Growing Number of Americans Falsely Believe President Obama is Muslim

Falsely think he is Muslim? are you reporters that stupid to think otherwise?
or jost rude to report anything that will make Obama look like a muslim supporter
a real reporter would do some homework!
what a joke

The same 18% of Americans also believe the earth is 6000 years old, aliens are trying to read our minds, and vampires really exist. This same 18-25% will always be there and will always believe anything that comes down the pike. They are not to be taken seriously.

No surprise there. The president certainly hasn’t been acting like a Christian. He wants to steal from hard-working Americans, practices smash-mouth politics, and opposes basic human rights for unborn infants. Even Democrats don’t believe he’s a “Christian.”

“Anericans Falsey Believe”…only Democratic jouralist can read the mind of the President…..

Do we really know anything at all about this president??? We cannnot believe anything we read in the media. It is all so biased. What ever happened to unbiased reporting????

Hello here, he is a Christian. There are whole bunch of people who are not telling the truth out there. Just remember that Rick Warren once interviewed him at his fellowship. President Obama is not a Muslim, period!

This same poll should be taken now….after America received another glimps of him after he opened the doors of the White House to the Muslims after he closed the door of the White House to the prayer breakfast of the Christians,,explain this ABC !!!!!

“But shameful, shadowy attackers have been lying about Barack’s religion, claiming he is a Muslim instead of a committed Christian. When people fabricate stories about someone’s faith to denigrate them politically, that’s an attack on people of all faiths. Make sure everyone you know is aware of this deception.”
So calling a Christian a Muslim is denigrating? Would someone from the professional left care to expand on this line of reasoning?

Wow, talk about an “In the bag for Obama” piece. First off, what difference does it make what religion he is? Are you implying that Muslims are somehow dangerous, or decremental to the USA?
Next someone can go through all the dogma of being a Christian and by no way shape or form be a Christian. Your decisions and actions will show your true adherence to Christ.

“Falsely”? Wow, talk about an editorialized headline. This is why true journalism is dead in America. The truth is that the public (and that includes YOU, ABC News reporters!) does not know and cannot say with 100% certainty what Obama’s true religion is, if any. As for me, I figure it doesn’t matter whether he is Muslim or not, because I would not exactly call the black theology church of Jeremiah Wright, which Obama went to for over 20 years, to be the least bit “Christian.” Not even close. That is bad enough.

Now why would more and more Americans begin to believe that Obama is a closet Muslim? Hmmm… Could it be how comfortable he appears while discussing “my Muslim faith” as he once said while speaking with George Stephanopoulos, good thing George was there to correct him. Maybe when he said he had visited 57 states during the 2008 presidential campaign? Maybe because Michelle once said while speaking in Kenya how happy the president was to be back in his home country?
Nah….couldn’t be any of that. Must be some other reason.

Nonsense. Obama is not a Muslim. As a member of a UCC congregation he is probably an agnostic and spiritually wandering, and would be a better fit in a Unitarian church. This, of course, would not be Christian enough for most Americans and would be political suicide.

The entire article is biased towards the President. Most of the news articles are. From being elected by the media to being molly coddled by the media, the president’s honeymoon(sorry; vacations) goes on…

Do you believe what Obama says, or your lying eyes?

He is one of the best salesman in the history,period. He can sell hope and change to the entitled group of people and they bought it. He can sell himself as a Christian as well as the Muslim and both groups again bought it without a doubt in their minds.
The super salesman you are Mr.President and from that prospective, I tip my hat to you.

There are several facts that jump out when such a statistic is revealed. First, the stupidity of the American public can never be underestimated. Second, FOX News is very successful as a propaganda wing for the party of no, party of hate, party of fear; the GOP. Third, the Democrats are not good at communicating to dumb-#####. Or maybe the Dems are as fearful of Obama as the Repubs except they are not as proud of their bigotry as the Repubs. In any case seeing this kind of a stat tends to be demoralizing to anyone that thinks that an intelligent approach can be taken toward anything in this country, like climate change, religious and social tolerance, financial regulation, health care, etc. The citizenry of the US is not really evolved enough to be able to embrace Democracy. Our founding fathers were superior men. Too bad the people of today are so inferior.

You guys are missing the point. It’s not about religion. This poll demonstrates that at least 30% (probably many many more if the right question were asked) are willing to openly admit that in their opinion, Barack Obama’s word is no good. In short, he lies, and we see it. I would also guess that 20% of Americans believe everything that comes out of his mouth without question. I will not comment further on those fanatics.

Americans could be confused about Obama’s Religion because his actions show in his heart he may be confused too. Remember Obama admired and adored his father who was a Muslim although NoBo said his father was not religious but secular. If NoBo is confused about his own father’s beliefs it follows he could be confused about his own. Barry knew his father well, he did write a book about him.
btw, what’s wrong with being a Muslim?
Shouldn’t NoBo be flattered to be considered a Muslim?
Huuummmm?

Let’s see, what is his middle name? His father was a Muslim and he was raised a Muslim. He has not gone to church since elected. He only attending Rev. Wrights church and I wouldn’t call that Christian. He goes around the world apologizing for us and taking up for Muslims. He says America is not a Christian nation. Wonder why people have question?

Obama: “As my muslim faith tells me….”
Stephanopoulis: “Your Christian faith.”
Obama: right “As my Christian faith tells me….”
And they’re spinning it by saying “1 in 4 Conservatives” or “1 in 4 Republicans” which will no doubt morph into “1 in 4 white Republicans”

Forget his identity, hell… how many “Christan leaders” have started wars? The problem isn’t what Obama thinks, it’s that the people feel he is being dishonest over something so minor, and it makes them question why?
It matched with his job performance, only widens his credibility gap. And THAT he cannot escape, no matter how many times the media try to erase these legitamite concerns…

President Obama said in his book “Audacity of Hope” Quote: I will stand with the Muslims should the political winds shift in an ugly direction” Get a clue America!!!!

The question this raises is this:
Is this a media failure or a media success?
The answer to this question will tell us whether we are a dysfunctional democracy or a functional fascist country.

I am not sure why it matters whether obama is a Muslim or a Christian or a Jew. It’s his actions, and lack of them, that bother me. Not his religion. The only thing that would be bad about finding out that he IS a muslim (and, i really don’t think he is), would be the revelation of the great lie he has perpetrated on our country. Personally, I think the media is creating yet another tempest in a teapot…just to rile the public over some really silly stuff.

Jake, this is an all time low for you. You are now willing to report on anything to divert attention from the fact that Obama’s RATINGS are at an all time low. Divert attention away from “recovery summer” which is crashing and burning.

“dawn_marie”…your 10:42 post…LOL…EXCELLENT response. I have said that “fundamentalist Christian” use their “Christianity” as an excuse to not be a “human being”. I agree, with your character assessment of our President. He is a really good man and “human being”!

Looks like the media’s scrambling to do some damage control for their beloved president! You guys are spineless maggots that do only what you’re told or push your own personal agendas. Best case scenario concerning the “o” is this is what happens when Americans either: buy into what their feed by the media, get stupid with their votes, or don’t bother to vote at all. Hopefully this is a wake-up call to everyone to put more thought into it next time we vote!

just because he says’s he is a Christian, or that he has a family bible , or that he regularly attends church does not make him a Christian; believers know this. Believers know the only way to determine truth is by his actions…

I think he is a Muslim. He just lies about it and tells us he is a Christian. If you notice, the extremist muslims are quiet and untruthful until they are ready to pounce. They make you think they are one thing when they are really something else.

if I wanted to read journalists berate the American people and read Obama’s mind I would have gone to whitehouse.gov/propaganda

Why doesn’t the headline read “Many Still Falsely Believe President Obama is Christian”

Growing Number of Americans Falsely Believe President Obama is Muslim-
And by rendering an opinion of “Falsely” are we stupid Amerians to believe this is an objective story?

