A month later, still no church for famously religious president
posted at 7:40 pm on April 7, 2009 by Allahpundit
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An update to last month’s non-progress report courtesy of Fox News’s Bill Sammon. You know, the longer this drags on, the easier it is to believe The One really wasn’t in church during some of Rev. Wright’s greatest hits after all. Maybe he’s Christian the way most of my family is Catholic, i.e. avowed believers even though they (a) never, ever go to mass and (b) don’t appear at all concerned how Christ’s teachings or the Pope’s guidance might inform their daily activities.
But other than that, good Catholics all.
President Obama has not attended church services on any of the 11 Sundays since he took office, despite his pledge to find a new church after quitting Trinity United nearly a year ago because of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright’s incendiary rhetoric.
“We probably won’t make any firm decision on this until January, when we know what our lives our going to be like,” Obama told reporters last May at a press conference that he called to announce his break with Trinity.
But the president made no decision in January, February or March. And now, with Easter just days away, Obama has yet to reveal what church he may have chosen or when he might attend his first Sunday services as president…
Obama is not the first president to opt out of church services in Washington. Former President Ronald Reagan refrained from services, saying the security requirements were too much of a strain on a congregation.
Per a second story at Fox, it could be that Obama’s taking his time to weigh the political pitfalls he’ll face if he chooses a mostly white church after having quit Trinity. Tricky stuff, admittedly, but I’ve got a feeling he’ll be okay. Meanwhile, Newsweek’s out with a new poll on religion in America that might offer an insight into his thinking. Maybe he’s in the second or third column here among non-evangelical Protestants?
Or maybe he’s in the first (or fourth!) column here:
Exit question: What kind of weak-ass atheist declares himself “spiritual but not religious”? This kind, I guess.
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t minus sixty minutes before someone says he will build a mosque in the east wing….
Bradky on April 7, 2009 at 7:45 PM
I sure he can find a church that practices Black Liberation Theology in the Washington Area if he looks hard enough.
kingsjester on April 7, 2009 at 7:45 PM
“Nobody does it better…makes you feel sad for all the rest…nobody does it like Reverend Jeremiah Wright….”
-Barack Hussein Obama.
HornetSting on April 7, 2009 at 7:45 PM
I hear the Church of Gaia is always open. They even sell indulgences!
TheUnrepentantGeek on April 7, 2009 at 7:45 PM
The answer is simple. The are no mosques within an easy commute.
Andy in Agoura Hills on April 7, 2009 at 7:46 PM
Obama is not waiting to go to church…He is waiting for the Church to go to Him.
coldwarrior on April 7, 2009 at 7:47 PM
He visited a Mosque in Turkey didn’t he?
aquaviva on April 7, 2009 at 7:47 PM
WOW, I am shocked. Just like the shock finding Obama is now talking like Rev Wright did. Shocked I teoll you, just shocked.
Many actually knew what this fraud was all about before the election. The media did this to America …
tarpon on April 7, 2009 at 7:47 PM
Stupid , it wouldn’t be in the right position to Mecca there.
the_nile on April 7, 2009 at 7:48 PM
He needs a greater crisis to “convert” to islam.
America1st on April 7, 2009 at 7:48 PM
he don’t need no stinking church; he’s got a mirror!
reliapundit on April 7, 2009 at 7:48 PM
uhh…he’s been kinda busy?
bridgetown on April 7, 2009 at 7:48 PM
Hee Hee.
HornetSting on April 7, 2009 at 7:49 PM
Probably hard to find another one that can overtly spew racism and hate for America.
BigWyo on April 7, 2009 at 7:49 PM
“Let the church come to me!!”-King Obama.
Axelrove is currently structuring a Church of America. Kind of like BofA, but with more Kiosks.
portlandon on April 7, 2009 at 7:49 PM
uhh…he’s been kinda busy?
bridgetown on April 7, 2009 at 7:48 PM
Yeah. You can’t attend a church when you’re out of town, at the gym, or in front of a mirror all the time.
kingsjester on April 7, 2009 at 7:50 PM
What does it get him at this point? That stepping stone has already been stomped.
