Fully 18 percent of respondents to the Pew survey picked “Muslim” when asked Obama’s religion, up from 11 percent who answered that way in March 2009.
Where are Americans getting their information about Obama’s religion? We ask that because, on this subject, a substantial and growing number of them are wrong. (Obama is Christian. We’ll say that up front, in case some of you are hazy on this point yourselves.)
Pew asked about that, as well. Of those who believe Obama to be Muslim, 60 percent said they learned that from the media.
I was going to title this thread: "Kevin Thinks Obama is a Muslim" but decided he'd totally flip his crockpot if I did...
ziptnf
37% of Americans can't even locate America on a map. I'd say 18% isn't all that bad.
Edit: Just realized that statistic is a joke. Oops.
tubularbills
last time i checked, 1/5 = .2, not .18. but hey, whatever. i've heard 5 other numbers about this topic so it's really just bull anyways.
woscar
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Originally posted by tubularbills
last time i checked, 1/5 = .2, not .18. but hey, whatever. i've heard 5 other numbers about this topic so it's really just bull anyways.
:stongue:
Are you serious? :wtf:
The 18% figure is the accurate number derived from the complete set of data. The "1 in 5" is a mere approximation of the actual result for practical purposes.
leph555
King_Mack
^^ whatever species is, im glad its banned in Canada :toothless
jonSun
I guess all the white trash forgot about the Rev Wright fiasco.
The17sss
Time Magazine has the number at 24%. And don't blame the Right- lets flashback to a couple of items published in the New York Times:
March the 6th, 2007 from uber lefty Nicholas Kristoff:
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Mr. Obama recalled the opening lines of the Arabic call to prayer, reciting them with a first-rate accent ("Allah is supreme, Allah is supreme, Allah is supreme, Allah is supreme. I witness that there is no god but Allah.") In a remark that seemed delightfully uncalculated (it'll give Alabama voters heart attacks), Mr. Obama described the call to prayer as "one of the prettiest sounds on Earth at sunset."
Senator Obama is half African by birth and Africans can understandably identify with him. In Islam, however, there is no such thing as a half-Muslim. Like all monotheistic religions, Islam is an exclusive faith.
As the son of the Muslim father, Senator Obama was born a Muslim under Muslim law as it is universally understood. It makes no difference that, as Senator Obama has written, his father said he renounced his religion. Likewise, under Muslim law based on the Koran his mother’s Christian background is irrelevant.
lol... and this doesn't help much either. Good save, Stephanopolous!
Personally, I don't think he gives a rat's ass about religion that much in general. But it doesn't help the "Muslim" perception thing when you look at the above examples, how he's constantly making appeals to Muslim leaders, the fact that he just tried to turn NASA into a Muslim outreach vehicle, having the Christian cross removed from display when he speaks (Georgetown Univ.), and when he supports the Ground Zero mosque shortly after lecturing Israel to stop building apartments for Jews in E. Jerusalem because of sensitivities toward Muslims there. The optics look bad.
woscar
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Originally posted by The17sss
And don't blame the Right
Who is?
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Originally posted by The17sss
Personally, I don't think he gives a rat's ass about religion that much in general. But it doesn't help the "Muslim" perception thing when you look at the above examples, how he's constantly making appeals to Muslim leaders, the fact that he just tried to turn NASA into a Muslim outreach vehicle, having the Christian cross removed from display when he speaks (Georgetown Univ.), and when he supports the Ground Zero mosque shortly after lecturing Israel to stop building apartments for Jews in E. Jerusalem because of sensitivities toward Muslims there. The optics look bad.
He doesn't care for them, he's just scared less of them.
Arbiter
18% is actually very low.
In fact, just as many Americans think that the sun revolves around the earth:
