Is President Obama secretly an atheist, who fakes being a Christian for political reasons?

[LuvNewcastle]

42. Instead of interpreting what those teachings mean,

which, as you describe, can be very complicated, let's think about what they don't mean. Are you treating others as you wish to be treated when you send out the drones? How about when you have someone arrested and throw them in jail indefinitely without a trial?

Most Christians that I know of believe that "love your neighbor as yourself" means love everyone as you love yourself. I've never heard anyone say that it meant just to love the people next door. In that light, it means pretty much the same thing as the other commandment. Are you loving your neighbor when you try to cut their Social Security?

Those are a couple of examples of things Obama has done that most would say are in direct conflict with Christian teachings. There are many more. That's what I mean when I say that Obama doesn't always adhere to Christian principles when he makes decisions. He might have reasons for the things he does, but it's obvious that those reasons have little or nothing to do with the things he learned in church.

Understand that even though I don't agree with Obama on the issues I've cited, it doesn't mean that I believe a President should follow his Christian beliefs to the letter. When Jesus said those things, he didn't have subordinate clauses in the sentences that said, " love your neighbor unless he does something you don't like." That's why Christian principles aren't enough to go by when you're making the really tough decisions. That's what makes the decisions so tough in the first place.