President Obama said in his book “Audacity of Hope” Quote: I will stand with the Muslims should the political winds shift in an ugly direction” Get a clue America!!!!
Posted by: Anastasia | Aug 19, 2010 10:31:56 AM
+++++ And thank goodness he is willing to stand up for them. I would hope he would stand up for any group that is being besieged with hate and discontent. At least you are open about your bigotry.

Glad to see that 1 in 5 Americans are still Idiots like the Greenday song says. At least that number shows that the rest of the population has commonsense enough to know the difference between Media Hype and reality.

Dawn Marie u hit it rt on the button.
Im soooooooooo happy the american people have the GUTS to stand up for themselves.
God Bless America.

Unfortunately this poll speaks more to the ignorance of the electorate than it does to the president’s religious beliefs.

Adul Gheit said he had a one-on-one meeting with Obama, where the US President told him that He was still a Muslim, the son of a Muslim father, the step son of Muslim stepfather, that his half brothers in Kenya are Muslims, and that he was sympatetic towards the Muslim agenda.
Adul Gheit claimed Obama told the Arabs to show patience. Obama promised that once he overcame some domestic issues, like the Health care reform, he would show the Muslim World how to deal with Israel.

Why does it matter what religion he practices. Let his reputation be represented by actions alone and not on how he practices his faith.

Who cares?

What BS! Why does ABC News post such?
I’ll remember this next time I’m changing channels.

Let me make this clear. I am not a “christian”. If I ate paint chips it didn’t drop my IQ below 150, although the drugs and booze probably did. I don’t think the earth is only 6000 years old. Vampires are fiction. Obama is a psychopath and an atheist. The only God he believes in is his own lust for power and hubris. That said, he was raised as a Muslim by Muslims. Do the MSM reporters think he was a “secret Christian” all those years? Cultural Respect is the only thing that matters here. “Culturally” he is a Muslim. My wife was raised a Lutheran, went to a Lutheran church as a child, went to “Luther Hill” day camp. She can claim to be anything she wants but she can’t ever undo that. The Catholic Church says “give us the child until he is six and he is ours for life.” See case Pelosi, N. Doesn’t believe in a single teaching of the Roman Catholic church but insists she is “Catholic”. Get it? Think of it as being like one of those non marriage marriages.

@ Devil_Mutt
How are Muslims in America besieged? When was the last time Muslims were gunned down? I can name a few instances where the opposite is true.
Stop watching too much TV where black is white and white is black.

Who gives a damn what the guys religion is. The people in the country are once again PROVING that they are racist, hateful, greedy,arrogant and full of fear.
Think about what the rest of the world says about America and Americans. You would be shocked! MOST of the people and countries in this world HATE America and Americans. Good job America at failing again to make friends. You are a sick, sick, sick bunch. God Bless America…Ya! it needs it!

Wow! Looks like more and more people are becoming religious. It this true ?

Where do these people get their info before they pretend to know what is going on, Fox news and the pundits who preach to the choirs who use so called conservative media to spew ridiculus claims to their choirs who need easy targets to blame for their hard times.
I cannot pretend to be a part to organizations who claim to represent conservatives, while they support powers who violate true conservative ideals, and betray true conservative people.

I don’t know which god he belives in, but his
actions are from the house of redistribution
as well as the last church he belonged to

Love > Fear

Its time to change the law and outlaw all other faiths.

Here is the accurate and more complete quote: “Of course, not all my conversations in immigrant communities follow this easy pattern. In the wake of 9/11, my meetings with Arab and Pakistani Americans, for example, have a more urgent quality, for the stories of detentions and FBI questioning and hard stares from neighbors have shaken their sense of security and belonging. They have been reminded that the history of immigration in this country has a dark underbelly; they need specific assurances that their citizenship really means something, that America has learned the right lessons from the Japanese internments during World War II, and that I will stand with them should the political winds shift in an ugly direction.”

“confused common man”…your 10:59 post…LOL…LOL Hate to be the one to tell you this but I believe you “still” are confused based on your comments. LOL…LOL

I really don’t care what religion he is. Some people are afraid that he may be a Muslim, that he is the undercover Fort Hood type of president. This is where fear gets us. And frankly I’m tired of it. We’ve got a crappy economy.

I have to ask…who cares!!
I for one did not vote for the man because of where he comes from or the color of his skin or what his religion is. I voted for him on what he said.
While I am not a fan based solely on performance people that worry about this garbage have way too much time on their hands.
This is filler nonsense and not even remotely news.

The most annoying story I ever heard – So what whether he is Muslim or not. In fact, the media is implying being a Muslim is a bad thing. What kind of implication you would want to project?

First of all, the essentials of Christianity and Islam are based on beliefs – not facts.
A birth – or place of birth – is a physical thing that can be confirmed factual (paper trails for example). Obama is a Christian born in the US.
As an American, I feel embarrassed that the world sees such stupid and non-thinking statements – and they’re persistent.

All you confused Christians and Catholics out there seem to be forgetting the bloody history and past of your so called king james bible. You blindingly believe in this book because you were raised to do so by being told all it takes is faith. You’re so blind to the truth that you don’t even realize that you yourself (christians, Catholics, Mormons, baptis,etc…) are becoming radicalized just like some Muslims have become radicalized. As long as we have nut cases like you walking around this world will never know peace. We’ve come so far since the Spanish Inquisition but man oh man do we have a long ways to go. You’ll have to excuse me now, I didn’t mean to take up so much space here. Anyway, I’m off to blow up an abortion clinic now.
Peace.

I don’t care what he is. Just fix the economy, health care problem, wars, borders, education, gangs everywhere, poverty, taxes, enviroment, welfare. I could go on but you get the idea. If he or someone else can fix anyone of these problems that is on our plate, I don’t care if he/she is an athiest form Venus colored blue. Move on people.

The number of “americans” clinging to lies and falsehood is alarming. Some of this is pure ignorance and stupidity and with it…complete intellectual ineptitude and laziness. It is a common symptom of narcissism to cling to lies and delusions even when the truth is known. It is alarming. America has become a deeply toxic and narcissistic nation so it does not surprise me. The people that believe Obama is a muslim are also probably unemployed, lack computer skills, and have IQ’s below 90. Mind blowing.

I see no proof of his “christian faith” as this article asserts. I do see him not celebrating National Prayer Day, while celebrating Ramadan, I do see him making his dog take separate flights. I do see him supporting a mosque by the Twin Tower memorial, but not the church. I do see him having a daughter with a muslim name. I do see him not celebrating his birthday, yet having parties for everything else. I do recall him saying, “I will stand with the Muslims should the political winds shift in an ugly direction.” and I also recall his telling stefonappyous, “My muslim faith”. Boy – I am glad I do not practice my christian faith in such a way – or else I could easily be mistaken for a MUSLIM!

Interesting religious debate, but the President gets paid to identify and solve problems.

I don’t believe he is a Muslim but I wouldn’t call him a committed Christian either. The guy in no way acts like a Christian.

Just because he’s defending the rights of another religious practice, which (like Christianity) just happens to attract extremists, his status as a Christian is lowered. Like it should be important what religion he is, or even IF he is. The growing level of ignorance in our nation boggles the mind.

You lost all credibility when you came to “”falsely. ”
The You Tube video claiming Obama is a Suadi Muslim Plant isnt so far fetched if you GOOGLE his ties to Muslim billionaire Khalid al Mansour when Obama was in his 20′s….Mansour was very close to the Saudi Royal Family …..

Obama did NOT cancel the national day of prayer! What is wrong with you people! His administration argued in favor of it being the defendants. Also, he has done nothing to suggest he is muslim. And so what if he was…big deal.

Naaa, he can’t be a Christian. He’s not nearly judgmental enough to be a Christian.

Indeed some things are only known by God but A.B.C. news is doing a good job
SHOWING US THAT OUR MEDIA IS INDEED CONTROLLED.
Why did the A.B.C. News Editor pass this article for distribution?
A good newspaper should stick to fact and try to authenticate it’s contents and since this article is about the authenticity of Obamas religion and A.B.C. news can not call upon God to validate his Christianity , to state it is correct that he is a Christian is a possible mistake of fact !
Did God tell A.B.C.news that Obama is a Christian or has Obama now reached the status of a GOD and A.B.C. news did not tell us they are taking everything he says as facts only know by God himself?

