I was recently reading an article on CNN about President Barack Obama's religion, and how some claim he is a different kind of Christian. Furthermore, I was blown away when a reverend said the following about Obama, that "he's never heard Obama say he's 'born-again'. There's no emotional conversion story to hold onto." Firstly, this pisses me off because I think the fact that a president pretty much has to be a Christian in order to be president is wrong and against what America stands for. I think anyone who lives in America and has the right ideas for the country as a collective should have a fair and equal chance of being president. Seeing something like this makes me think we are still stuck in the era the Puritans were in at the same time the book "The Crucible" was set in.
Relating to "The Crucible", I think Obama is similar to the accused witches and 'Devil's Helpers' such as John Proctor. Many are viewing Obama as a "wrong" breed of Christianity, in which his faith is a combination of over three different sects of the religion. In The Crucible, John Proctor was questioned about his faith just because he did not attend church recently and that he had worked on Sunday's. Obama is getting similar knocks, which I believe to be total stretches. People like Rev. Cass, who criticized Obama earlier in the post about never telling the public about being "born-again", believe Obama to not be truly engaged with Christianity regardless of the fact he goes to church every weekend.
This is total B.S.; just because someone goes to church or does not go to church doesn't mean you can label them as a certain kind of person or certain type of Christian. Everybody has their own rhyme or reason for doing what they do with their life, and I believe God does not discriminate against one who can't or doesn't choose to go to church or whatever place of worship on a regular basis. So, would one who argues with me say that someone who goes to church MORE than once a week gets a spot in heaven before someone who just goes every Sunday? The idea that your attendance at church influences your religious views can be true in some cases, but I do not want to see America or anyone in the world labeling people based on this assumption.
What are your takes on Obama and never being "born-again" in his conversion to Christianity? Do you think one's attendance to their house of worship influences their "place" with God or their worshiper?
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