Many Americans Can't Name Obama's Religion (Gallup Poll) - Page 2

Silly Green Monkey · 25th June 2012, 09:10 PM

There IS no evidence. This is merely what he (and many 'Christians') want very much to be true so they will insist it is true until they're blue in the face.

Spindrift · 26th June 2012, 11:44 AM

How many people actually know the Christian denomination of presidents? Of all the presidents since FDR, I know Kennedy was a Roman Catholic and Nixon was raised a Quaker. So before I look on wikipedia, I will guess:

Truman - Methodist
Eisenhower - Lutheran
Kennedy - RC
Johnson - Baptist
Nixon - Quaker
Ford - Episcopalian
Carter - Baptist
Reagan - Lutheran
Bush, 41 - Episcopalian
Clinton - Baptist
Bush, 43 - Episcopalian
Obama - Muslim (jk, UCC)

Actual affiliations:

Travis · 26th June 2012, 12:44 PM

Originally Posted by eeyore1954

33% also do not know Romney's religion.

Good news for Romney then?

Polaris · 27th June 2012, 02:21 PM

Originally Posted by AvalonXQ

Also, you can't impugn folks' intelligence for failing to trust Obama's profession of faith. The man is on record for having a patronizing and dismissive view of religion that many faithful find to be abhorrent.

And there are a great many as well, both of faith and without, who find it refreshing that the sitting President doesn't get on his knees and kiss religion between the butt cheeks as we saw during the last administration.

Originally Posted by Donal

I say this as a somewhat right of center person who greatly disagrees with a lot of his actions and policies:

Who cares? I bet most Americans don't know his birthday either and that has more bearing on his qualifications since the Constitution has an age requirement but not one for religion.

^^This, thank you! It has as much bearing as the thread count on his sheets or his preferred brand of dental floss.

DavidJames · 27th June 2012, 04:00 PM

Originally Posted by Ausmerican

These claims keep coming. Backing them up? Not so much.

I keep asking for that, knowing full well they will not even respond, much less support their claims. I do it now just to entertain myself

GodMark2 · 27th June 2012, 04:13 PM

Originally Posted by Travis

Originally Posted by eeyore1954

33% also do not know Romney's religion.

Good news for Romney then?

I think that for many of those people, Romney's religion is "Not Black" or "Not Liberal".

ponderingturtle · 28th June 2012, 03:13 AM

Originally Posted by Polaris

And there are a great many as well, both of faith and without, who find it refreshing that the sitting President doesn't get on his knees and kiss religion between the butt cheeks as we saw during the last administration.

But how can you trust a president who isn't having phone sex weekly with Ted Haggard?

Polaris · 28th June 2012, 05:55 AM

Originally Posted by ponderingturtle

But how can you trust a president who isn't having phone sex weekly with Ted Haggard?

On, snap!

MattusMaximus · 28th June 2012, 09:35 AM

Serious question: did Gallup also ask, for purposes of comparison, what religion Mitt Romney follows? Just curious.

AvalonXQ · 29th June 2012, 04:46 AM

Originally Posted by MattusMaximus

Serious question: did Gallup also ask, for purposes of comparison, what religion Mitt Romney follows? Just curious.

Yes. It's already been discussed upthread.

MattusMaximus · 29th June 2012, 09:38 PM

Originally Posted by AvalonXQ

Yes. It's already been discussed upthread.

Thx

MattusMaximus · 29th June 2012, 09:40 PM

Originally Posted by Elypsis44

http://i1143.photobucket.com/albums/...-Is-Muslim.jpg

Ladewig · 29th June 2012, 10:18 PM

In addition to lacking a Planet X option, the poll lacks the ability to choose more than one answer. If you polled 100,000 Americans and made the answer fill in the blank, you'd get a measurable percentage of Muslim-atheist, Satanic-atheist, Satanic Darwinist, and so forth.