Who cares what religion he is?
The religion Obama and his family practice is as important as what I had for dinner last night.

Well, 20% of Americans believe Sun revolves around the Earth. Probably most of them are Palin supporters and believe Obama is Muslim.

Not Christian thats for damn sure!
Am I the only one that noticed that the chief justice screwed up his presidential public inauguration and re-performed it in the whitehouse without a bible!

Nobody said he was a “good” Muslim.

Keiyo wishes “we could bring back Mcarthy and his commie hunters of the 50′s and 60′s.”
Wow. There you go. Now that’s progress. I’m not sure which is worse, lots of citizens with a “who cares” attitude or one Keiyo with a fascist attitude.
Wait. Yes I do. There’s hope for people who don’t care.

Lies! Lies! Lies! That is all this president is good for.

The “Obama is a Muslim” myth has been perpetuated via the same tactic the Right uses constantly…just say something often enough and a certain percentage of people will believe it, regardless of its basis in fact. Just say two words in the same breath enough, and a connection will be forged. Such minds don’t think for themselves or check reliable sources..they parrot the same talking points Faux and Beck, et al put out on any given day. They accept “information” they read in mass emails and pass it on, not bothering to check Snopes or another reliable source. Even IF Obama was a Muslim, which he’s NOT (this headline correctly states that as the FACT it is, according to every reliable, objective source) so what? We have freedom of religion in this country and there is no religious litmus test to be President. The election of our first Black president has really brought the racist, religious bigots out of the woodwork. Good. Let them come out in the open and reveal themselves as the idiots they are. One point: as a long-time Independent, I propose that the reason they found an increase in this erroneous belief among Independents is that many calling themselves such nowadays are actually right-wing Republicans trying to distance themselves from a failed party and pose as non-partisan. Just a thought.

President Obama is not Muslim but so what if he was. Was Bush a Chrisitan?
No! President Obama is doing wonderful job for America and the Republican Party
and the Tea Party just can’t stand it
they rip apart everything he does.
Keep up your hatred and keep destroying
American and what she stands for.
Leave the Muslim community alone.
Like Christians are such wonderful
people, Palin, Bush, Cheney, these people are the worst human beings.
President Obama is a good man and he is
turning us around from all the damage
that was done by the Bush
Administration.
You cannot use scare tactics on the
American people any more well not on
the Intelligient Americans.
The dumb ones who want Repbulicans and
the crazy Tea Parties well what can one
say. Just stop your hate speeches
and your stupidness.
This is one American who is sick of
listening to it.

Those who say “who cares” need to get the heck out, because you are the problem…just like you were the problem when you elected this lying muslim. Wanna lose the U.S.A.? YOU’RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK.

To Raven – C L U E L E S S
Socialism = FAIL

oh one more thing. claiming someone is muslim just because he is trying to bridge ideology and saying just because he is defending the right to build the mosque makes him a muslim we can assume those who have a problem with all muslims are racist.

I am NOT an obama supporter but whats fair is fair. These idiots that believe he is muslim are probably the same idiots that believe other absurd things like seeing that so called “virgin” mary in a piece of poop or a cookie. Or maybe thinking that another MAN is the second coming of christ. These idiots are the majority of the world. They are a neccessarry evil that we need yet we cant stand. They are simply pawns on a chess board. Obama is not muslim, however, he is a very talented BS artist and thats what this country loves. Someone who is better at talking then doing. This is why politics is what it is. If it was founded on principles of honesty and trust, there would be no politicians. Only people running for office doing their jobs to help and be of service to others.

You ask “what difference does it make?” The point of the article is that the American people are becoming increasingly stupid – it could have just as well been about how some people believe we had to go to Iraq because Saddam had something to do with the 9/11 attack, or that we have to be in Afghanistan to fight the terrorists, or even that Obama is a socialist (tell that to the health industry -they’re laughing all the way to the bank).

Mohammed: Preached “Death to the infidels!”
Christ: Prayed “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do” (Luke 23:34).

Maybe when people stop caring what imaginary friend in the sky someone claims to believe in, we can cast aside this superstitious nonsense. I look forward to the day that a politician professing to have faith ANY religion would be unelectable. Unfortunately, too many people still believe in magical demons and faeries.

While Barry may not be a devout Muslim, he certainly is a Muslim sympathizer and an overt Jew hater. I guess somewhere in there he falls into the category of being a Christian. Sort of like Satan was an angel, at one time.

20 percent of all Americans who take phone surveys don’t like Obama… We need to educate these racist morons before our country goes down the tubes. This issue is just smoke screen for more important things. Your jobs are in India, your houses are owned by Fannie Mae and Fredie Mac, the value of the dollar has more to do with China’s economy than the U.S… So while you are sitting at home unemployed and angry keep in mind… your old house sits empty, your old job is 3,500 miles away, and your money has just gone toward putting another floor onto a Shanghai skyscraper. Get a clue.

You idiots on here caring what religion
President Obama is.
What about how many service men and women have lost their lives in two wars started by none other than the worst
people in the world The Bush Administration and all you can do is stand here and such stupidity debating whether President Obama is a Muslim.
We wonder why America is coming a part
at the seams.

Obama lies about everything. No more BS. If he is not a Muslim, All he has to do is release his birth certificate.

It’s obvious the intelligence of the American people is in a great decline. No wonder we’re lagging behind the rest of the industrial world in education. If people can’t get their facts straight regarding our President, it’s clear they do not have the brains to think for themselves at all, especially in the past four years with too many people believing in conspiracies, etc.
This country is doomed.

i see no proof of his “christian faith” as this article asserts. I do see him not celebrating National Prayer Day, while celebrating Ramadan, I do see him making his dog take separate flights. I do see him supporting a mosque by the Twin Tower memorial, but not the church. I do see him having a daughter with a muslim name. I do see him not celebrating his birthday, yet having parties for everything else. I do recall him saying, “I will stand with the Muslims should the political winds shift in an ugly direction.” and I also recall his telling stefonappyous, “My muslim faith”. Boy – I am glad I do not practice my christian faith in such a way – or else I could easily be mistaken for a MUSLIM!

Do not bow down to political correctness with the issue of Islam. These people have NO DESIRE to assimmilate into this country. Their goal is worlwide control as their religion calls for it. And to follow up with mmiller…Ask yourselves why many of the liberal European nations like France, Italy, Holland and the like are now clamping down on Islamic immigrants as well as Islamic dress. There is actually a bill in Italy now which calls for the complete barring of Muslim immigration. This not a game folks. These liberals have no clue of their complacency.

More shocking than the number of hugely obese people in this is the growing prevalence of hatrecd and stupidity.

bai kon kee – excellent point and I too share your thoughts. Only one correction – the Catholic Church does not say that. Excellent post regardless.

My stand on this is that the President is the President. I could care less if he or she believed that Martians live on the Moon. This country has a lot of big issues and this is not one of them.
Norman

I am guessing he is actually atheist but unfortunately he has to put on a show for all the weak minded people who need to believe in an invisible imaginary man who lives in the sky.

A Growing Number of Americans are also f*cking morons. There is no God. There is no Allah or Spaghetti Monster. There is only Science. Anyone with any common sense knows this. Grow out of your primitive tribal superstitions and learn to think with reason. Religion is evil, as is the hate it brings it.

before liberals jump all over conservative and “ignorant bigots”, read the results of this poll CAREFULLY. 50% of DEMOCRATS believe he may be Muslim, and 50% of BLACKS believe the same. They are both wrong is is a secular siocialist, but that is another story.

I love Christians, I love Jews, I love
Muslims, I love Everyone Why because
I am America and each and everyone has a right to their own religion I am
the United States of America I welcome
everyone with open arms.
Keep her safe from harm and stop the
Hate!!

