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Christianity Quotes by Barack Obama

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Obama mentions that the United States once fought the Islamic Barbary Pirates, showing a historic clash of faiths. He says the country does not call itself a Christian nation and respects Islam’s role in shaping the world. He also reflects on how belief in Jesus and sin is viewed by many.

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Islam has a proud tradition of tolerance.

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We do not consider ourselves a Christian nation.

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Islam has always been part of America

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I'm a Christian by choice.

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The future must not belong to those who slander the Prophet of Islam

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Obama's response when asked to define sin: "Being out of alignment with my values."

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The sweetest sound I know is the Muslim call to prayer

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If people find that controversial then I would just refer them to the Sermon on the Mount.

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Ramadan is a celebration of a faith known for great diversity and racial equality

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Whatever we once were, we are no longer a Christian nation

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At any rate, here's what the president has said about Christianity and the Bible:

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Cathleen Falsani: What is sin? Barack Obama: Being out of alignment with my values.

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Specifically, the part where in the early 19th century America reconstituted the U.S. Marine Corps to battle the Islamic Barbary Pirates, though…

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We have Jews, Muslims, Hindus, atheists, agnostics, Buddhists, and their own path to grace is one that we have to revere and…

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We will convey our deep appreciation for the Islamic faith, which has done so much over the centuries to shape the world…

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I look forward to hosting an Iftar dinner celebrating Ramadan here at the White House later this week, and wish you a…

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There are so many errors and misstatements in that list that I won't even begin to name them. Obama was right about…

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On Easter or Christmas Day, my mother might drag me to church, just as she dragged me to the Buddhist temple, the…

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In our household, the Bible, the Koran and the Bhagavad Gita sat on the shelf alongside books of Greek and Norse and…

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I believe that there are many paths to the same place, and that is a belief that there is a higher power,…

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This is something that I'm sure I'd have serious debates with my fellow Christians about. I think that the difficult thing about…

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I find it hard to believe that my God would consign four-fifths of the world to hell. I can't imagine that my…

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I've said this before, and I know this raises questions in the minds of some evangelicals. I do not believe that my…

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What I want to communicate is the fact that in all my travels throughout the Muslim world, what I've come to understand…

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The American people intuitively understand this, which is why the majority of Catholics practice birth control and some of those opposed to…

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I don't presume to have knowledge of what happens after I die. But I feel very strongly that whether the reward is…

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Which passages of scripture should guide our public policy? Should we go with Leviticus, which suggests slavery is OK and that eating…

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Because our right to worship freely and safely, that right was denied to Christians in Charleston, South Carolina, and that was denied…

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All of us have a responsibility to work for the day when the mothers of Israelis and Palestinians can see their children…

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You got into these small towns in Pennsylvania and, like a lot of small towns in the Midwest, the jobs have been…

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From Obama's book, "The Audacity of Hope:" "I am not willing to have the state deny American citizens a civil union that…

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So I have known Islam on three continents before coming to the region where it was first revealed

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We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus, and nonbelievers.

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we will encourage more Americans to study in Muslim communities

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As a student of history, I also know civilization's debt to Islam.

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The Holy Koran tells us, 'O mankind! We have created you male and a female; and we have made you into nations…

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Whatever we once were, we are no longer a Christian nation — at least, not just. We are also a Jewish nation,…

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Throughout history, Islam has demonstrated through words and deeds the possibilities of religious tolerance and racial equality.

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In ancient times and in our times, Muslim communities have been at the forefront of innovation and education.

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I am a Christian. So, I have a deep faith. So I draw from the Christian faith...So, I'm rooted in the Christian…

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