Questioning Obama’s faith


‘Crunchy Conservative’ Rod Dreher picks up where Joe Carter left off, commenting on a 2004 interview with Cathleen Falsani in which the president-elect said the following:

FALSANI: Who’s Jesus to you?

OBAMA: Right. Jesus is an historical figure for me, and he’s also a bridge between God and man, in the Christian faith, and one that I think is powerful precisely because he serves as that means of us reaching something higher. And he’s also a wonderful teacher. I think it’s important for all of us, of whatever faith, to have teachers in the flesh and also teachers in history.

Writes Dreher:

“Unless Obama was being incredibly and uncharacteristically inarticulate, this is heterodox.”

Read Carter’s original post: “The Faith of Obama.”

Read Dreher’s post: “Is Barack Obama a Christian?

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One Response to “Questioning Obama’s faith”

  1. Yeah – they’re called universalists … | The Daily Scroll on November 18th, 2008 9:04 am

    [...] about Obama’s faith which have been put forth recently by Joe Carter and others (see this post), with the following observation: “But here’s the rub for orthodox Christians: millions [...]

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