Many of these comments appear oddly similar like they are from the same source, same grammatical style, etc. Besides that annoyance, I don’t know what to think at this point. The Muslim and birth certificate issue has come up far too often and I seem to recall a time when some in the media even began questioning the legitimacy of the birth certificate. However without any proof the arguments are baseless. On the other hand one cannot ignore either the principle of Occam’s razor, “the simplest explanation is usually the correct one”. So he may be a Muslim after all, but this shouldn’t matter anyway. Well except perhaps that Christianity has been at war with them for over a millenia, the Crusades being the notable campaign.

He seems like an intelligent and accomplished guy so I would hope he doesn’t prescribe heavily to any form of superstition.
Be it Christian, Islamic or Voodoo – they’re all as nonsensical and fraudulent as each other.

Of course he’s “Chistian,” if you consider the drivel Jerimiah Wright spouts out as Christianity. “Not God bless America! God damn America!” I believe our president is a devoute follower of that philosophy.

President Obama, regardless of his religious beliefs, has been elected to run the country. He was hired to make sure we are safe and secure, to try to fix an ailing economy, to finally get universal health care,to wind down the Iraq war, and to make the ceo’s on Wall Street answer to the people. His personal views are based on his interpretation of the Constitution. I don’t like his personal opinions on some things, but those are just his opinions. That is why we have 3 branches of government and not 1. As long as he doesn’t try to ram his religion down my throat,or try to harm me or my family in any way for not practicing his religion, I’m not worried.

He surely can’t be christian. No true christian would give money to Planned Parenhood for funding abortions. If you’ll notice in any of his speaches he never talks about morals. He talks about values. Well his value is going going going and soon to be gone.
Posted by: Mary | Aug 19, 2010 11:41:41 AM
Oh really Mary, you can’t be christian and support planned parenthood? If you murder 10 christians and then ‘see the light’ while in prison, are you a christian? if you molest young children and the vatican decides not to investigate these claims for decades while you go on preaching the gospel, are you a christian? what is the requirement for being a christian again Mary?

A poll does not make truth. Just because a majority (in this case, a minority) of people think something, it doesn’t make it so. The problem is not Obama’s religion; it is the mistaken assumption that a majority OPINION gets automatically bumped up to the level of TRUTH.

Says more about the American people than the President

Why is this soo important? I’d rather have a public official who keeps his spiritual beliefs to himself than somebody who’s expounding the virtues of ” a good Christian man” and then unleashes an unjustified war, that results in many dead Americans, torture allegations and more.
Leave religion to everyone’s own privacy.
The fact that so many Americans believe he’s a muslim only speaks to the uninformed, brainwashed public. Most of whom can’t stand Obama in the first place. But it’s certainly not beneath them to smear the president’s image, all while being such good Christians.
Let’s just do a way with religion in public life. Reagan sure wasn’t much of a practicing Christian. George Bush I didn’t talk much about religion. Jimmy Carter did, and look how people viewed him.

WHY DID HE HAVE A CROSS AND A SYMBOL OF JESUS COVERED BEFORE HE WOULD SPEAK ? WHY WAS THE FLY OVER STOPPED AFTER HAVING DONE SO FOR 42 YEARS, FOR THE GOD AND COUNTRY RALLY IN IDAHO BECAUSE THERE WAS A CHRISTIAN NATURE ABOUT IT IF HE IS A CHRISTIAN ?

The Dude – Have you ever lived in a Muslim nation? Do you know anything about the basics of Islamic teaching? It sure does not say “turn the other cheek.”

i wonder if you people, who seem to known so much about the islamic faith own or have a copy of the qur’an. you must have since you know it so clearly.
i actually do own one, and have read front to back, just as i have the christian biblle (i own a king james version).
you’d be surprised to learn how much of does NOT concern hate, murder and world domination, which is to say, all of it.
concerning obama, do you even remember that horrid reverend you all wanted to so closely associate him with? now he’s a muslim? grow up. bring valid arguments to relevants issues.

I cannot think of a more pristine example of American idiocy (or waste of a journalism degree) than this article and the “majority of the population” it claims to represent. Mooooo…..

Muslim or Christian I could care less that is his personal life. Either way it does not change the fact that he has been a horrible President over the first 18+ months of his Presidency.

If one word of the President can bring stocks around the world falling down.
Imagine, what damage to OUR country can do Presidents hidden intentions and aspirations?
That is why it is VERY important for peoples to know about who he is!

I personally would like him to publicly say that Jesus Christ is Lord.
Remember: Actions speak louder than words. His actions is speaking his heart more clearly than words.

“Growing Number of Americans Falsely Believe President Obama is Muslim”
This is a public opinion poll, not a poll on “false beliefs.”
What makes obama a muslim is not whether someone believes it, but whether obama demonstrates that he is.
In that case, obama has definitely proven himself to be a muslim. Now all he has to prove is if he is actually an American citizen. He has yet to do that.

beatledodger
People like you are the worlds downfall
you could careless about America.
Bush and Cheney and the Republicans
and the Tea Parties could care less
about America the sooner you grow up
and realize this the better off you
will be.

Why is it that the media can’t or is unable to give us solid facts based on solid evidence? If Obama is truly born in the U.S., why not publish copy of his birth certificate? If he is really born christian, why not publish copy of his baptismal certificate? As long as the evidence is not provided in black and white, speculation will last forever. It’s that simple.

Sharon – Your post should read…”I am America. I love all and strive to make men and women free. However, my people must be kept safe and free for all time. This will require constant vigillance on my part to ensure that no person, persons or goup who wish to change me or harm my people. Such people are not welcome. I strive for equality not dominance by any political force or relgion. For you see, my Constituiton is a contract with the people. If some of the people do not honor my contract, then the Constitution shall not apply to them.

He has to be, it’s an opinion poll on a news website and that means it must be fact.
Got to believe everything posted by the press, right? I mean Fox News is the most trustful accurate news organization their is. Without them, why, we may actually have to think on our own. We don’t want that now do we. We have well payed GOP politicians to tell us what to do. After all in a democracy, we have the freedom to listen to who we want as long as it’s the “right” guy.

Obama is not a Muslim that is a fact. I don’t understand what difference will it make to have a Muslim president? Our contry is so far behind in “tolerance” and “acceptance” we like to pretend we are, but we have a long road to get to that point.

Obama is not a Christian. Give me a break with the stupid lies. He’s a fake that use to go to a Church that taught a lot of stuff that was twisted and turned around from what the bible actually says. He sympathizes with the Muslims to the point that he is more of a Muslim than he is a Christian. As president he bowed down before a Muslim King. It is so disrespectful that anything that the American public believes that is contrary to what Obama wants us to believe ends up being brushed off as “misinformation” or us being ignorant. This guy is pitiful and a disgrace to the USA.

Just how do you know Obamba is a Christian,No one knows whats in a persons heart. ABC news,what a joke!

Oye, there are a lot of dumb people in America. Who cares if Obama is a Christian? Jesus wasn’t.

At the risk of sounding a little bit like Nancy Pelosi, I think the creators of this poll should be investigated. Why are they asking this question, now? At this point, who cares? Everyone knows Obama’s father was a muslim and his mother was a Christian. Obama was raised Christian and attended Christian churches but like any dual-faith heritage child, of course he still practices some muslim traditions, like attending Rammadaan dinners. None of that matters — what matters is why this poll was done, at this point in Obama’s presidency. My guess is that democrats had the poll done so they could either 1) divert the nation’s attention away from a bigger story or 2) paint those who don’t like Obama’s policies as racist nut jobs. Either way, it would be nice if the media would do their job and make this story more about why this poll was conducted in the first place.

Growing number of Americans don’t know definition of “erroneously.” We are increasingly a a nation of halfwits.

More American do not know the name of the current vice president than think Obama is Muslim…what does that say about Americans?

I am truly scared of the stupidity in our society. And it seems that the people with the smallest brains are the ones who shout the loudest. America will destroy itself from within… and many of you are assisting in that destruction.

It doesn’t matter what religion he is. why are you guys even wasting time with stupid polls like this

Great… nothing like having the leader of our country believe in talking animals, invisible man speaking to you, mass genocide as an answer to over eating, 10k year old planet, dinosaurs put here by a bad invisible man to confuse us… great… just great!

And FOX NEWS is a shell for the GOP

Intuitively, I believe Pres. Obama is a modern day secularist with no strong convictions about religions one way or another of someone going through the motions of having Christian faith. I don’t fault him for that as many of his generation share that view.

It is unbelievable how stupid a growing number of Americans are. Obama is not a Muslim, and I hope he is not a Christian either. The best thing for this nation is a president who is not a believer in myth and fairy tales!

One thing I have learned you cannot have a intelligient conversation with a bunch of a– filled with hate and intolerance for others.
Who cares what the President is??
Who cares?
God some of you are so inhuman.
God loves everyone who cares what he
is?
God our country is going down and all you can think about is whether President Obama is a Muslim.
Insanity right here in America!
Never thought I would see this.
Grow up and act like adults for
God Sake

Would you rather have a president who believes that earth is only 6,000 years old (despite overwhelmling evidence to the contrary, hello Mike Huckabee…)??
Would you rather have a president with tendencies to be misunderestimated?
Would you rather have a president who believes that the Mormons are the lost tribe of israelites [sure, Rommney looks middle-eastern to me, outch, no, he might be a camouflaged muslim...]
Would you rather have a president, christian and all, who believes that women should stay at home and raise their brood of 12 kids?
Let’s all agree to join the rest of the modern world, ok? (no I am not talking about taliban, pakistan, and other backward societies). Let’s be part of the world. Because if we are not, we’ll manoeuver ourselves into total insignificance.

AS I QOUTE DAVIDPUN:
The Iraq war is ending and our troops our coming home one war done and another one is still going on and all
you can worry about is this.
Our troops are coming home!!
Bush started this war and President Obama ended it!
Our troops are coming home from Iraq!
God Bless Them and their Families!
NUFF SAID….

Just shows that 18% of the country are completely brainwashed or too stupid to read, or a combination of both. Seriously, who are these people that think this- where did they poll? Backwood areas in the South? Look, the man is a Christian and has said it at least 100 times- including to the league of Arab countries a couple years ago. Of course, that didn’t stop Sean (Total BS) Hannity from chopping up his speech and smearing him like Fox news always does…Who here isn’t sick of the BS?
2010 now people! And were still fighting over an “idea” that God will spare some one group from Armageddon… Cursed with your ideals of righteousness and all it brings is more death, sorrow, and division. F the extremist muslims for believing that killing others is divine in Allah’s eyes, F the christians for even saying that Jesus is the ONLY way, and especially F the jews for claiming they are god’s chosen people (if so, it’s only because they are the most corrupt race of humans who vilify ANYONE who says anything bad about them in the media THEY control).

This is totally irresponsible “journalism.” Instead of parroting surveys such as this, perhaps you should do a little on your own. For instance, it’s a lock that the same 1/5 that believe Obama is a Muslim also believe that Bush was an outstanding president, Sarah Palin is smart, and the world is only 6,000 years old and will end in 2012. “Lies, damn lies, and statistics. ABC and its peers should be better than this.

Depends on what the definition of “is” is. But, seriously, this is absurd, pathetic, sad. Moreover, completely irrelevant. A good decision maker and motivator is all that matters in a President, and it’s great that we have that again.

Right, Left, it doesn’t matter, all you people are sheep if you think the government system works. You are all a bunch of idiots. We need to clean house. Starting with the ALL the crooks in the government and on wallstreet. Followed next by the cops. Then we can get back to the way things should be. Wake up you bunch of tools and quit drinking the right/left koolaid.

Who cares?!
If for those who do care, it’s time to reassess your priorities!

DEAR “MIMI” – 11:41 a.m. – “he gave his daughter a Muslim name” – what is Muslim about Malia? The meaning of the name Malia is a Form Of “Mary”. The origin of the name Malia is Polynesian/Hawaiian. Her middle name is Ann, after his mother… Sasha? Her given name is Natasha Lynne – It is of Latin origin, and the meaning of Natasha is Natal-Day or “birthday”. It is a popular Russian given name and pet form of Natalia. Whoa watch out there – kinda Ruskie-soundin’! Maybe you and Sarah should get together on this!

It matters nothing what Obama is in terms of his stated religion. He could be Jewish, and be a total tool like Debbie Wasserman or Anthony Weiner. He could be a Christian and be dimwitted tyrant wannabe like Nancy Pelosi. The sad truth is Obama is a “failure” and the media created this tragedy by omission and cheerleading. Therefore, vote against the promoted power establishment and get consume your news through cynical glasses.

By the way President Obama is trying
to turn us around from the last eight
years of destruction.
Stand behind him.
Forget religion he is doing a wonderful
job. He has alot on his plate and he
has this American standing behind him
100%.
Please don’t forget our Troops and their
Families. Whatever religion you are or
not remember them. If you do believe
pray for them and their families.
We can all agree on this!

Randolf Thune…your 12:13 post is excellent. that is the problem with
the “right”; however. They are so used to believing “what they see in relation to themselves” and believing in “non-substance soundbites” that they never can crack the “veneer” off their manufactured and chereographed candidates. I guess we’ll have to keep tying to “edumacate) (i.e. a joke) them, huh?

You people in the USA sure have strange way of solving your problems. I live in Holland, and let me tell you . . . we are cracking up over this silliness.
Well, back to work. In the time it took me to write this email, another 5 people lost their homes in the U.S. due to foreclosure. You won’t see that in Holland! Doei!

I think it’s absolutely hilarious that the author and most of the readers commenting on this article are placing all the blame on the GOP. The polls clearly show the Democrats are also changing their mind about Obama. Are they mindless drones of the GOP too? Obama’s actions are certainly speaking much louder than his teleprompter. He may not be a praticing Muslim but he is clearly showing favoritism to Islam and no concern whatsoever to Christians. Doesn’t it strike you at all that he said nothing about the Greek Orthodox Church when he defended the Muslim Outreach center? Blame FOX all you want but it has no bearing on the truth that America is having second thoughts about sending Obama to the White House.

I have read everyone’s concerns and my thoughts are these. I am a Christian, and it seems to me that instead of speculating Christian, Muslim we should look at our ownselves,Are we upholding all of the Commandments, and are we as a nation keeping God in our lives. When our nation was founded it was for God, and in the early 60′s one women changed that and no one fought to keep Him alive. So Now you are concerned. If you are that concerned you would fight to bring him back into Our Nation.

Russ,
I suppose you think George Bush Jr was doing a great job of running the country. The mess we have started with him, the Dow at 6700 happened with him in office, and our standing around the world plunged to an all time low while he was our president. Obama a failure? No. Obama trying to clean up after a failure? Yes. BTW, I am a republican.

NEW JOBLESS CLAIMS RISE TO 500,000…
Highest level in 9 months…
CBO: DEFICIT 9.1% OF GDP… DEVELOPING…
OBAMA VERSES AMERICA

Oh “Michael”…your latest post at 12:23…LOL…LOl…surely you “jest” with that one…correct? If not let me suggest a good show on TV that you might try to resurrect: Jesse Ventura’s “Conspiracy Theories”. Although what you just posted…come to think of it might, be used more appropriately on Jon Stewarts show. LOL…LOL

