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   >From Obama’s book, The Audacity of Hope: “I am not willing to   
   have the state deny American citizens a civil union that confers   
   equivalent rights on such basic matters as hospital visitation   
   or health insurance coverage simply because the people they love   
   are of the same sex—nor am I willing to accept a reading of the   
   Bible that considers an obscure line in Romans to be more   
   defining of Christianity than the Sermon on the Mount.”   
      
   WHEN SOMEONE SHOWS YOU WHO THEY ARE, BELIEVE THEM   
   Since 2009, NOW THE END BEGINS has brought you story after story   
   in detailed accounts of exactly how Obama feels about Islam, and   
   how he views Christianity and the Bible. So today, in light of   
   recent events in Washington, we feel it important that you know   
   exactly where your president stands in regards to his faith and   
   his god. Below are 20 quotes he has made about Islam, and 20   
   quotes he has made about Christianity. Nothing edited or mashed   
   up, just exactly in the context he originally spoke them in with   
   fully-sourced links so you can see where they come from.   
      
   If after reading this, you still want to think he is not a   
   Muslim, then that will be your right to do so. But it won’t be   
   because someone didn’t try to warn you and open your eyes to the   
   truth.   
      
   20 QUOTES BY BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA ABOUT ISLAM AND MOHAMMED   
   #1 “The future must not belong to those who slander the Prophet   
   of Islam”   
      
   #2 “The sweetest sound I know is the Muslim call to prayer”   
      
   #3 “We will convey our deep appreciation for the Islamic faith,   
   which has done so much over the centuries to shape the world —   
   including in my own country.”   
      
   #4 “As a student of history, I also know civilization’s debt to   
   Islam.”   
      
   #5 “Islam has a proud tradition of tolerance.”   
      
   #6 “Islam has always been part of America”   
      
   #7 “we will encourage more Americans to study in Muslim   
   communities”   
      
   #8 “These rituals remind us of the principles that we hold in   
   common, and Islam’s role in advancing justice, progress,   
   tolerance, and the dignity of all human beings.”   
      
   #9 “America and Islam are not exclusive and need not be in   
   competition. Instead, they overlap, and share common principles   
   of justice and progress, tolerance and the dignity of all human   
   beings.”   
      
   #10 “I made clear that America is not – and never will be – at   
   war with Islam.”   
      
   #11 “Islam is not part of the problem in combating violent   
   extremism – it is an important part of promoting peace.”   
      
   #12 “So I have known Islam on three continents before coming to   
   the region where it was first revealed”   
      
   #13 “In ancient times and in our times, Muslim communities have   
   been at the forefront of innovation and education.”   
      
   #14 “Throughout history, Islam has demonstrated through words   
   and deeds the possibilities of religious tolerance and racial   
   equality.”   
      
   #15 “Ramadan is a celebration of a faith known for great   
   diversity and racial equality”   
      
   #16 “The Holy Koran tells us, ‘O mankind! We have created you   
   male and a female; and we have made you into nations and tribes   
   so that you may know one another.’”   
      
   #17 “I look forward to hosting an Iftar dinner celebrating   
   Ramadan here at the White House later this week, and wish you a   
   blessed month.”   
      
   #18 “We’ve seen those results in generations of Muslim   
   immigrants – farmers and factory workers, helping to lay the   
   railroads and build our cities, the Muslim innovators who helped   
   build some of our highest skyscrapers and who helped unlock the   
   secrets of our universe.”   
      
   #19 “That experience guides my conviction that partnership   
   between America and Islam must be based on what Islam is, not   
   what it isn’t. And I consider it part of my responsibility as   
   president of the United States to fight against negative   
   stereotypes of Islam wherever they appear.”   
      
   #20 “I also know that Islam has always been a part of America’s   
   story.”   
      
   20 QUOTES BY BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA ABOUT CHRISTIANITY AND THE   
   BIBLE   
   #1 “Whatever we once were, we are no longer a Christian nation”   
      
   #2 “We do not consider ourselves a Christian nation.”   
      
   #3 “Which passages of scripture should guide our public policy?   
   Should we go with Leviticus, which suggests slavery is OK and   
   that eating shellfish is an abomination?  Or we could go with   
   Deuteronomy, which suggests stoning your child if he strays from   
   the faith?”   
      
   #4 “Even those who claim the Bible’s inerrancy make distinctions   
   between Scriptural edicts, sensing that some passages – the Ten   
   Commandments, say, or a belief in Christ’s divinity – are   
   central to Christian faith, while others are more culturally   
   specific and may be modified to accommodate modern life.”   
      
   #5 “The American people intuitively understand this, which is   
   why the majority of Catholics practice birth control and some of   
   those opposed to gay marriage nevertheless are opposed to a   
   Constitutional amendment to ban it. Religious leadership need   
   not accept such wisdom in counseling their flocks, but they   
   should recognize this wisdom in their politics.”   
      
   #6 From Obama’s book, The Audacity of Hope: “I am not willing to   
   have the state deny American citizens a civil union that confers   
   equivalent rights on such basic matters as hospital visitation   
   or health insurance coverage simply because the people they love   
   are of the same sex—nor am I willing to accept a reading of the   
   Bible that considers an obscure line in Romans to be more   
   defining of Christianity than the Sermon on the Mount.”   
      
   #7 Obama’s response when asked what his definition of sin is:   
   “Being out of alignment with my values.”   
      
   #8 “If all it took was someone proclaiming I believe Jesus   
   Christ and that he died for my sins, and that was all there was   
   to it, people wouldn’t have to keep coming to church, would   
   they.”   
      
   #9 “This is something that I’m sure I’d have serious debates   
   with my fellow Christians about. I think that the difficult   
   thing about any religion, including Christianity, is that at   
   some level there is a call to evangelize and prostelytize.   
   There’s the belief, certainly in some quarters, that people   
   haven’t embraced Jesus Christ as their personal savior that   
   they’re going to hell.”   
      
   #10 “I find it hard to believe that my God would consign four-   
   fifths of the world to hell.  I can’t imagine that my God would   
   allow some little Hindu kid in India who never interacts with   
   the Christian faith to somehow burn for all eternity.  That’s   
   just not part of my religious makeup.”   
      
   #11 “I don’t presume to have knowledge of what happens after I   
   die. But I feel very strongly that whether the reward is in the   
   here and now or in the hereafter, the aligning myself to my   
   faith and my values is a good thing.”   
      
   #12 “I’ve said this before, and I know this raises questions in   
   the minds of some evangelicals. I do not believe that my mother,   
   who never formally embraced Christianity as far as I know … I do   
   not believe she went to hell.”   
      
   #13 “Those opposed to abortion cannot simply invoke God’s   
   will–they have to explain why abortion violates some principle   
      
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