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Published: 09/29/10

'I'm a Christian by Choice,' Obama Says

By  not in system - AOL News
'I'm a Christian by Choice,' Obama Says

(Sept. 29) -- President Obama took the issue of his faith head on Tuesday, telling residents in New Mexico that he is a "Christian by choice" who came to religion later in life after being inspired by the teachings of Jesus Christ. ...

Published: 08/30/10

Obama Addresses Doubts About His Christian Faith

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Obama Addresses Doubts About His Christian Faith

(Aug. 30) -- President Obama said Sunday that he understood the public frustration during hard times that fueled the turnout for conservative talk show host Glenn Beck's "Restoring Honor" rally this weekend, and said he was confident that Americans will "get beyond all this nonsense" about whether he is really a Christian or born in the U.S. In an interview with NBC's Brian Williams meant to mark the fifth anniversary of Katrina, Obama said he had not watched coverage of the event with its strong undertone of anti-Obama and anti-Democrat sentiment, but he understood why Beck was striking a ...

Published: 08/19/10

Poll: Number Who Call Obama a Muslim Rises

By  Theunis Bates - AOL News
Poll: Number Who Call Obama a Muslim Rises

(Aug. 19) -- The number of Americans who believe, wrongly, that President Barack Obama is a Muslim has climbed significantly since he entered the White House and now accounts for nearly one in five people, according to a survey out today. Eighteen percent of the American population said that they thought Obama -- a Christian -- is Muslim, up from 11 percent who said so in March 2009, according to the poll by the non-partisan Pew Research Center and its affiliated Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life. The number who correctly said he is a Christian dipped to 34 percent, down from 47 percent two ...

Published: 08/19/10

'Obama Is Muslim' -- Poll Says That More People Believe It

By  Jeffrey Weiss - Politics Daily
'Obama Is Muslim' -- Poll Says That More People Believe It

Last week, I posted about an "invisible thumb" on the balance beam of human judgment that makes it hard for most people to logically evaluate some kinds of information. It may turn out that our brains are hardwired with more "thumbs" than a drawerful of mittens. Enough to make me wonder how we ever get anything right. Case in point: The persistent belief that President Barack Obama is a Muslim. The Pew Research Center just released the results of a survey taken almost a month ago: "Do you happen to know what Barack Obama's religion is? Is he Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Buddhist, Hindu, ...

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