Is Barack Obama a fundamentalist Christian?

I've heard he is a member of the Church of Christ, which, at least imho, has always been associated with fundamentalism.

I don't really know, but his religious affiliation has bothered me for awhile.

but Barack doesn't seem to be one of those.

He does, however, have a thing for faith-based government, so he's probably not the best bet for our Constitutional democracy.

...that's what they say about Muslims. In fact, many of them believe that Obama is secretly still a Muslim and lying to get elected. Go on over and check it out.

Those people really are crazy. They're just about to the point where they believe Barack is hiding Saddam's WMD in a madrasa in Syria. It makes sense to them because his middle name is Hussein.

I kid you not (Google for it, if you're curious).

I gotta look that up just for the laugh factor. How ridiculous and you know people believe that crap too about her. :eyes:

edited to add: Okay, I saw a picture of who Hillary's having the affair with. And all I gotta say in props to Hillary, Huma Abedin is hawt. (Oh, and just in case, yes I don't really think Hillary's having an affair and I wouldn't care anyways).

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Very liberal and thoughtful. Far from Fundamentalist.

"Stone/Campbell" church of Christ

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Churches_of_Christ

United Church of Christ
which is the one Senator Obama is a member
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Church_of_Christ

Here's a link to the church he goes to

http://www.tucc.org/home.htm
Trinity United Church of Christ is a very liberal church.

I was hoping to learn more about this, and DU never disappoints! :)

I suggest reading his book Audacity of Hope. He does an excellent job explaining what he believes.

The United Church of Christ used to be the Congregationalists. The Church of Christ is different and highly variable. C of C churches have a lot of local control over what they do. The C of C in Boston was on the Cult Awareness Network's watchlist (until the Church of Scientology sued the CAN out of existence); most of C of C churches are pretty mainstream, although they do tend to lean fundy.

Obama's Church espouses liberation theology which is very liberal.

UCC (more liberal wing) split off from the Congregational Church in the '50s. My father was a UCC minister and my material grandparents quit going to church when the split occurred ... bad blood that basically remained for the rest of their lives, unfortunately. UCC and Congregational churches are quite different now -- I'd consider some Congregational churches to be more "fundie" but the UCC is definitely mainline, liberal, not fundamentalist in the least.

Ah! I thought the Congregationalists had all become UCC and was called "United" because it was formed from several different churches. I didn't realize there were still Congregational churches around.

Originally, Fundamentalist Christians were identified with the political left. They supported social welfare, labor laws and pacifism. Probably the best example was W.J. Bryan two-time Democratic presidential nominee and prosecutor of the Scopes monkey trial. He thought advances being made in science, especially with Darwinian evolution meant that people had no intrinsic value. Like all fundamentalists, he ran away from the evidence instead of examining what it really meant.

I do not think Obama is in the same mold as con artists like Falwell and Pat Robertson, but I cannot rule out the possibility that he may be the W.J. Bryan type of Fundamentalist. Even then I doubt it. I really don't see Obama as a Biblical literalist which is what Fundamentalism means.

I think he is more "conservative" than the church he belongs to, not the other way around.

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2005/07/05/united_church_of_christ_backs_gay_nuptials/

who cares except for the fundies that is, as to what religion he is

if his religious affiliation is important to you then I suggest you not vote. Religion is killing us

The UCC is an extremely liberal, gay friendly, anti-war, and progressive church.

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That's the impression I have anyway. :shrug:

Drive by a black church on Sunday. People are there from 8:00 am to 8:00 pm. I have also noticed that African Americans are being recruited by the anti-abortion crowd for their religiosity. Religion is one of the most important if not THE most important issue for blacks.

We attend my wifes childhood church it's the most liberal church I've ever been a member of.

so the answer is a strong no.

yellow dogs, blue dogs, and not the committee to see if Obama worships this or that way. Does it really matter?

Ben David

I didn't know about the difference between CofC and UCofC. This has been an informative discussion and I am much enlightened.

Remember that old mantra from college: "there's no such thing as a stupid question?"

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