Pew Poll: 1 In 5 White Evangelicals Still Believe Obama Is A Muslim »
Posted By TimALoftis 10 months, 1 week ago in Political News
More than two months into Barack Obama's presidency, as many people incorrectly identify him as a Muslim as did so during the 2008 campaign. When asked about Obama's religious beliefs, 11% say he is a Muslim. In October, 12% said Obama is a Muslim, which was unchanged from earlier in the campaign.
In the current survey, 35% say they do not know Obama's religion, either because they do not know enough about him (22%), or because they have heard different things about his religion (13%); another 6% refused to answer.
As was the case last fall, white evangelical Protestants (19%) and Republicans (17%) are among the most likely to view Obama as a Muslim. Fewer than half in each group -- 38% of white evangelicals and 46% of Republicans -- correctly identify Obama as a Christian.
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Goppy10 months, 1 week ago
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Dis is cause my fiendly Christian Cosnervative gits our news from da preacher on Sundy Service church.
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And da preacher says that Obama is the leeder of the Godless LIE-berals.
Do my fella Christian Cosnervatives LIEK havin theeir brains feels like Swiss Cheees?
I honest to God dont know.
I caint feel my brain.
But my heart is filled wit the love of Jesus ... our Christian Evangelical Jesus ... the REPUBLICAN Jesus that supports Water-Boarding ... ... Keeping kids from getting health care ... ... spewin pollutants into the environment ... ... laughtin at folks who try to preserve da enviromint ... ... and callin Michel Obama nasti names.
Yup. We smaht.
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FrankHummel10 months, 1 week ago
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I'm sure that comparable percentages also PURPORT at least equally strongly to believe in a literal (rather than an alllegorical) interpretation of the Book of Genesis, and in the notion that The Deity fawns over only US alone (out of all the vast universe it has created), and they probably also believe in the Easter Bunny and the Tooth Fairy.
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LOTS of people blithely "believe" whatever they WANT to believe, and equally blithely ignore mere "logical" inconsistencies and irrationalities in their systems of belief.-
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Daylight10 months, 1 week ago
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LOTS of people blithely "believe" whatever they WANT to believe, and equally blithely ignore mere "logical" inconsistencies and irrationalities in their systems of belief.
You are right but it also applies to Atheists and Evolutionists and also idol worshipers.
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Sageparadox10 months, 1 week ago
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Well ofcourse they do. Obama is supose to be the enemy. The enemy cant believe in the same god as we do. Oh no, he has to be a Muslim. Yes Muslims are the enemy. Ofcourse the entire religion is responsible for 9/11 regardless of the facts that there are millions of muslims in our country not committing crimes of terroism, and are infact doctors and lawyers.
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Redneck10 months, 1 week ago
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Anyone know the rule "once a Muslim ALWAYS a Muslim OR one is killed by a Muslim???? He was resistered as a Muslim as a child and attended prayers at the local Mosque until he left Indonesia.
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OR did you hear the interview when he spoke "of my Muslim faith" only to amend it at the prompting of the interviewer??
There is grounds for believing he is still Muslim because of these facts AND his apparent departure from Orthodox Christian tenets of faith. All recorded on video tape!!!-
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lfergie81210 months, 1 week ago
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"Anyone know the rule "once a Muslim ALWAYS a Muslim OR one is killed by a Muslim????"
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No but I've hear the saying that once an idiot always an idiot. When Obama was a child he had no chice of religion but when he was old enough to make a choice he chose to live with his grandparents while his mother chose to go to other places. What faith is John McCain? Once an Episcopal always an Episcopal? McCain switched faiths after adulthood but that is alright I guess.
"OR did you hear the interview when he spoke "of my Muslim faith" only to amend it at the prompting of the interviewer??"
Saw the interview and that statement was taken out of context. They were discussing John McCain staying away from the issue of calling Obama a Muslim.
"There is grounds for believing he is still Muslim because of these facts"
Only in your own mind just as those radicals that still don't believe Obama was born in Hawaii even though the state of Hawaii has it on their record that he was. -
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Goppy10 months, 1 week ago
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I liek the ways you think Redneck.
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Liek ... if you DON'T believe in Jesus ... then you get borned again ... You are saying that the bein borned again is a big fat LIE.
Ima thinkin I might agree with you.
All those who claim to be BORNED AGAIN .. is lying. Just as you yourself say. Cause ... at one point they WERENT Christians ... and now they say they are.
Me, I was bornd a Christian and I aint never had to be born again.
Thanks for sharin that poeple caint change. And that only folks who been BORN Christian can get to heavin.
Thats mighty Christian of you .... MODERN Christian.
The same Modern Christian who supports war, torture, lying to go to war, pre-emptive war, Welfare for the Wealthy .... and of course ... keeping kids from gettin health care.
We Modern Christians LOVE to keep kids from gettin health care.
In fact, thats why we work so hard to make abortion ILLEGAL ... so we can watch kids die cause they couldnt get health care.
Ha ha ... lets you and I sit back and watch them Lie-beral Elitists give us negs now!
hardy har har - good job thar Redneck.
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Daylight10 months, 1 week ago
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Anyone know the rule "once a Muslim ALWAYS a Muslim OR one is killed by a Muslim???? He was resistered as a Muslim as a child and attended prayers at the local Mosque until he left Indonesia.
