Obama shares beliefs about Islam and evolution
AP - 4/14/2008 7:20:00 AM
GRANTHAM, Pennsylvania - Barack Obama has described himself as a devout
Christian but believes
Islam can be compatible with the modern world.
Obama's comments came last night at a event sponsored by Messiah College
in Pennsylvania called
the " Compassion Forum."
Obama also declared that he believes in evolution, but also believes that
God created the universe.
The Illinois senator has drawn attention to his theological beliefs a
number of times during
the last few weeks. As an example, contrary to what the Bible teaches
about Jesus being the
only way of salvation, Obama has stated that people of other religions who
do good works are
also children of God.
Obama's theology was also questioned last month when YouTube videos of his
former pastor,
Jeremiah Wright, appeared. The videos showed several excerpts of Wright"s
sermons, including
one in 2003 when he denounced the United States for its treatment of
blacks. "The government
gives them the drugs, builds bigger prisons, p***** a three-strike law,
and then wants us to
sing God Bless America," shouts Wright. "No, no, no, not God Bless America
-- God d___ America,
it's in the Bible for killing innocent people."
Wright has also raised eyebrows for saying 9/11 was a case of "America's
chickens coming home
to roost" and that Zionism has an element of "white racism." In addition,
he has accused the
government of infecting black Americans with HIV.
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