This is ridiculous. What has the media reduced us to, bickering over what religion the president is? Honestly, I’m sorry to offend, but I doubt the president is religious at all. He’s far too smart to believe in women having been made from a man’s rib, talking snakes, turning water into wine, miraculous walking on water, virgin births and all the other ridiculous bull that is in the children’s fairitale book named The Bible. Think about it. Does any of this make sense? I mean seriously? Or am I brainwashed because to me it sounds like a bedtime story you would tell a child (those are largely made up by the way).
Unfortunately, unless you profess your unquestioned love of the Christian god and attend a Christian church regualrly, there is no way you will ever be president of the United Stated of America. How sad that there is supposed to be separation between church and state and yet the deeply, blindly religious Christian bulk of this country dictates who is president. Over 20% of this country alone are agnostics or atheists and the numbers in other industrialized countries are much higher. Sorry to break it to you. Not all of our presidents have been Christians and I don’t think Obama is either. Many of our presidents have had to pretend to worship the Christian god and religion, when their own beliefs are limited to their own personal definition of God or their lack of belief in one.
Can we do a poll on how many people think Obama is an atheist or agnostic? Doubt it, that would be even worse than if he was a Muslim in the majority’s eyes. They might burn him a the stake for that.
Focus people, get your heads out of your behinds and learn about the politics, policies and laws of this country instead of voting on some outdated ideology.
Unfortunately, Democrats will lose the majority in these elections and a Republican will be elected president in a couple of years and propagate big business, which continues to rob the people, because people expect an economy ruined by decades of bad decision to be fixed by one president in one presidential term. When it is not, they slander that president for anything and everything they can think of. Anger incites misdirected hate when party propaganda is involved.
Please don’t fool yourself that the Republican party is voting in your Christian best interests. They are using your religion to rally you into voting for them so they can take away all regulations of big business, which feeds off the hard working people of this country and continues to impoverish them.
Sometimes it is very strange to me how some people do not see these things that are so transparent to many of us.
I hurt for my injured nation and its people, Christian or otherwise. The Democrats are just the better of two evils. I hope one day we will learn to see past the flowery language of politics and to the real rotten agenda of our corrupt policiticans who vote certain ways for the money big business throws at them and the votes it lobbies for.
Obama is perhaps the first U.S. president since Roosevelt in the great depression to actually care about this country and not his own agenda (of course I could be wrong). Unfortunately, he has to play the political game and pass less effective versions of the laws he really wants to pass in order to apease both sides. Don’t blame the man for the cruel game of politics he has to play to get any kind of ligitimate legislation passed.
I don’t see the light at the end of the tunnel. Sorry, we’re in for a long run of political shananigans and bad decisions. When the people are poor enough they will rise up and cause a revolution against big busienss and implement more givernment supported regulations. Call me a socialist all you want.

Obama is the worst prisedent this country has ever had. He will put us all in the poor house. ABC is pro Obama.I dont care what he calls himself. We need jobs. All you Obama lovers open your eyes he has done nothing but spend tax money to help the banks And car companys where is the help for US?????

O yes excuse spelling before some Obuma lover catches it lol lol

O yes excuse spelling before some Obuma lover catches it lol lol

Wow, dumbest “news” story ever. Ignorance and bigotry, sadly aren’t news. Obama, not a Muslim; and so what if he were. This is America, it shouldn’t matter.

@ HeliosInsanity:
Actually, in the Qur’an there are many references to forgiveness—just as there are in the Bible. And just like the Bible, the history of its culture is chronicled in bloodshed.

Is someone’s faith, believe or religion that important to the well being of others? No. And, it is only important if that doctrine teaches that those not of your religion, belief or faith should either join or be classed as infidels and then treated as a lower class and even murdered. Is anyone sure what faith or religion the Obama’s are? ONLY THE OBAMA’S TRULY KNOW, AND IT IS THEIR BUSINESS AND NONE OF MINE OR YOURS!
Whatever they are, are they devout if they only attend five meetings in four months? I do not know, and neither does anyone else who shows their disgust in these little computer comment boxes. Really, we the people need to get into serving others, and stop the criticizing.

Anyone who has looked at the Bill of Rights recently knows that everyone in this country is entitled to freedom of religion. Therefore it is unconstitutional to ban Muslims from building a Mosque near Ground Zero if they so choose. This same amendment establishes separation of church and state, which Thomas Jefferson described as a “Wall of Separation,” preventing either from having any influence on the other. And yet, somehow, we have transformed into a CHRISTIAN nation ready to pull out our torches and pitchforks, all so we can lynch our half black president who some people say acts like a Muslim, all because he hasn’t managed to magically fix our country yet. I’m also very curious to hear exactly what kinds of behavior Obama is engaging in that could be construed as Muslim, any more than it could be interpreted as Christian or Atheist. He hasn’t really engaged in much religious behavior at all, other that swearing in on a Christian Bible and attending prayer services at the National Cathedral. Beyond this he has obeyed Thomas Jefferson’s mantra of a Wall of Separation. Additionally, what would be the catastrophe if it turned out Obama really was a Muslim? Al Qaeda and the Taliban are both extremist groups who believe in a warped version of their own faith, much as the crusaders were extreme Christians who believed in a warped version of theirs (one which allowed them to plunder every village and rape every woman along the way). Islam, much like Christianity, Judaism, Hindu, Buddhism, and the other large global religions, is at it’s core, peaceful. Allah may claim to be the only true God, but doesn’t the Christian God say the same thing in the first Commandment? To conclude, I leave you with this quotation from the Qur’an.
“Those who believe (in the Quran), and those who follow the Jewish (scriptures), and the Christians…and (all) who believe in God and the last day and work righteousness, shall have their reward with their Lord; on them shall be no fear, nor shall they grieve.” The Qur’an, 2:62

Obama is Christian – George Stephanopoulos

A plurality of Americans — 43% — say they don’t know what religion the president is!!!!!! ——- Ha-ha!! Yeah, what DO you call the rhetoric of Rev Wright??? —- And has Obama attended church since he is in DC?????

I’m no expert, but denial of faith does not seem to be a Muslim trait. A devout Muslim would never claim not to be one.
But the fact that it is considered ‘denigration’ to portray someone as a Muslim is the deeper issue.

religion?, great post.
I’m a Christian, but honestly couldn’t care less about my President’s religion or anyone else’s.
It is the quality of a person’s values that count, honesty, integrity, compassion, intelligence and the ability to look ahead to the long term consequences of today’s actions that makes a great leader. Obama has those qualities which makes him an excellent leader. The fact he is a Christian is inconsequential.

Really, what does it matter if the President is Christian, Muslim, or a non-believer? It shouldn’t matter.
And as for the wisdom of building a mosque near Ground Zero, people forget that many of the innocent killed on 9/11 were peace-loving Muslims…Christians weren’t the only ones attacked on that day. The mosque is a symbol of peace — don’t let a few radical religious crazies convince you otherwise.

I’m no expert, but denial of faith does not seem to be a Muslim trait. A devout Muslim would never claim not to be one.
But the fact that it is considered ‘denigration’ to portray someone as a Muslim is the deeper issue.
Posted by: notsoimportant |
You are wrong. The Koran allows believers to lie about their faith and lie about Islam in order to deceive enemies and further the cause of Islam. It’s written pretty clearly in the Koran that lying about faith IS considered honorable when it helps to further the goal of Islam.

Jake:
Your mention of Fox News is a gratuitous cheap shot. Surely, you can’t be serious in suggesting that a 2007 Fox news report explains the current increase in uncertainty regarding Obama’s religion.
In addition, doesn’t journalistic objectivity require you to mention that Fox has repeatedly and prominently reported that Obama is a Christian? For example, have you forgotten that Fox’s extensive coverage of the Jeremiah Wright scandal arose from the fact that Obama is a Christian who belonged to Wright’s church?
For better or worse, most Americans judge religious affiliation by a person’s last name, regardless of whether that name is Cohen, Obama, or O’Reilly. The fact that Obama had a father who was born a Muslim no doubt also contributes to the confusion about Obama’s religion.
Isn’t it also racist and patronizing to suggest that believing a person is Muslim necessarily entails a negative judgment about that person.
The only important statistic is that a majority of Americans elected Obama president, notwithstanding his Muslim sounding last name.

Why else would he support a mosque at Ground Zero?
What’s next? A floating sushi restaurant next to the USS Arizona memorial, in the middle of Pearl Harbor? Obama the traitor needs to be dealt with.

@ pauldia …. a “talking point” by any other name is still a “talking point”

I predict a photo-op in a church in the near future! LOL!

