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DesertFlower

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27. i think obama is an atheist.

Reply to cbayer (Original post)

Thu Mar 26, 2015, 12:49 AM

Mar 2015

his mother and grandparents were. he probably pretended to be a christian when he decided to go into politics. notice the media doesn't cover the obama's going to church on sunday as they did with many other presidents. seems like they go to church occasionally.

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Americans are deeply religious, so will we ever see an atheist president? Here�s what we know. [View all] cbayer Mar 2015 OP

Not for generations whatthehey Mar 2015 #1

Things are changing but there is a very serious image problem here. cbayer Mar 2015 #3

How do you we haven't already had an atheist in the White House? There sinkingfeeling Mar 2015 #2

That point is made in the article, but in our lifetime cbayer Mar 2015 #4

Not if Hillary has anything to say about it.. Fumesucker Mar 2015 #5

Hillary Clinton is a christian. cbayer Mar 2015 #6

We know the Republicans are all going to play the Christian trump card Fumesucker Mar 2015 #7

I don't disagree but I don't think you can conclude from that cbayer Mar 2015 #8

You'll never read this, but there are many reasons for concern... trotsky Mar 2015 #9

I don't hold you responsible for comments made by others to any article or video you might post Fumesucker Mar 2015 #13

I did not hold you responsible at all. cbayer Mar 2015 #14

That video clip is creepy as all get out Fumesucker Mar 2015 #23

I didn't find it creepy when I first saw it, but it wasn't clear to me what it was about. cbayer Mar 2015 #24

Everyone with an IQ above room temperature has an agenda Fumesucker Mar 2015 #25

Hillary's agenda is larger than just about anyone's. cbayer Mar 2015 #28

Has Hillary come out publicly against an atheist President? (nt) stone space Mar 2015 #18

Of course not. But she named the bible as her most important book, cbayer Mar 2015 #19

Just pointing out the wide range of religious choices we get in Presidential candidates Fumesucker Mar 2015 #20

OK. The title of your post suggested otherwise to me. stone space Mar 2015 #21

I think there have been Atheist POTUS Runningdawg Mar 2015 #10

I do think there have been atheists. I guess the better question is cbayer Mar 2015 #11

A nonbeliever could run Runningdawg Mar 2015 #16

At this point, I think someone who identifies themselves as some sort of christian cbayer Mar 2015 #17

There's a thread about an atheist in a foxhole where someone's faith in God was shaken by learning Fumesucker Mar 2015 #26

I think it is fair to say that people can both find and lose god in a foxhole. cbayer Mar 2015 #29

Could even shake one's faith in humanity, I suppose. stone space Mar 2015 #31

Of course we will. (nt) stone space Mar 2015 #12

We're a long way from electing an open atheist, MineralMan Mar 2015 #15

I think we will (and probably have already). pinto Mar 2015 #22

i think obama is an atheist. DesertFlower Mar 2015 #27

I think he is what he says he is cbayer Mar 2015 #30

President Obama is the first President successfully pressured to quit his church by mass media. stone space Mar 2015 #32

This is accurate. cbayer Mar 2015 #33