OR did you hear the interview when he spoke "of my Muslim faith" only to amend it at the prompting of the interviewer??
There is grounds for believing he is still Muslim because of these facts AND his apparent departure from Orthodox Christian tenets of faith. All recorded on video tape!!!
Hi Redneck, A Muslim is a person who submits his will to the will of God but Obama is not a Muslim just because he was born to a Muslim father. He might have attended prayers and followed any other Islamic way of life when he was a kid but does he follow Islam now? There is no such thing as secret Muslim unless there is a threat to his life. BTW, Is it wrong to be a Muslim in a country that is Secular not a religious theocracy? Why can't be a Secular Muslim like Husny Mubarak or any other despot becoming a leader of America? I don't see any difference between Zardary of Pakistan and an American leader they are both same in their greed for power and control and also when it comes to hypocrisy and they have nothing to do with the religion especially Islam because Islam will never compromise any of its principle for the sake of worldly life and pleasure.-
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Redneck10 months, 1 week ago
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Thanks Daylight I welcome discussions with you as you attempt to be respectful of others or at least of me. Name calling serves no purpose only to reveal the individuals cannot express their thoughts in a reasonable manner.
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Thanks.
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pokydoke10 months, 1 week ago
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Why is it that the Evangelical right has such a low level of intellectual curiosity? I would seem that they are incapable of original thought. RRJ has shown time and time again that his facts are based on opinion and hearsay. The twists and turns he uses to justify his inane statements are astounding.
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Goppy10 months, 1 week ago
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I can answer than pokydokey.
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See - them Lie-berals believe in an INFINITE God ... with INFINITE possiblity.
We Christian Evangelicals dont go for all that hocus pocus.
It says reight in the Bible that Man was made in the image of God. So ... right there ... you know God aint very smaht.
Cause mosta the folks I know here in Ocala ainnt very smaht. My friend Cletus is so dumb ... If his brains were dynamite, he couldn’t blow his nose.
So right theres proof that God aint smaht. Why try to expand our world view when God is already accepted us as our equal? Dont make no sense.
That also explains why we pride ourselves on not votin for smaht poeple for president. Thats why we LOVED GeeDub.
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Goppy10 months, 1 week ago
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You know, That guy Reallizer makes an interesting point below.
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What difference would it make?
I mean ... granted ... as a Christian Cosnervative, its yours and my duty to ridicule other faiths. Thats all part of bein a Modern Christian in AMerica.
Thats just ONE of our duties.
The other duty is to vote for candidates who work to keep children from getting access to health care ... oh ... and our support for Welfare for the Wealthy.
But, heres the deal ... if we say that moslims AINT allowed to be presdient ... aint that like the old Soviet Union ... where you could ONLY be Premier if you were an avowed ATHEIST?
Now, I understand that our Modern Republican Party has gotten a LOT of inspiration from the OLD SOVIET UNION ... after all ... a hardliner is a hardliner ... be them in America ... or The Old Soviet Union ... but still ... your outrage seems kinda weird.
REALLY weird.
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sinophil4910 months, 1 week ago
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automan - If you just bothered to google Barack Obama's history, you would immediately discover that Barack Obama's father was named Barack Obama.
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What is so bad about wanting to bear the same name as one's father? Doesn't the Fourth Commandment order Christians to honor thy father and mother?
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lovemylibs10 months, 1 week ago
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The heading of the poll was "No Decline in Belief That Obama is a Muslim".
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The sub-heading was "Nearly 1-in-5 White Evangelicals Thinks So"
Based on the poll numbers, the sub-heading just as easily could have been:
"More Republicans now think that Obama is Christian than before" ,
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"Fewer Democrats now think that Obama is Christian than before"
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"About(.35)-in-5 Democrats still think Obama is Muslim"
This can all be understood by looking at the poll data and applying some simple thought to it.-
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Goppy10 months, 1 week ago
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Hey, its my favorite Spin Doctor.
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The Propeller-Haid famous for his persistence in trying to convince the world that all media has a Liberal Bias ...
But Man Alive, lovelibber! You sure to liek to twist things around. You must be liek the bestest Pretzel Thinker of all tiem.
Im surely not as gifted as you are in twistin truth but heres what Im seein.
Im seein words for what they are ... not what you are readin INTO em.
Know what I mean?
Its liek, you are some kinda paranoid fella who thinks the media is liek out to get YOU.
Maybe whats trhowin you is the percentages.
I useta get mixed up with percentages at my skool ... which was really my home on accounta I was home skooled.
But lookey here ... all the artical is sayin is this.
Roughly 15 million of my fellow Christian Evangelicals believe the lie that Obama is a Muslim.
In addition ... 4 million refused to answer the question about Obamas religion. Youd have to think that some of them believe him to be moslim.
Thats more poeple than live in NEW YORK, LOS ANGELES ... and CHICAGO ......... PUT TOGETHER!
Can you just imagine?
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DenCuddy10 months, 1 week ago
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Can we just say 1 in 5 evangicals believe the world is flat? The world is 5,000 years old? The world is the center of the universe? That dinosaur bones were buried by Satan to confuse us?
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Dionys10 months, 1 week ago
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At the end of his presidency, 23-25% of Americans still supported Bush.
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Which shows there will always be a minority percentage of stupid people who will believe whatever they're told to believe despite mountains of evidence to the contrary.
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