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November 14th, 2011
09:41 PM ET
Bob Jones III latest Christian leader to doubt Obama's ChristianityBy Dan Gilgoff, CNN.com Religion Editor (CNN) - Bob Jones III, chancellor of the fundamentalist South Carolina university that bears his family’s name, has become the latest conservative Christian leader to publicly cast doubt on President Barack Obama’s stated Christian commitment. "I've no reason to think he's a Christian,” Jones told National Journal in an interview published Saturday. “Anyone can say he's a Christian. “Some people will say whatever they think the politically helpful thing would be,” Jones said. “I say, 'Where is the evidence that he is a Christian?' " Jones is an influential conservative leader in South Carolina, home to one of the nation’s key Republican primaries next year. Bob Jones University, where Jones served as president from 1971 to 2005, is a popular stop for GOP candidates courting Christian votes. This year, evangelical leader Franklin Graham questioned Obama’s Christian commitment, telling ABC News that for Obama, “going to church means he’s a Christian,” while for Graham, “the definition of a Christian is whether we have given our life to Christ.” Last year, Graham insisted that Obama was born a Muslim, though the president hasn’t said that. “I think the president's problem is that he was born a Muslim; his father was a Muslim,” Graham told CNN’s John King in August 2010. “The seed of Islam is passed through the father like the seed of Judaism is passed through the mother. "Now, it's obvious that the president has renounced the prophet Mohammed, and he has renounced Islam, and he has accepted Jesus Christ,” Graham, son of famed evangelist Billy Graham, continued. “That is what he says he has done. I cannot say that he hasn't. So I just have to believe that the president is what he has said." Polls show that a minority of Americans can correctly identify Obama’s Christian faith. Obama writes about accepting Jesus in his book “Dreams from My Father,” and he regularly prays with a handful of Christian pastors. In the interview with National Journal, Jones said that he hasn’t endorsed Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, as he did in the 2008 cycle, partly because he believes that a Mormon candidate won’t face as many obstacles among Christian voters in next year’s primaries.
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This report is just ridiculous. Since when did CNN get in the business of doling out religious advice? Another curiosity is how King begins by saying "If you don't have anything good to say, don't say anything at all" and then procedes to verbally attack Jones.
Now I could understand King being bothered if Jones had said that Obama was a racist Hitler, or something like that, but come on, he just said that he doesn't see any evidence that Obama is a Christian. He didn't say that Obama IS NOT a Christian, just that he doesn't see evidence. I imagine he might say the same about me. And I'm not going to get my panties in a wad about it. I wish CNN and other networks would just stick to real news
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Good. I'm relieved that President Obama may not be a Christian. Now I can be optimistic that he actually respects women (most Christian men I know don't respect women but are very patronizing towards us), that he may come to support freely educating teens about effective birth control (Yes–Virginia–there ARE teens who get pregnant), and maybe eventually he'll discourage Americans from "worshiping" some bejewelled, plastic haired, loud mouthed preacher who lives off the people who think he holds the keys to heaven and hell so they send him their money by the truckloads. Nothing, absolutely nothing, requires the United States to have a Christian President.
Whose words carry more weight, our Lord Jesus Christ or Paul the apostle?
"Whose words carry more weight, our Lord Jesus Christ or Paul the apostle?"
Neither because neither of them wrote the bible so it's a load of crap.
gabe Whose words carry more weight, our Lord Jesus Christ or Paul the apostle?
If u r referring to the words of Paul NOT in Scripture, then Jesus. If u r referring to the words of Paul recorded in the New Testament then the answer is they carry equal weight: "...Scripture cannot be broken." [John 10: 35b].
It's seems like that, atheists just couldn't get over with the fact that the person holding the highest position of this powerful CHRISTIAN nation is a Christian. PITY!
ReLax,
Hate? Please. Strong views, but I see no hate from CSX. I have seen, heard & watched literal, blunt, vile, hate & 'intolerance' from liberals to those who dare disagree with them. Maybe focus on that. Strange, scant few leftists do & clean up your own verbal hypocrisy of chanting Love Tolerance Don't Stereotype' out of one side of their mouths, while contradicting themselves s a regular modus operandi.
On the issue if Obama is actually a Christian, see here:
Is BARACK OBAMA A Christian? – 12/8/2011
http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=258589197529708
Easy to figure out. Does Obams serve and giver credit to the Lord? No.
Does he have fruit? No
He is a part of a counterfiet church and supports sodomites and baby killing.
Nuff said. He is not even righteous enough ot be a muslim.
Your mouth foams, with hate!
EXACTLY, HE SUPPORTS KILLING BABIES, NO HE IS NOT A CHRISTIAN, NOT AT ALL. THOUSANDS , MILLIONS OF UNBORN BABIES ARE BEING KILLED AND HE IS A POSITION TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT, AND WHAT DOES HE DO. HE GIVES BABY KILLERS FINANCIAL FUNDING TO KEEP ON KILLING. NO HE IS NOT A CHRISTIAN.
