Now
that he's topping the polls as the current frontrunner in the
Republican primaries, Rick Santorum has become the new target of the
liberal media. Over the last couple of days, much hay has been made
over Santorum's comment that Obama's agenda was driven by “some
phoney ideal – some phoney theology. Oh, not a theology based on
the Bible – a different theology but no less a theology.” The
alternative media (MSNBC, NBC, CBS, etc) has seized upon that as an
attack on Obama's religious views and are crying foul.
You
can watch the full context of the remarks here.
It's easy for people with limited command of the vocabulary to
pounce upon the word “theology” and see it as a discussion about
Christian religion but from the full context, it's rather obvious to
rational people that the “theology” he intended is that of
radical environmentalism. Santorum even spelled that out for those
media reporters who confronted him about it. He further clarified
that he does not question Obama's Christian faith but, even now, the
bias-driven reporters on the left continue to misrepresent him.
The
ironic thing in all this is that there really is a big question about
Obama's faith. Let's face it, here's a man who has been the
President of the United States for more than three years. He's in
the public's eye daily. There is a camera on him nearly every moment
of the day that he steps foot out of the door. Everywhere he goes,
everything he says, everything he does is reported in excruciating
detail. Yet after all this time, he's still not able to
convincingly persuade people that he's not a Muslim! Isn't that odd?
Now,
certainly I'm not trying to brag but I will use myself as an example.
Anyone who has known me for any length of time beyond a casual
meeting knows that I'm a Christian. It's simple things that give it
away. He will hear me talking about my faith, he will see me reading
the Bible, he will see me going to church, maybe he will even read my
blog! It would be impossible for anyone, after 3 years, to suspect
me of being a Muslim. That's they way it should be. Acts 1:8 says,
“ye shall be witnesses unto me.”
What
do we know about our President's faith? I know that he never
bothered to join a church after moving to Washington. I know that
over the prior decade or more that he claimed to have attended
“Reverend” Wright's church, he says he never once heard any of
the “reverend's” incendiary remarks making it unlikely he truly
attended. I know that he's radically pro-abortion, pro-gay
marriage, and pro-many other things that seem contrary to Christian
values. I know that on at least two occasions, he misquoted the
Declaration of Independence by saying, “We are endowed.... with
certain unalienable rights” - omitting the words “by our Creator”
even though they are in Declaration and were on his teleprompter!
I know that in his last thanksgiving proclamation, he gave thanks to
Alaskan Natives, American Indians, and US veterans before mentioning
giving thanks to God. Oh, and I know that he's a bald-faced liar.
Jesus
said that we can judge people by their fruits (Matthew 7:16,20).
There's nothing about the President's life that convinces me he's a
Christian. His blatant lack of fruit belies any occasional reference
to God or the Bible. So let me be clear: I do not believe the
President Obama is a Christian. Senator Santorum may not say that –
but I will.
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