on: February 03, 2016, 08:27:05 AM »
I believed he's as Christian as I am. No reason to believe otherwise.
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« Reply #24 on: February 03, 2016, 10:48:55 AM »
It wouldn't be surprising.
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