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Article:	America's Armageddonites	View Article
Published:	10/11/2007	View Comments (0)
Submitted by:	Frank K 42 days ago	Add Comment
Category:	Christianity

Article Details: Jon Basil Utley writes that "utopian fantasies have long transfixed the human race. Today...millions of Americans, the richest people in history, have a death wish. They are the new "Armageddonites," fundamentalist evangelicals who have moved from forecasting Armageddon to actually trying to bring it about." These End Timers identify with the Republican Party and influence US foreign policy.

Article:	Obama's Fascinating Interview with Cathleen Falsani	View Article
Published:	11/11/2008	View Comments (0)
Submitted by:	Frank K 204 days ago	Add Comment
Category:	Religions

Article Details: The most detailed and fascinating explication of Barack Obama's faith came in a 2004 interview he gave Chicago Sun Times columnist Cathleen Falsani when he was running for U.S. Senate in Illinois. The column she wrote about the interview has been quoted and misquoted many times over, but she'd never before published the full transcript in a major publication. Here is the full transcript.

Quote:	Barack Obama on Religions 3/27/2009	View Quote
Published:	3/27/2009	View Person
Submitted by:	Frank K 204 days ago	View Comments (0)
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Quote Details: I don't think is healthy for public figures to wear religion on their sleeve as a means to insulate themselves from criticism, or dialogue with people who disagree with them.

Quote:	Barack Obama on Religions 3/27/2004	View Quote
Published:	3/27/2004	View Person
Submitted by:	Frank K 204 days ago	View Comments (0)
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Quote Details: I think there is an enormous danger on the part of public figures to rationalize or justify their actions by claiming God's mandate.

Quote:	Barack Obama on Religions 3/27/2004	View Quote
Published:	3/27/2004	View Person
Submitted by:	Frank K 204 days ago	View Comments (0)
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Quote Details: I'm a big believer in tolerance. I think that religion at it's best comes with a big dose of doubt. I'm suspicious of too much certainty in the pursuit of understanding just because I think people are limited in their understanding.

Quote:	James Madison on Religions 6/8/1789	View Quote
Published:	6/8/1789	View Person
Submitted by:	Frank K 1 yr 257 days ago	View Comments (0)
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Quote Details: "The civil rights of none shall be abridged on account of religious belief or worship, nor shall any national religion be established, nor shall the full and equal rights of conscience be in any manner, or on any pretext infringed." -- in the House of Representatives, 8 June 1789 (suggested amendments to the Constitution)

Quote:	James Madison on Religions 4/1/1774	View Quote
Published:	4/1/1774	View Person
Submitted by:	Frank K 1 yr 257 days ago	View Comments (0)
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Quote Details: “Religious bondage shackles and debilitates the mind and unfits it for every noble enterprise, every expanded prospect” -- letter to William Bradford

Video:	Barack Obama Philadelphia Speech on Race and Religion	View Video
Published:	3/18/2008	View Comments (0)
Submitted by:	Frank K 1 yr 251 days ago	Add Comment
Category:	Christianity