A bit defensive considering no one attacked you personally. I personally do not believe for one moment that Obama is Muslim, but as I said I tend to think he is not all that into the dogma of Christianity either.

believe in what you want as is your right...but do you see us making jokes of it..maybe your belief is not as strong as ours...

Hey, don't forget the chi... grin.

I did like some of what Jesus was about, though not convinced he was anything but a hippie in his time. The Allah thing is just more christian type programming, and the Budda, well other than some basic ideas, I don't know that much about it. What I do know if it is interesting but not enough for me to focus on it.

I know this was not directed at me but ....

You must not surf much, there are zillions of sites where christians are making some serious fun of everyone but themselves. Where ya been?

I don't get into bashing others for what they believe really I could care less..to you if there is no God then there is no God..but to me there is one..I will not fuss or fight and look a fool to make someone esle happy...ain't happening...

We can’t very well even conduct these discussions if people are simply going to whine "bashing" and that they are being "attacked." What makes you think we would not be speaking out against Islam if we were in the Middle East right now? The only difference is Boo and I would be dead or in prison by now.

Oh yeah, Jesus was truly an awesome man. A man of peace, who thru meditation was somehow more enlightened than the average uneducated man living in the middle east. But, I think he was just a kind hearted person, and NOT the son of god. When he was asked if he really was the son of god, do you know what his answer was? He replied: "We're all children of God."
Moses was also someone who tried to better his people. Unfortunately the only way you could get those crazy arabs running barefoot in the sand chopping each other's limbs off with swords fighting over women and sheep, was to use scare tactics. "If thou has relations with thy neighbor's wife, thou hast committed a sin, and thou shall go to Hell..." or something like that.
It's really sad, the people couldn't be convinced not to rape the neighbor's wife or steal each other's sheep unless they feared the eternal flames of Hell.
Now Mohammad, he was a bit more aggressive than the peaceful Jesus, or Moses. When Jesus said that if someone slaps you, turn the other cheek, Mohammad's answer is if someone punches you, punch them back... An eye for an eye.
Yeah, I know my religions!!! I've studied them all.

Buddha would be appalled at the idea of anyone worshiping him, he believed in God and he did not believe he was one. Buddha is just simply a term that means "enlightened one."

As for whether or not Obama is Christian, does it really matter? I mean seriously. I know many, many Muslims who practice the beliefs of Christianity far better than most Christians I know. They actually walk the talk. They are giving, loving, generous and open-minded. And, they are as appalled at what a very small group of extremists did as we are. They do not in any way consider them to be true Muslims, just a group of people who have so corrupted their teaching as to be virtually unrecognizable. And, unlike most Christians, Islam believes in the principles of Christianity and believe that Jesus was a prophet, a wise and wonderful human with greatness in his teachings. Matter of fact, all major religions, as a whole, believe this. If only many Christians could learn such open-minded and open-heartedness.

Religion is just dogma anyway, a smoke and mirror show designed to keep people separate instead of allowing us to come together as humans as a whole.

And I am talking religion, not spirituality or belief in God. There is quite the difference.

I fail to see where anyone made you look like a fool or is bashing you personally. I would say though, that Christians can't post scripture and their interpretation of Christianity and not expect debate or questioning, so if you take that as bashing then I don't know what to say.

SuzinVA,

I was just being sarcastic when I said that perhaps we should be worshipping Buddha. It was just to make a point.

Namaste!

I'll take dead if you please. Ack, I would be one of the first to be hauled off for something drastic I am sure. Thankfully I live in the US where I......... oh wait, I ain't all that safe here either.. grin!

I know, I was just making a point as well. There are many many people, though, who believe that buddhists worship buddha as a God. I felt that should be cleared up.

His christianity only concerns me if he caters to the christian right... and just how much would he cater to them..

Your absolutely right that Buddha is not God and Buddhism is not a religion.

However I had heard something about certain segments are starting to act like a religion as Christianity does. I tend to think once a person has set beliefs they in some cases start trying to take over, if I said that right.

Why would it matter anyhow if he even was a muslim? Even though he isn't.

I guess because you probably think that ALL muslims are terrorists.

You just can’t successfully combat ignorance of that magnitude.

No you can't. It's quite scary actually.

This is scary:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJ2q09xrTXE

No true Scotsman.