When I went to the Christopher Hitchens debate last night, Hitchens said something of particular interest regarding Obama.
Hitchen's believes Obama is an atheist, and he has a couple reasons.
1) It seems clear that when he was younger he was an atheist, but when he wanted to get into politics he sort of shopped around for a religion because it's impossible to get elected as an atheist.
2) In his inaugural address he used a quote from Thomas Paine, whom he referred to as the Father of your country.
Thomas Paine was a noted Deist, very critical of religion. He wrote The Age of Reason.
I'm not sure if I buy it, but I didn't realize that was in there. It would be nice to find out Obama is an atheist, wouldn't that be thrilling? I just hope he reveals it after he gets re-elected. -_^
Hitchen's believes Obama is an atheist, and he has a couple reasons.
1) It seems clear that when he was younger he was an atheist, but when he wanted to get into politics he sort of shopped around for a religion because it's impossible to get elected as an atheist.
2) In his inaugural address he used a quote from Thomas Paine, whom he referred to as the Father of your country.
Quote:"Let it be told to the future world that in the depth of winter, when nothing but hope and virtue could survive, that the city and the country, alarmed at one common danger, came forth to meet it."
Thomas Paine was a noted Deist, very critical of religion. He wrote The Age of Reason.
I'm not sure if I buy it, but I didn't realize that was in there. It would be nice to find out Obama is an atheist, wouldn't that be thrilling? I just hope he reveals it after he gets re-elected. -_^
"The way to see by faith is to shut the eye of reason." Benjamin Franklin
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