Christian of some kind, broadly defined.	68	77.27%
He must be Muslim!	1	1.14%
Atheist / no religion	3	3.41%
Satanist or some other kind of evil occultist	7	7.95%
Obamanist	7	7.95%
Other (please explain)	2	2.27%
Voters: 88. You may not vote on this poll

26th June 2012, 11:44 AM	#42
Spindrift Enturbulator Extraordinaire Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Right here! Posts: 8,460	How many people actually know the Christian denomination of presidents? Of all the presidents since FDR, I know Kennedy was a Roman Catholic and Nixon was raised a Quaker. So before I look on wikipedia, I will guess: Truman - Methodist Eisenhower - Lutheran Kennedy - RC Johnson - Baptist Nixon - Quaker Ford - Episcopalian Carter - Baptist Reagan - Lutheran Bush, 41 - Episcopalian Clinton - Baptist Bush, 43 - Episcopalian Obama - Muslim (jk, UCC) Actual affiliations: Truman - ~~Methodist~~ Baptist Eisenhower - ~~Lutheran~~ Presbyterian Kennedy - RC Johnson - ~~Baptist~~ Disciples of Christ Nixon - Quaker Ford - Episcopalian Carter - Baptist Reagan - ~~Lutheran~~ Presbyterian Bush, 41 - Episcopalian Clinton - Baptist Bush, 43 - ~~Episcopalian~~ Methodist Obama - ~~Muslim (jk, UCC)~~ unaffiliated Christian, he resigned from Trinity UCC and hasn't joined another church. I did better than I thought I would.
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26th June 2012, 12:44 PM	#43
Travis Misanthrope of the Mountains Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Tuolumne City, CA Posts: 17,954	Originally Posted by eeyore1954 33% also do not know Romney's religion. Good news for Romney then?
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27th June 2012, 02:21 PM	#44
Polaris Philosopher Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 5,171	Originally Posted by AvalonXQ Also, you can't impugn folks' intelligence for failing to trust Obama's profession of faith. The man is on record for having a patronizing and dismissive view of religion that many faithful find to be abhorrent. And there are a great many as well, both of faith and without, who find it refreshing that the sitting President doesn't get on his knees and kiss religion between the butt cheeks as we saw during the last administration. Originally Posted by Donal I say this as a somewhat right of center person who greatly disagrees with a lot of his actions and policies: Who cares? I bet most Americans don't know his birthday either and that has more bearing on his qualifications since the Constitution has an age requirement but not one for religion. ^^This, thank you! It has as much bearing as the thread count on his sheets or his preferred brand of dental floss.
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27th June 2012, 04:00 PM	#45
DavidJames Philosopher Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Front Range, CO Posts: 7,088	Originally Posted by Ausmerican These claims keep coming. Backing them up? Not so much. I keep asking for that, knowing full well they will not even respond, much less support their claims. I do it now just to entertain myself
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25th June 2012, 09:10 PM	#41
Silly Green Monkey Cowardly Lurking in the Shadows of Greatness Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Colorado Posts: 3,046	There IS no evidence. This is merely what he (and many 'Christians') want very much to be true so they will insist it is true until they're blue in the face.

27th June 2012, 04:13 PM	#46
GodMark2 Graduate Poster Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Oregon, USA Posts: 1,043	Originally Posted by Travis Originally Posted by eeyore1954 33% also do not know Romney's religion. Good news for Romney then? I think that for many of those people, Romney's religion is "Not Black" or "Not Liberal".
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28th June 2012, 03:13 AM	#47
ponderingturtle Orthogonal Vector Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Tarrytown, NY Posts: 26,434	Originally Posted by Polaris And there are a great many as well, both of faith and without, who find it refreshing that the sitting President doesn't get on his knees and kiss religion between the butt cheeks as we saw during the last administration. But how can you trust a president who isn't having phone sex weekly with Ted Haggard?
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28th June 2012, 05:55 AM	#48
Polaris Philosopher Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 5,171	Originally Posted by ponderingturtle But how can you trust a president who isn't having phone sex weekly with Ted Haggard? On, snap!
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28th June 2012, 09:35 AM	#49
MattusMaximus Intellectual Gladiator Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: In the midst of a vast, beautiful & uncaring universe Posts: 14,175	Serious question: did Gallup also ask, for purposes of comparison, what religion Mitt Romney follows? Just curious.
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29th June 2012, 04:46 AM	#50
AvalonXQ Guest Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 11,853	Originally Posted by MattusMaximus Serious question: did Gallup also ask, for purposes of comparison, what religion Mitt Romney follows? Just curious. Yes. It's already been discussed upthread.
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29th June 2012, 09:38 PM	#51
MattusMaximus Intellectual Gladiator Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: In the midst of a vast, beautiful & uncaring universe Posts: 14,175	Originally Posted by AvalonXQ Yes. It's already been discussed upthread. Thx
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29th June 2012, 09:40 PM	#52
MattusMaximus Intellectual Gladiator Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: In the midst of a vast, beautiful & uncaring universe Posts: 14,175	Originally Posted by Elypsis44 http://i1143.photobucket.com/albums/...-Is-Muslim.jpg
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29th June 2012, 10:18 PM	#53
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