While I sat in my room, contemplating the topic of my post for this
week, an epiphany came to me in the form of Barack Obama. According to
an article that I had found on the interweb, some see Obama as the
‘wrong’ kind of Christian. What does this even mean? To summarize, the
religious conservatives do not find Obama to be a true Christian (which
is understandable considering that most conservatives are unable to
understand any beliefs aside from their own). Obama is a man of faith,
and referred to his strong belief in God many times over. He reads his
Bible, just not literally, which is what the majority of the
conservatives are doing.
Obama is a President that recognizes, and tolerates (emphasis
on the word “tolerates”) other religious denominations that exist in
the United States. It is unfortunate that many people (specifically the
conservatives), are still unable to recognize that there must
be a separation between Church and state. If Church was related to
state, then the Magisterium mind as well take over the entire country.
At least Obama recognizes that not everyone in the U.S. is Christian, or even believes in God for that matter.
Want to know more--need more of a definition for a Christian, Miss Remark. :)
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