Yes ABC, the rate of having a DUMB country has increased over the past 2 Decades.
Why do you think the Republicans has Bought and Paid for an ENTIRE TV channel? Yep, the President had an African father who more than likely practice the Muslim faith, BUT HE ALSO WAS HAD BY A SOUTHERN WHITE WOMAN, WHO WAS Also Likely to have been a Southern BAPTIST. Who the freak cares what the idiots that watches Faux “News” propaganda machine? Besides, the Ground work for this FALSEHOOD based on he “isn’t like us…color, style etc., was LAID by the MCCAIN and RACE/Ethnic Group RACE-BAITER SARAH Palin during the election. And as a CHRISTIAN, THERE’S NOTHING “CHRISTIAN-like” WITH NOTHING IN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. As far as I’m concerned they’re ANGRY and Hateful, and if you’re a Christian, and God-like, those two Detrimental Emotions are replaced by God-Like emotions of love and understanding, morals and principals, unjudgementalism. So those that questions what Faith the President SAID he is…maybe need to start with themselves.

20% believe Obama is Muslim, that means 80% OF America is stupid or blind as a stone. No religious functions of any kind in D.C. UNTIL Ramadan then we have a White House gala supper an celebration. You folks that elected him or crazy. I am a Democrat and you are still stupid!!

I know what church (es) he attended way back when no one knew him….and it sure in the hell wasn’t a Mosque. Get over yourselves, and by the way, the percentage that still believes he is a Muslim was at John McCain and Regligion/Race Baiter Sarah Palin’s “rallies”. So what do you expect.

I’m a bit curious why there are so many references to GOP, Sarah Palin and Fox News when this story has nothing to do with them. They didn’t initiate this poll … most likely the democrats did. The poll also focused on democrats who believe the president is a Muslim. Last I checked, most democrats weren’t huge GOP, Fox News or Sarah Palin supporters. Just goes to show that most people on here spout off whatever they think regardless of how ignorant they sound. What we should all be asking is why the democrats ran this poll at this point in time. Democrats have the white house and the majority in the house and the senate … this is their golden era. The real story here isn’t whether Obama is a muslim, the real story is why the democrats want us to waste our time discussing it.

What is the KINGDOM of GOS ? posted by T Aug 19, 2010 12:14:04 PM
___________________———___________
The Kingdom of Gos is a mythical land in which all of the traffic lights are green. No matter from what direction you approach, you will never be bothered by a red traffic light nor a “STOP” sign. There are no traffic jams because everyone gets the green light at the same time. Somehow (and this is the truly wonderful thing about the Kingdom of Gos, no two vehicles nor persons arrive at the same intersection at the same time. So there are truly no accidents. You will never find, in this kingdom by the sea, a “get out of jail free” card…since EVERYONE gets to pass “GO” and collect $200. I find it hard to believe that in this day and age, there is a single person, like you, T, that did not know what the Kingdom of Gos is. See you there. Wave as you GO by.

“I’m a bit curious why there are so many references to GOP, Sarah Palin and Fox News when this story has nothing to do with them.”
I blame Bush…

Obama is a muslim, and ABC I recent the hell out you claiming people FALSELY BELIEVE he is. He was raised muslim, multiple witnesses of him attending a mosque repeatedly with his muslim step father, only supposedly joining the Rev. Wright Church of freaks to help his political career years after. Rev. Wright raised muslim himself, has said his church has christian and muslim members. Duh!!

I was going to predict Rastafarianism!

Barry — Hey, since you chimed in at 1:27…. please tell us…. are you Christian, Muslim or a Rastafarian??

Didn’t seem to care what Bush was
He was a Murderer, Liar, Tortured
People, I guess none of this matters
when you are a Republican or a
Tea Party Nut
I’d rather have a Muslim for a President
than a murderer and liar!
God Bless Our Troops!!

According to Time Magazine it’s actually 1 out of 4. Time also revealed that more than 70% concur with the premise that proceeding with the plan would be an insult to the victims of the attacks on the World Trade Center.
Meanwhile Nancy – Bela – Lugosi wants to investigate anybody who opposes the mosque. Pelosi and Obama may have just sealed their own defeat in November.

Rahm, this is a crisis you don’t want to miss.

You want to act Stupid well then
be Stupid. Bush was a disaster
but you don’t seem to care about
all the evil he did!
Go away when you grow up and have
something intelligient to say.
I have nothing more to say to these
haters on this sight.
Bless Our Troops!!

This is what happens when the public votes for a president based on his political party, color, race, age, sex, looks, and “charisma” without knowing much else about him.
Let’s face it, this last election was more like an American Idol contest. Liberals wanted him because he is a Democrat. African Americans wanted him because he is black (actually, mixed race). The college crowd wanted him because he was young and “cool”. Sexist people wanted him because they didn’t think a woman could handle being president. Pictures and comparisons to JFK abounded as Obama’s face and body were splashed all over the TV, magazine covers, internet sites, etc. And, boy, could he talk a smooth talk. But who was he? What was his resume like? How much experience did he really have? The answer… no one really knew, and no one really cared. He was a rock star, and he was going to be president of the US!
Now, here we are 1-1/2 years later, and the divide is growing bigger by the day. Why? Because no one knows who he is or what he stands for. The man who claimed he could “bring the country together” has turned out to be the man to rip us apart even further. Meanwhile, he’s off to Martha’s Vineyard. But, hey, he IS a smooth talker and he’s sooo cute!!
Sheeesh.

He BELIEVES in CHANGE. So he belongs to the CHANGE religion.

Shoe | Aug 19, 2010 2:17:54 PM posted: “no one knows who he is or what he stands for.”
I’d say one my biggest disappointments in this administration is weak communications to the press and public. But, I also know Obama took office in the face of a crisis that was almost unprecedented in scope, so bigger things were on his plate.
However, imo, the press is also to blame. I just learned this morning from the NYT that since taking office Obama has given 6 speeches either from a church pulpit or addressing religion in public life — including an Easter prayer breakfast where he offered a very personal and candid reflection of what the Resurrection means to him.
The article goes on to say the President prays daily, sometimes in person or over the telephone with a small circle of Christian pastors. One of them is Rev. Kirbyjon H. Caldwell who was also a spiritual adviser to President GW Bush. Rev Kirbyjon said, “Never in the history of modern-day presidential politics has a president confessed his faith in the Lord, and folks basically call him a liar.”
Critical Americans who claim to be Christians – a religion that preaches charity, humility, forgiveness, and kindness – should look inward before sniping about another person’s faith.

I feel Obama has brought a lot of this on himself…going to Egypt last year and calling America a Muslim nation…putting America down in Islamic countries….reaching out to Muslims last week. If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck…its a DUCK!

It doesn’t matter what religion he is. THIS IS AMERICA…..FREEDOM OF RELIGION! I’m a proud ATHEIST and I’ll vote for a Muslim, a Jew, a Christian,etc as long as they share my values on most things.

If you believe that someone is a Muslim and don’t want to vote for them, that’s fine. If you don’t want to vote for someone because you think they are a Christian, a secular humanist, an atheist and on and on, that’s fine, too.
Each person who runs for office should say what they are – Hindu, Christian, Muslim, atheist, secular humanist – whatever. They should all be honest about it, and if need be, prove that they are telling the truth, as politicians (be they Dem or Repub) don’t exactly have a stellar reputation for always telling the truth.
Then let the chips fall where they may.
That is true transparency. Americans will appreciate that.

…too little business acumen..to be considered a card carrying muslim..

Teddy | Aug 19, 2010 2:44:19 PM posted: “He ignores Prayer Day but holds a Ramadan celebration in the WH.”
What gave you the idea that President Obama “ignores Prayer Day”? Step out of the Conservative Echo Chamber:
Back in October 2008, the “Freedom from Religion Foundation” sued to challenge our federal law designating a National Day of Prayer.
In 2009 The Obama administration asked a U.S. District Judge to DISMISS the case. The Obama administration stood by the National Day of Prayer, arguing there was no legal standing for the lawsuit since the tradition of the National Day of Prayer dated back to 1775.
Even so, the lawsuit was allowed to proceed and in 2010 the National Day of Prayer was ruled Unconstitutional as it is “an inherently religious exercise that serves no secular function.”
Again, under the direction of the Obama administration, the US Justice Department is in the process of an appeal. And, regardless of its legal status, President Obama recognized the National Day of Prayer in 2010 with a public proclamation.

