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Did Barack Obama Become a Christian to Enable a Career in Politics?

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Putting pieces of the puzzle together

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Did Barack Obama Become a Christian to Enable a Career in Politics?: Putting Pieces of the Puzzle Together [This page is an introduction to a short, factually-based skit, titled "When Barack and Michelle First Met", that is a CLICK away, at the bottom of the page.]

Why might Barack Obama, when he was a mature 27 year old, Ivy League college graduate, who had majored in Political Science ...

  • who was born in America and had an American, Christian mother and a Kenyan, Muslim father

  • who had an Indonesian, Muslim stepfather after his mother divorced his father and remarried

  • who had moved to Indonesia, a highly predominately Muslim country, with his mother and stepfather at the impressionable young age of approximately 6 years old

  • who had written about his interest in becoming President of the United States as far back as elementary school in Indonesia, in a private school

  • who was educated in that Muslim country, during a significant part of his formative years, ages 9 and 10, in an Indonesian, state-run elementary school

  • .....in which the student body was predominately Muslim
  • .....in which the teachers were predominantly Muslim
  • .....in which the religion of Islam was part of the curriculum, including Koranic studies
  • .....in which homework assignments most likely included studies relating to Islam, and
  • .....in which homework assignments most likely included studying the Koran
  • who returned to America at the age of approximately 10 to spend the rest of his childhood, formal education, and reaching maturity, in America, up to 27 years of age
  • who traveled to Pakistan, a predominantly Muslim country, when in college
  • who was a graduate of Columbia University with a major in Political Science
  • who began to work as a summer associate at a Chicago law firm with Michelle Robinson, a Christian woman, as his mentor, who later became his wife and the mother of his children, and
  • who was a first year law student at Harvard Law School
Why might the 27 year old, highly educated, and politically ambitious Barack Obama have decided to become a Christian? A suggested answer to this question is that it was to enable a career in politics, and for other life goals. This theme is developed in the following short, fact-based, fictional skit: When Barack and Michelle First Met

 

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Do you have a point? by John R Moffett on Saturday, Apr 12, 2008 at 7:00:25 AM
No Religious Test For Office by Ed Encho on Saturday, Apr 12, 2008 at 7:32:26 AM
Let me say... by John R Moffett on Saturday, Apr 12, 2008 at 7:38:10 AM
Another Fact to Check by Sandy Sand on Saturday, Apr 12, 2008 at 8:05:55 AM
I know many Muslims who are BETTER Christians than by Eileen Fleming on Saturday, Apr 12, 2008 at 1:03:03 PM
So what if he did? by Gregg Gordon on Saturday, Apr 12, 2008 at 1:20:12 PM
My advice by Gregg Gordon on Saturday, Apr 12, 2008 at 1:30:45 PM
Responding to Previous Comments by Pensereo on Sunday, Apr 13, 2008 at 12:21:01 AM
Fortunately for us all by Jim Freeman on Sunday, Apr 13, 2008 at 8:08:08 AM
Pensereo, ...then write in GW Bush when you vote by John R Moffett on Sunday, Apr 13, 2008 at 9:40:29 AM
Yes, Marilyn You Really Get the Point by Pensereo on Sunday, Apr 13, 2008 at 11:40:19 AM
Heaven to Betsy! Just checked back in and gasp! by Marilyn Frith on Wednesday, Apr 16, 2008 at 2:21:03 PM
I find this Diary pointless on one hand and offensive on the by Steven Leser on Sunday, Apr 13, 2008 at 12:16:55 PM
Normally I Loathe Censorship But... by Ed Encho on Sunday, Apr 13, 2008 at 3:42:57 PM
Hi Ed by John R Moffett on Sunday, Apr 13, 2008 at 4:29:41 PM
I Understand and My Two Cents by Ed Encho on Sunday, Apr 13, 2008 at 4:57:24 PM
what an assortment of inferences and cherrypick'ins! by Kathlyn Stone on Sunday, Apr 13, 2008 at 5:37:34 PM
A factual-based skit about fear and ignorance by Gustav Wynn on Sunday, Apr 13, 2008 at 8:42:33 PM
best thing about this diary is it outed a right wing troll by Rob Kall on Sunday, Apr 13, 2008 at 9:40:27 PM
Obama ..... Christian by Viki_FL on Monday, Apr 14, 2008 at 7:55:28 AM