I hope those who are passing all these negative comments read and understand the Holy Bible. I bet all the so-called infallible christians passing comments against the President are immaculate and without sin. Peace of the Holy Father be unto all of you.
"I hope those who are passing all these negative comments read and understand the Holy Bible. '
Most of us have and after reading about history, looking at fossils, we know it's a load of crap.
C S X: when is your next psychiatric evaluation scheduled? I hope you like the padded room you're in.
Hello, Maria. No, the president cannot do something about the thousands of "killed babies" (what are their names, social security numbers, fingerprints, eh?) It is a decision the people of this country make, you know, laws, democratic process, freedom, responsibility, etc. If a single person makes that decision, then we're in a dictatorship, not a democracy. And so it happens, even if you 're not in favor of reproductive choices (abortion, condoms, birthcontrols) others, many millions of other Americans are in favor of having choices. Don't like abortions? Don't have one! Amen.
Why does this matter? Isn't there supposed to be a separation of church and State? If he isn't Christian, good for him, he shouldn't be ridiculed for it. If he is, good for him, my life is still unaffected. Talk about a useless waste of an article. Go write about something that is important.
WHY DOES IT MATTER???
That is all right, Bob Jones isn't a Christian either.
I normally don't vote, but if he ever did admit to being an atheist he'd have my vote.
AMEN
You are already a reprobate, so it does not matter.
Hello. everyone.
would like to make new friends with you guys.
Christian "leader", my Aunt Bessie's bustle.
I read over at TMZ that Mr. T might co-star in Bob Jones IV.
FACT: Fred Phelps attended Bob Jones University.
Whether Obama is a Christian is meaningless in American Politics. For Christians, Matt. 7:1-2 “Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you." None of us knows another's heart – only our Lord. So instead of perpetuating mindless discussions, why don't we get out there and feed the hungry, give drink to the thirsty, visit the sick and imprisoned and clothe the naked. There is so much to do and so little time. Let's glorify our Lord by carrying out his mission plan!
read 1 corinthians-judge those who call themselves christians-jesus calls us to judge unhypocritically-read the bible for all its worth log on to equip.org search judgeing
Whose words carry more weight, our Lord Jesus Christ of Paul the apostle?
Just to be perfectly clear as are the scriptures. Most people (so called Christians) erroneously think that being a Christian simply means they believe in or are a follower of Christ and may attend some "church" that also wears that label, HOWEVER, as stated, the scriptures are clear if one chooses to study them carefully on what a "Christian" really is and how one becomes a "Christian". The word means owned by Christ (not follower of or believer in). For a real quick study, note: Crhist is the head of the body which is the church (Col 1:18, Eph 5:23) the church was purchased with his own blood, Act 20:28; you become a member of his body (the church) by being baptized into it, into Christ in other words (Gal 3:26,27, 1Cor 12:13, Col 2:12, Rom 6:3, Rom 6:4. Thru baptism, your sins are remitted or washed away, and you become saved thereby, Acts 2:38, Acts 22:16, 1 Pet 3:20,21 and more. Baptism is a total emersion in water not a sprinkling, or pouring which are different Greek words; Rom 6:4, 5; You put on Christ thru baptism Gal 3:26, 7 and are burried with Him and "planted" with Him thru the act of baptism also Rom ^:4, 5. You're automatically added to the church (His body) by being baptized into it (Acts 2:41). You'll never find an instance of anyone other than an adult (no children or babies) being baptized upon a study of the book of Acts, and you'll always find that those that believed were immediately baptized upon their belief. So, if you've not been baptized into His body, you're not part of it, not a member of "THE church", and therefor, not a Christian (one that is owned by Christ)! Note the great commission: Mark 16:16 "He that believeth AND IS baptized shall be saved"; belief first, followed by baptism, followed by salvation. STUDY carefully, the book of Acts and all scriptures you can find thru your concordance relating to baptism. Contact your local Church of Christ, there you'll find the truth.
What they want is for the President to agree with their views and "obey" them.
I grew up in South Carolina, and NOTHING that comes out of Bob Jones University would surprise me in the least.
I do agree, however that Obama is probably NOT a Christian, instead I think he's an atheist, but what do I care?
I suppose this fellow must have supported the 'Christian' president who sent thousands oy young people to Iraq for no just cause. I'm a follower of Christ, but when I hear jokers like this sitting in judgment over who is or is not a Christian, I remember all those 'Christain' pastors in South Africa who tried to justify apartheid by quoting from the Bible. I know a self-righteous WASP when ihear one. Just because the president is not a WASP doesn't mean he's not a Christian.
There hasn't been a Christian President in the White House for over a hundred years. Every one of them have sent our young men off to die for the business interest of the Military Industrial Complex.
I totally agreee with you. Austib-inyang......Excellent response..Innocent men and women went to their death over a lie. And no says anything about that. Basically they are murderers hiding behind the justice system. He Bobby Jones is confused in his own way of thing. I wonder when he going to come out of the closet