Personally, I could not care less what religious order(s) he belongs too.
The people’s perception of him in ALL areas is based on what he does, not what he says.
He has proven himself to be the ultimate fence sitter. He & his adminstration have consistently shot their mouths off, only to have to come back and “re-evaluate”, “explain” & my personal favorite – “clarify” what they meant to say. Thank god they have Joe “foot-in-the-mouth” Biden to back up the President!
Would Obama have said what he said last week if he had been at a meeting of some Jewish group? I’m not sure, I believe he so arrogant that he might just have done it.
Issue after issue after issue, He constantly positions himself opposite the majority of Americans. Can’t imagine why the American public is scattered-brained over his “religion”, most of us dont care one bit about that. We care about the horrific direction he and his circle of academic fools are taking this country.

Question: What is in a name?
Answer: Ask the President.
What better way to symbolize the victory of Islamic terrorism than having a mosque at Ground Zero. Irrespective of the fact whether Obama is a Muslim or not, his policies will hurt the US interests in the long term. I am sure, by the time he relinquishes office, America will be a weaker state than it was before he took over.

How does it matter what religion he belongs to? He hasn’t been good anyway. I assume that he had lots to do in the times of depreciation and economic slow down. he tried to bring it all together and people are failing him to do so by questioning his own religious stand. Hope he does good for the rest of the time.

Anne | Aug 20, 2010 8:53:57 AM posted: “What I find most amusing about the comments to this story is that all the pro-Obama comments are filled with poor English, typos and horrifying sentence structure. If ignorance is prevelant in the support for this president- is it not time to change presidents?”
So, Anne, if we follow your advice, voters who “are in an uproar” about “his choice” should use the patently false idea that our President is a Muslim to “remove him”.
I guess there is no need to actually think about other candidates’ positions, simply vote out anyone perceived as not Christian. How American. Let freedom ring.
And btw, in your statement, “If ignorance is prevelant in the support for this president- is it not time to change presidents?” The word “prevelant” is spelled prevalent.

Dawn, I loved what you wrote about “liberty, cultural diversity and tolerance”..the only problem is that the imam setting up shop there believes in none of those virtues for his own flock..esp. the women. Let’s not be so naiive as to put our “goodhousekeeping seal of approval” on the sharia way of life just because it makes us look open minded. If their laws allowed muslim men to lead their wives around town with dog leashes, would you still support this, or any other, mosque in the name of diversity? What would make you say “no”…? This is the religion of honor killings, stoning, and wrapping women up in black sheets (no matter how hot)..and we are to ignore this intollerance of women in the name of tolerance?

Dawn, your post to me sounds a little mean..probably because mine sounded pretty snotty too-sorry. I actually was born and raised overseas, so I have traveled and seen alot of countries, incl predominantly muslim ones. I guess my question is how large does the “fringe” of any group have to be before one starts demanding accountability from its leadership? Seems to me the answer is one thing if we are talking about the tea party..another if we are talking about Islam.

I hear you Dawn, and our philosophies on tolerance etc. are not that far removed from each other. Life to me isn’t always so black and white..the older I get, the more grey I see. I’m all for the right to build as many mosques as needed, but when it comes to building one there..it doesn’t feel right..it is grey-very grey. People have pointed out the presence of strip clubs and bars..can’t say I like that either, but the truth is those planes weren’t commandeered by drunks or hookers. Seeing a singing drunk stumble out of a bar at ground zero doesn’t provoke memories of 9-11..hearing a call to prayer, or chants of alu akbar is different. My dad died this past Friday. He struggled at the end, it was really tough. Last night my husband coughed a little and I almost had an anxiety attack because it took me right back to my dad’s bedside. Can you even imagine what the families of 9-11 feel..or New Yorkers in general? Putting every other issue aside, incl. how we feel about sharia law, I believe the feelings of these survivors must come first..build the mosque somewhere else.

So what’s the problem here? Republicans hated Obama for his Christian Rev. Wright. Suddenly he’s hated because Republicans are pushing the Muslim title on him. I don’t care, but I can’t help notice that the Republicans can’t even get their reasons for hatred straight.
Now they want Obama to explain himself and be “honest” on what his religion is. He said he’s Christian. Yet that’s not good enough. They WANT him to say he’s a Muslim. WHY? WHY?? What are you all up to? Oh, never mind. I remember, HATE.
Anything, to make him fail because for some reason he must be stopped. I guess the Republicans are afraid he’ll get us into an unjust war or screw up the economy like Bushie and his Republican congress did.

“He has regularly attended church with his wife and daughters for years.” But when asked, Obamam stated he did not pay much attention to Jeremiah Wright and did not know of his controversial sermons. Just going to a Christian church does not make him a Christian. His actions tell a different story than the one he published.

And why would we care? I vote for people who I think will represent all people, not any specific group..It makes me more concerned to see someone like Bush in office. He claimed god spoke to him and wore his “christianity” on his sleave.
People can say they are any religion they want to be, but their actions are always louder than their words…By the way I found a website that give you prizes for your opinions and 4 play games here is the topic about this:
http://opinion.ezwingame.com/topics/do-americans-entitled-to-question-the-religion-of-obama

And why would we care? I vote for people who I think will represent all people, not any specific group..It makes me more concerned to see someone like Bush in office. He claimed god spoke to him and wore his “christianity” on his sleave.
People can say they are any religion they want to be, but their actions are always louder than their words…By the way I found a website that give you prizes for your opinions and 4 play games here is the topic about this:
http://opinion.ezwingame.com/topics/do-americans-entitled-to-question-the-religion-of-obama

And why would we care? I vote for people who I think will represent all people, not any specific group..It makes me more concerned to see someone like Bush in office. He claimed god spoke to him and wore his “christianity” on his sleave.
People can say they are any religion they want to be, but their actions are always louder than their words…By the way I found a website that give you prizes for your opinions and 4 play games here is the topic about this:
http://opinion.ezwingame.com/topics/do-americans-entitled-to-question-the-religion-of-obama

And why would we care? I vote for people who I think will represent all people, not any specific group..It makes me more concerned to see someone like Bush in office. He claimed god spoke to him and wore his “christianity” on his sleave.
People can say they are any religion they want to be, but their actions are always louder than their words…By the way I found a website that give you prizes for your opinions and 4 play games here is the topic about this:
http://opinion.ezwingame.com/topics/do-americans-entitled-to-question-the-religion-of-obama

I do not care what religion he is. In fact I think I will only support candidates that take no affiliation with any religion.
Pretty obvious religion is the root of all evil in this world, and that can be seen just by readin gthe comments under these articles.

Jake, i expect you to write politically swayed articles, “which he is”, is not enough and does not cut it…
President Obama only has his own actions to blame for this shift in Public Opinion, and your pithy article will do little to save him…
1 – The slip-ups, where he says, “My Muslim Faith” (its on You-Tube)
2 – The Defense of the Mosque being build 500 ft away from ground zero.
3 – When the Christian Pastor was going to burn Muslim books in protest he made large objections.
4 – Bowing to Muslim Leaders around the world, when experts said this was not in the protocol and also said his advisers would have told him this.
5 – Pointing out that we will never be at war with Islam, (while I agree with him on this) he has never said that we will never be at war with Christianity, or Other Religions.
6 – He is obviously very well versed in the Muslim religion, quotes like waking up to Friday call.
7 – Stating that America is no longer a Christian country, we have 3 million Muslims living here and 1500 mosques in 50 states.
Start adding all this up, and it is not the media that has swayed public opinion, its our Campaigner and Chief. You article is extremely weak on evidence as to why he is a Christian.
He has done nothing to support the values or views of Christians in the last two years, this is reflective in his speeches, his foreign policy.
Obama is smart, and attending church is all for image, great…, it doesn’t change the man inside, and the people of america are starting to feel short “changed” – no pun intended…