I hate that "one in ten" number. Or "one in four" or whatever. It makes me look at the faces of people I see on the street, wondering which of them would have been out with torches and pitchforks, burning witches, back in the day.

It's depressing to consider we live amongst savages, who would return the world to medieval ignorance and degradation if they were only given a chance.

One has to have a strong "constitution" to post comments about this President or "Muslims".One could be looking at a death sentence,never seeing their children again,poverty,court orders to pay any bill that any attorney or attorney general in the state demands for the "offender" to pay,then if you are really lucky they could break bones,arrest you,have you sit in jail for months until they decide how to handle the "situation",how to protect these politicians,attorneys,law enforcement,religious fanatics,and cultural diverse people who have no clue how they have affected one's life,one's freedoms,their mental and physical health.So throw caution to the wind and stand up for yourself, tell the truth if the "truth game" is the game of the day, if not just continue to post and if someone decides to forward them to the national security council,FBI,CIA,United Nations,United States blah,blah,blah then so be it,at least one might get a day in "court" to actually defend themselves,that is if they don't provide you with a preselective "court appointed" attorney which make claims about you mental status since your a batteried women while the other side strangle holds your children into testifying against you while abusing them in any way they feel they can get away with. Isn't this a great country to live,work,and die fore?

By definition, 50% of the population has an I.Q. below 100 so ... .

Aside to INGOODFAITH: are you a bot or did you just stop taking your meds?

What I like to think is that even if President Obama came out as a closet atheist - people would still vote for him.

I like to think it. It's a nice thought.
But we're not quite ready yet.

It wouldn't surprise me if he actually is an atheist. He seems too smart - too analytical - too curious and questioning to give the childish God hypothesis serious thought. He just doesn't seem that gullible, to buy into a fantasy that is clearly designed to console and comfort the fearful.
I could forgive him for pretending to be a Christian true believer. In politics there are some things you have to fake. Votes are vital. Winning is all. "What do I have to do to win?" Folks don't vote for atheists in America.

I would prefer that he is faking his belief. I would understand.
What I wouldn't understand is how a smart guy like him could believe in a biblical SkyGod.

Imagine if it was forbidde, on WAPO (onfaith/onreligion & postglobal) to use the words "JACQ{UE}LI{NE}" Or "SAL{MO{N}"

"OBAM{A}" Or "IMM{MIG}RATION}" w/out the Curly Brackets (open & close Quotes Marks Ok) Or "G-{D}" Or

"SA{LLY}" "QU{i}NN" or "DA{VID" "WA{}TERS" or " "FA{R}EED" "ZAK{A}R}IA}" or "DAV-ID" "I{}G{}NATiUS" or the word "Washing{ton}" or "PO{ST" , MOSES, JESUS etc..???

For a test of "Ingoodfaith" Please remove curly brackets in WAPO's Editor & hit "Submit" button. For the Word:

""SH{i}L{O}H" [PEACE BRINGER]. So

WHY would Washington Post or George Town University et al; be soo so afraid of a (biblical) word meaning, "PEACE", Freidan, PAZ, Mir, SHALOM or "SH{}{A}{L}{O}{M}", Salaam, Ahimsah, Zhingyu"?.....?.. Testing testing:

"HUE{-}MATES"
"JO{}K}{T}AN" [The UNITED Ancestors]
{WE [i] Cometh from This Father/Mother EBERu line} hence [i] WE; US? are innately evolved as "HUEMATES" not as HUMAN anymore. As Prophecy: WE [i] Removeth the "Scepter & the Rod.. from Both hand & between King DAVID's realm who are "P{E}{L}E{G"ians [The DIVIDED Ancestors]. WE Reverseth the DRUNKIN NOAH [racist] CURSETH/SINETH preposterous Story of Moses & his Jealoused Co., And So
INSTEAD of god, replaced "ITSELF" w/the knowledge of "IT" via the Holyi Cosmic "MELCHIZEDEK PEACE-BLESSING" & more "Good TiDINGS"!

Testing Testing:

"P{E}{L}E{G"
[Means the "DIVIDED" Eber/ABRAHAMICs branch/splinter, Isaac, Ishamael, Jacob, Joseph, David, Solomon, Esau, Jesus, includes Muhammad Folks, Mormons too etc.., as their Lineage/Ancestor (NOT OUR's, Never! or unlike US HUEMATE-arians of that Holyi Cosmic NEBULA awared "IT"s (G-D) Naturally Selected , aka, Chosen, "JO{}K}{T}AN"ian) EBERu race!

WOW! WHY WAPO???????????? WHO {Sect?, Cult?, Preacher, Editor, Moderator(s) , Mormon {Michael Otterson}, Evangelousical? , rick Warren? {Chuck Colson}? David Waters & Deepak Chopra? The Vatican the Wahabbi's, Chief Rabbinites {Adin Steinsaltz}, & or Brad Hirschfield? etc..} is Behind This Blatant 1st Amendment Violation conspiracy & Jealous Anti Public-Internet DEVILISH/EVIL Censorings???

Wow! Please WAPO & Co., stop Jealously Blocking OUR, not your, Intellectual works about the "IT" [G-D doing work & becoming what one is becoming] And then Borrow for Ye gains or Withholding such whiteboarding hard work from its genuine Authors!?

What kind of a Looney Tune thinks that the hyper-conservative Muslims favor abortions? Islamic counties even execute homosexuals! You have to wonder what cave these people live in. Which edition of which translation of the bible or God’s book is God’s word? Which interpretation of which edition of God’s word is the will of God? Oh yours? Right.

The reason many people think this is that Mr. Obama is a very unsettling person. He just doesn't come off as real but rather as sort of a messenger of his own dark philosophies. He's so singularly un-Christian in what he promotes when you look at his rabid support for homosexuality and abortion that it's just not surprising that many Americans think he's got a problem.

fr sinnersunited:

>...for christians believe the bible as Gods' word,and believe the teachings in Gods' word are for all mankind,hence a christian should not be a pro-abortionist,a gay rights supporter,and the like so you can see why mr.o is not seen as a christian he does not believe as one....

You are completely incorrect. I am a gay Christian (20 years with the United Methodist Church!) woman, happily married to my WIFE, and we are both VERY pro-choice.

What makes me uncomfortable is not the question of whether Obama is a closet Muslim or a practicing Christian, but the fact that he belongs to a Black Liberation Theology church with close ties to the rabidly racist Farrakhan.

Coloradodog, your ad hominem attacks undermine any credibility you hope to present. You mark yourself as a kneejerk, reactionary leftist by invoking name calling against Rush and Fox.

Had you bothered to do research aside from digging out your own resentment of thinking people, you would realize that Rush NEVER CALLED OBAMA A MUSLIM. And appropriately or not, Fox ran a correction to its story that said he was.

To the point of folks making a mistake of not identifying mr.o as a christian that is easily understood,for christians believe the bible as Gods' word,and believe the teachings in Gods' word are for all mankind,hence a christian should not be a pro-abortionist,a gay rights supporter,and the like so you can see why mr.o is not seen as a christian he does not believe as one.a christian will try to help man understand and live by Gods' laws not try and legislate loopwholes around them.Remember there is the difference of being in the world and being of the world you can choose to support the world veiw or Gods' view not both.

Muslim or not God put him in office.Im glad God knows what he is doing because its real clear that he himself does not have a clue other then bringing about a socialist change in the world as we know it,but Gods knows exactly whats happening and why it is happening and what is going to come of whats happening.

Americans think Obama is a Muslim because Limberger and his inbred cousins at RNC Fox News perpetuated the rumor. They couldn't tell us why McCain was any different from Cheney so the only thing they could do was spread rumor and innuendo in the "Christian" neocon tradition.

Only somebody dumb enough to believe in religion at all would be stupid enough to make this mistake.

Ask how many atheists think Obama is a muslim.

Then one in ten Americans are morons, though I suspect the number to be significantly higher.