Obama's so-called "Christian faith"

From Part 1:

"The ruse that he is a Christian must be exposed for what it really is: Obama's cloak to conceal that he is a Marxist from a Muslim background, for which he holds widespread support in the Islamic world. This series of three articles will analyze his exploitation of Christian rhetoric to serve the subterfuge."

Take the time to read all three parts linked.


Part 1:

Noteworthy:

"For two decades Obama was indeed a member of a 'church' in Chicago, but its Marxist 'theology' of Black Power, its affinities with the Nation of Islam, and having the raving malevolent Jeremiah Wright as his "spiritual mentor" make Obama's claim to be a Christian less than credible.

Confirming that Obama's 'deep faith' is not Christian has been his denial that Jesus Christ is Lord of all and the supreme revelation from God for all humankind, and its corollary, his admitted skepticism about an afterlife.

The reality of Jesus' resurrection from the dead is the most basic confession of the Christian faith and has been affirmed by all Christians since the first generation as God's revelation of life everlasting.[10] Christians call upon the name of Jesus as the crucified and risen Lord whom God vindicated to become the Savior of all peoples and to give believers eternal life. This hope is so integral to the Christian faith that the apostle Paul reasoned that conversely if resurrection is not the destiny of those who belong to the risen Christ, then Christ himself is dead, the faith has no content, and believers are not reconciled to God. 'If for this life only we have hoped in Christ, we are the most pitiable people of all."'[11] Inherent in Jesus' teaching and the Christian hope is also the Jewish expectation of God's judgment of all persons, that beyond this life divine justice will reward the good and punish those who do evil.(12)"

.Part 2:

Noteworthy:

"In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus teaches against making a public show of praying, as pretenders do to be seen as pious; instead, pray privately and God who sees in secret will reward you.[10] But when Obama made his pre-election victory tour to the Holy Land in July, at Jerusalem he made a political display of his 'piety.' The Obama campaign desecrated the Western Wall -- Judaism's most sacred site -- with an entourage of supporters displaying his banner and signs.[11] Mimicking the practice of devout Jews, Obama placed in a crack of the wall a slip of paper containing a humble prayer he had hand-written; on stationary of the King David Hotel the messianic candidate had asked God to make him an instrument of his will.[12] We know the prayer's 'private' contents because it was a campaign prop, and its discovery was staged for public consumption.

The initial report was that a Jewish seminary student stole the prayer from the wall and gave it to the Israeli newspaper Maariv, which then published a closeup of the note next to a photo of the candidate placing it in the wall. In the blogosphere Leftists collectively tore their garments asunder, appalled by the sacrilege committed against Barack Obama, a man of 'social justice' who is also 'a devout Christian.' His humble act of prayer had been violated; his piety, a victim of shameless media exploitation. Is nothing sacred?

The offense of publishing the note was potentially criminal, and sources from the newspaper Maariv confessed that before the messianic candidate went to the wall the Obama campaign had already given the newspaper a copy of his "secret prayer." Israel's most popular daily, Yediot Ahoronot, likewise received a copy of the prayer but chose not to publish it.[13] The prayer was 'stolen' by an Obama supporter[14] (videotaped with his entourage) as a ploy for making its contents public, with Barry the pious victim. Maariv has since rescinded its original claim that it received a copy directly from the campaign, and both papers turned silent on the matter. Under pressure? Given Obama's pattern of deception, the most plausible scenario is that the campaign stunt was to impress voters of his piety - another of Obama's many ruses.[15] Verily, the pretender has received his reward."


Part 3

Noteworthy:

"For his presidential campaign the mythmaker has re-invented himself once again, with strategist David Axelrod as the source of his teleprompted scripts. Having no achievements qualifying him for the nation's highest office is offset by Obama's legendary insight and judgment as one of profound spirituality. Obama fancies himself a thinker of deep thoughts, a channeler of collective consciousness, an oracle of prophetic utterance. Four years ago he said:

...the most powerful political moments for me come when I feel like my actions are aligned with a certain truth. I can feel it. When I'm talking to a group and I'm saying something truthful, I can feel a power that comes out of those statements that is different than when I'm just being glib or clever. . . .

I think it's the power of the recognition of God, or the recognition of a larger truth that is being shared between me and an audience. That's something you learn watching ministers, quite a bit. What they call the Holy Spirit.... there are moments that happen within a sermon where the minister gets out of his ego and is speaking from a deeper source. And it's powerful.[19]

It is unknown whether the following oracles were from a deeper source or channeled through the teleprompter. Reportedly the prophecies were repeated in multiple locations; two samples are quoted here. These occurred in January 2008, as Christians celebrated the Feast of the Epiphany, commemorating that the light of a star appeared over Bethlehem; to the magi this light attested Jesus' messianic birth.[20] Being filled with power and true to himself, Obama prophesied that his rhetoric will be so effective that voters will believe in his anointing:

At some point in the evening, a light is going to shine down and you will have an epiphany and you'll say, "I have to vote for Barack."[21]

... a light will shine down from somewhere. It will light upon you. You will experience an epiphany. And you will say to yourself, "I have to vote for Barack. I have to do it."[22]

This verbiage echoes also the Book of Acts' accounts of Paul's conversion, where the disbelieving Pharisee is overwhelmed by the presence of light, the risen Jesus identifies himself, and Paul realizes that this is the Messiah.[23]"