Asher on April 7, 2009 at 7:50 PM
Off Topic
Ed and AP should make a HotAir Chatroom that runs all the time on a separate page
blatantblue on April 7, 2009 at 7:51 PM
The Washington DC yellow pages doesn’t list a “Hate Whitey” denomination. Maybe his tech-savviness-in-chief attends a virtual “caucasian denigrating” parish.
mossberg500 on April 7, 2009 at 7:51 PM
This man has a strange concept of time. Four months to pick a church. Seven minutes to spit out a sentence. One week to pass a trillion dollar budget. Twenty years to figure out your former reverend is a bigot.
sherry on April 7, 2009 at 7:53 PM
Ah the HA braintrust is in the house /sarc
Bradky on April 7, 2009 at 7:53 PM
This is easy: no church will let him set up a teleprompter with the Lord’s Prayer on it along with other congregation responses.
Dingbat63 on April 7, 2009 at 7:54 PM
What do you think happened to the bowling alley….?
Hog Wild on April 7, 2009 at 7:54 PM
Bradky on April 7, 2009 at 7:53 PM
Yep. And then we have you for comic relief.
kingsjester on April 7, 2009 at 7:54 PM
Fooled them again, didn’t he?
Other than redistributing the wealth and building a pure Marxist state, did this guy tell the truth about anything?
rplat on April 7, 2009 at 7:57 PM
Who cares… how often did Bush or Reagan attend church?
ninjapirate on April 7, 2009 at 7:57 PM
he’s busy being president…
ninjapirate on April 7, 2009 at 7:57 PM
Agreed. Ala the Lizard Lounge at LGF.
amerpundit on April 7, 2009 at 7:57 PM
Bush was a regular attender, Reagan not so much.
right2bright on April 7, 2009 at 7:58 PM
Either that or he thinks its the opiate of the masses. And he did enough opiates during his youth.
AbaddonsReign on April 7, 2009 at 7:59 PM
Obama did say, during Holy Week, that we are not a Christian Nation. Of all times during the year to, go telling on the mountain, that Jesus Christ is not Lord in America.
What about his kids, what about Sunday School? Guess he feels that he has it covered.
And if he does decide to go to a church this Easter Sunday, it will be for a political, not a religious, reason.
texasconserv on April 7, 2009 at 7:59 PM
That’s clever…and too true
right2bright on April 7, 2009 at 7:59 PM
No, he’s worn out that excuse.
rplat on April 7, 2009 at 7:59 PM
He’s waiting to rebuild Babylon and then on to Jerusalem to take his rightful place.
thomasaur on April 7, 2009 at 7:59 PM
id love it! as would a lot of HA’ers i think
but idk if allah wants to take comments away
blatantblue on April 7, 2009 at 7:59 PM
Well, certainly not any atheist with a modicum of self-respect.
Obama should just declare himself a muslim or a frisbetarian. One or the other, just make a choice.
MB4 on April 7, 2009 at 7:59 PM
heh This is soo true.
becki51758 on April 7, 2009 at 7:59 PM
Religious but not spiritual? I can see others judging someone that way, but who would claim that for himself?
mikeyboss on April 7, 2009 at 8:01 PM
Wait until the first big disaster and he will get religion… Rev. Wright may actually have to visit the W House.
d1carter on April 7, 2009 at 8:01 PM
Obama is not going to join a church because Obama
is a Moslem.
pabarge on April 7, 2009 at 8:01 PM
No, he’s busy holding townhall meetings and campaigning in Europe and the Middle East to be King of the world.
thomasaur on April 7, 2009 at 8:01 PM
Yeah, that excuse isn’t going to fly. He has time to take town halls in Istanbul, go for weekend vacations with Michelle in Chicago, and hold cocktail parties with wagyu steak for Washington big wigs. But he doesn’t have time for mass on Sunday?
amerpundit on April 7, 2009 at 8:02 PM
I don’t know why he hasn’t picked a church yet, other than it’s not high on his priority list. But surely he could arrainge for a small service to be held at the White House in the meantime. Might be easier than shuttling him to and from a church in the area, security-wise.
Anna on April 7, 2009 at 8:02 PM
Baal needs a champion. Since Scipio tore down the temples along the African coast Baal has needed a champion. Any volunteers for the first sacrifice?
Limerick on April 7, 2009 at 8:02 PM
Hasn’t kept him from the basketball court or gym. Now I see: priorities.
Dingbat63 on April 7, 2009 at 8:03 PM
Obama visited the Blue Mosque during the Christian Holy week, bowed to the Saudi Prince, yet he has not gone to church in how long???
Oh and don’t forget, when he redid his inauguration oath, he did it without the bible.
texasconserv on April 7, 2009 at 8:03 PM
He’s no muslim. He’s athiest and couldn’t give a rats ass about religion or Christianity. That’s how he was raised. That’s who he is.
