Reply #50: Oh boy. Some real hurt feelings in this thread.

[Solomon]

The op is not over the top or bigoted or whatever. I have a hard time myself imagining that someone as intelligent as Obama is believes in a magical sky God. The problem is, religion and christianity can be interpreted in so many ways. For example, I don't believe in the dogma, miracles or supernatural aspects of christianity. Hell, I don't even believe that Jesus was a real person. But I do live my life in accord with Christian philosophy. To me that means I'm a "christian". To some "christians" it means I'm an infidel going to hell.

Because there are so many fake christians now a days, I hesitate to call myself a "christian" less the listener assumes that I believe in all the hokey stuff.

So on the one hand I believe he's too intelligent to believe the way most "christians" believe. But on the other hand, being in a position of so much power in the world tends to make one believe that some higher power is at work. So I think at this point in his life, he's stradling a bit. His brain tells him the hokey stuff is unreal, but his one in 10 billions position in the world is likely to make him think there's some kind of higher power afoot.

Like some others here, I would rather have a leader who was agnostic or atheistic, than a born again "christian".