As you can see, this was written 3 1/2 years ago and we can see the truth of the authors observations -- Mr. Duke already had Obama down perfectly. August 23, 2010 The Truth about Obamas Muslim Faith By Selwyn Duke Dumont Now that Barack Obama has decided to be for the Ground Zero mosque before being implicitly against it (perhaps), discussion about his faith has once again reached a fever pitch. To many, his stance proves hes a Muslim, with a recent poll showing that almost 20 percent of Americans hold that opinion; to others, it just reflects a desire to be faithful to the Constitution (now, that would be change). The truth, however, is a bit more nuanced. Obama is not religiously Muslim. Culturally, though...well, thats a different matter altogether. In reality, calling Obama a Muslim gives him too much credit. As G.K. Chesterton once said, We call a man a bigot or a slave of dogma because he is a thinker who has thought thoroughly and to a definite end. The truth, however, is that few people have thought thoroughly and to a definite end. And Obama is no exception. He hasnt even thought matters through enough to understand the folly of statism. Even more to the point, he is a moral relativist, a position the antithesis of any absolutist faith. Inherent in Islam is that belief that Allah, not man, has authored right and wrong and that, consequently, it isnt a matter of opinion. Thus, Obama cannot truly believe in Islam -- or in Christianity or Judaism, for that matter. Oh, and since some will ask, how do I know Obama is a relativist? Its simple: Virtually all leftists are, as the denial of moral reality that is relativism lies at the heart of liberalism. Speaking of relativists, this matter of Obamas faith much reminds me of Adolf Hitler and paganism. Like Obama, Hitler sometimes feigned a belief in Christianity, but in reality he held the religion in contempt. He believed it was the greatest trick the Jews ever played on Western civilization and lamented that it was not a warrior creed like Islam or the ancient Germanic paganism with which the Nazis wanted to replace Christianity (I wrote about this here). Yet while Hitlers second in command, Heinrich Himmler, certainly believed in the ancient pagan myths -- going so far as to launch expeditions to the Far East to prove them, à la Raiders of the Lost Ark -- its silly to think that the leader himself viewed them as anything but a utilitarian device. He wasnt quite that romantic. But what about culturally? For sure, Hitler preferred seeing Swastikas and runes (respectively, pagan symbols and letters) to crosses and crèches, rebuilt Germanic pagan temples to churches. That was where his passions lay. (If some are upset at a comparison between Hitler and Obama, know that Id never call the president a National Socialist. Hes an international socialist. Also, Hitler was patriotic.) Obama also has passions, and there is no question as to where they lie. As journalist Todd Fitchette wrote in The un-faith of Obama, ... he continues to openly praise Islam; he bows to Muslim leaders; he claims that the Muslim call to prayer is the most beautiful sound in the world; he regularly quotes from the Koran and cites it for directing his life; ... In the past year alone he made a big deal out of hosting a celebratory dinner to open the month of Ramadan -- held in the state dining room; he refused to attend the 100th anniversary of the Boy Scouts (an avowed Christian organization), and, refused to attend the National Day of Prayer because he claimed to do so would be offensive to non-Christians. Then there is that king of Freudian slips, when Obama matter-of-factly said to interviewer George Stephanopoulos, Youre absolutely right that John McCain has not talked about my Muslim faith, and he didnt seem headed for a correction until Stephanopoulos interjected. (Note: This doesnt contradict my assertion that Obama has no real faith. Nancy Pelosi has spoken of her Catholic faith, but, as she is also a relativist, it can be nothing more than part of her cultural tapestry.) And are Obamas passions surprising? He spent some of his formative years in the worlds most populous Muslim country, Indonesia, where he was registered as a Muslim in both schools he attended and sometimes prayed on Fridays in a mosque. Moreover, there is another factor, one most people dont consider. As many know, there once was a great boxer named Cassius Clay. He converted to Islam in 1964, seemingly bothered that Jesus was portrayed as a white with blond hair and blue eyes, as he put it, and took the name Muhammad Ali. Of course, the irony of this is that despite being intensely aware of his slave roots, Ali rejected the name of an abolitionist (Clay) and took the name of a slave-owner (Muhammad). It also perhaps eluded him that Christians were the first ones to outlaw slavery, while Muslims give black Africans rope and chains to this day. But I mention this because Alis path is a common one in the black community; it is why weve long had the Black Muslims and why Islamic names are so common among American blacks. Many blacks have bought the bill of goods that Christianity is the white mans religion, the faith of oppressors. And they embrace Islam as part of a rejection of white society. Obviously, being part of this milieu could only have reinforced Obamas affinity for things Muslim and antipathy for things authentically Christian -- of which Western civilization is one. And if Americans hadnt been brainwashed with political correctness, they would understand this. With foreign and domestic Muslim influence; attendance at a Black Liberation Theology, pseudo-Christian church; and alliances with ex-terrorists and declared communists, Obama perfectly fits the profile of an America-hater. The wolf never really wore sheeps clothing; its just that Americans had wool pulled over their eyes. As for Obamas eyes, they cannot look heavenward when theyre so busy looking down on little people who cling to guns and religion. I sense that Obama is a certain kind of person, one much like Hitler -- who wanted to create a new German pagan religion with himself at its center -- in a particular sense. This type of person essentially says the following to God: The universe just isnt big enough for the two of us. And his little world certainly isnt, filled to all corners as it is with his bloated, power-hungry ego. This, by the way, has been acknowledged by more honest secularists. For example, Friedrich Nietzsche, the 19th-century poster boy for atheism who is rumored to have been a philosopher (in reality, he is someone who helped discredit the field), once said through his version of Zarathustra, If there were gods, how could I endure it to be no God? Therefore there can be no gods. I have a feeling that Obama cannot endure it to be no god. It is, again, unwise to give Obama too much credit. Good faith is defined as an act of the will informed by the intellect, and any kind of faith requires submission to something higher than yourself. Obama is neither that intellectual nor that humble. But all humans have passions, and his arent hard to discern. He is anti-American, anti-Western, anti-Christian (the traditional variety), anti-white, and anti-life. He is more comfortable dining with Bill Ayers than with the Queen of England, more internationalist than nationalist, and perhaps more at home in Dar al-Islam than Dar al-Harb. He has lived abroad and traveled much, but he is a lover of nations like a Casanova is a lover of women: He has known many but loves, and is faithful to, none -- not even the one to which he should be married. He is a cultural traitor, and as Cicero said two thousand years ago, A murderer is less to be feared. To quote Chesterton again, There was a time when men werent very sure of themselves, but they were very sure of what the truth was. Now men are very sure of themselves but not at all sure of what the truth is. The latter describes Obama. If he does have faith, it is in himself. And that is a faith terribly misplaced. Contact Selwyn Duke
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