Comments on: The Faith of Obama http://tete-tete-tete.com/2008/11/the-faith-of-obama/ Wed, 21 Dec 2011 07:49:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: smijer http://tete-tete-tete.com/2008/11/the-faith-of-obama/comment-page-1/#comment-2174 smijer Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:19:20 +0000 http://tete-tete-tete.com/?p=683#comment-2174 I think he did say that of his father... I think he did say that of his father…

]]> By: Buck http://tete-tete-tete.com/2008/11/the-faith-of-obama/comment-page-1/#comment-2175 Buck Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:09:28 +0000 http://tete-tete-tete.com/?p=683#comment-2175 I'll pull out the book tonight and see if in it he did not say that his mother was an atheist. I could have sworn those were his exact words. I’ll pull out the book tonight and see if in it he did not say that his mother was an atheist.

I could have sworn those were his exact words.

]]> By: smijer http://tete-tete-tete.com/2008/11/the-faith-of-obama/comment-page-1/#comment-2173 smijer Mon, 17 Nov 2008 02:18:24 +0000 http://tete-tete-tete.com/?p=683#comment-2173 I don't remember seeing anything outright saying his ma was an atheist. I have seen him say that his ma "professed" secular humanism - I guess that's about the same thing, at least in most people's books. But, it doesn't have to be a 1:1 relationship between secular humanists and atheists. It's even possible to be a Christian and a secular humanist. Most Christians in the UU church are, though those that aren't are a minority even within a minority. It was interesting to learn that Grandma & Grandpa started as Methodist and Baptists, but ended as universalists (the second U of UU - I suppose this was before the two associations merged). There is always a contingent in UU churches of those who started as Methodists or Baptists. The former M's and the former B's seem to have very little in common... I don’t remember seeing anything outright saying his ma was an atheist. I have seen him say that his ma “professed” secular humanism – I guess that’s about the same thing, at least in most people’s books. But, it doesn’t have to be a 1:1 relationship between secular humanists and atheists. It’s even possible to be a Christian and a secular humanist. Most Christians in the UU church are, though those that aren’t are a minority even within a minority.

It was interesting to learn that Grandma & Grandpa started as Methodist and Baptists, but ended as universalists (the second U of UU – I suppose this was before the two associations merged). There is always a contingent in UU churches of those who started as Methodists or Baptists. The former M’s and the former B’s seem to have very little in common…

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