JAM on April 7, 2009 at 8:03 PM
Perhaps the problem is they’re looking for him at churches and not at mosques?
Princeps on April 7, 2009 at 8:04 PM
Did someone say… Sassy!
JohnJ on April 7, 2009 at 8:04 PM
Interestingly, the Decider, a man who talks to God frequently, never attended church as President. Hmmm.
capitulus on April 7, 2009 at 8:04 PM
lol no he isnt
blatantblue on April 7, 2009 at 8:04 PM
Does this really surprise anyone? no, perhaps the christians that voted for him will be unimpressed.
deidre on April 7, 2009 at 8:04 PM
You probably didn’t want or need this “fixed,” but this is the way I see it!
Maquis on April 7, 2009 at 8:06 PM
Obama really isn’t into organized religion. He’s more into organized communities.
innominatus on April 7, 2009 at 8:10 PM
hehe
Midas on April 7, 2009 at 8:10 PM
Meh. I know plenty of people voted against him for religious reasons, but did anyone really vote for him based on his religious beliefs?
herrevery on April 7, 2009 at 8:10 PM
From this post:
Former President Ronald Reagan refrained from services, saying the security requirements were too much of a strain on a congregation.
carbon_footprint on April 7, 2009 at 8:11 PM
Didn’t Mr. Teleprompter attend a mosque during his visit…………
………… to
ConstantinopleTurkey?Seven Percent Solution on April 7, 2009 at 8:11 PM
Years the son and step-son of Muslims and a mother that loved the “other” and hated the US, raised in part in an Islamic nation where he went to Islamic “school,” and you honestly believe he never once said the Shahada, the Muslim declaration of faith? That’s all it takes, and it’s done. I don’t believe for an instant that he never did. What, he spent several years in Indonesia as a young man telling his peers and educators and parents “no thanks, I’m saving myself for something better”?
We here allow people to quit faiths, but that faith allows no one to quit.
Maquis on April 7, 2009 at 8:11 PM
Interestingly, the Decider, a man who talks to God frequently, never attended church as President. Hmmm.
capitulus on April 7, 2009 at 8:04 PM
Wrong again. The President attended Lincoln Park United Methodist, The National Cathedral, and St. John’s Episcopal several times while in office, as well as attending a church in China while he was there.
Courtesy Snopes.com
kingsjester on April 7, 2009 at 8:11 PM
Maybe he feel a bit burned after what was revealed by his old church..
the_nile on April 7, 2009 at 8:12 PM
He doesn’t need a Church. His teleprompter tells him what to do.
First Church of the Teleprompter.///s
Crux Australis on April 7, 2009 at 8:13 PM
Well, considering where he attended church and what their ‘faith’ was….yes, I know lots of people that voted for him for his beliefs.
BigWyo on April 7, 2009 at 8:15 PM
Go easy on him. It takes a while to find any churches that say “god damn america.”
Vegi on April 7, 2009 at 8:16 PM
This is not an issue for me. In fact were Obama to make a big deal out of joining a church in D.C, that I would hold against him because it would be for political, not religious reasons.
I have always disliked politicians making a big show out attending church, and which church they attend.
I don’t even care if he claims to be religious, because I can see what his policies are going to do to this country.
Skandia Recluse on April 7, 2009 at 8:16 PM
Perhaps the Mess I ah is not so much like Carter after all. Carter found time to teach Sunday school when he was president. Anytime Carter spent away from governing was good for this country.
carbon_footprint on April 7, 2009 at 8:17 PM
After Reagan was shot the secret service put up so many obstacles that it made it almost impossible for Reagan to attend services.
o/t – when Reagan was shot I have no memory of republicans decrying that a left-wing nut did it. It was pretty much a nut did it….
Branch Rickey on April 7, 2009 at 8:17 PM
OT
Obama’s newest hire
Jamson64 on April 7, 2009 at 8:17 PM
Rules for reciting the Shahada are different for children and youth.
You’re telling me he’s been a secret Muslim for, what, more than 40 years?
blatantblue on April 7, 2009 at 8:18 PM
Look, enough with the Muslim garbage.
Muslims have to pay zakat, partaking in Salah to Mecca five times a day, attending Masjid, etc, etc.
Things Obama doesn’t do! Wow! Who’da thunk it?
blatantblue on April 7, 2009 at 8:21 PM
Michelle must be too busy, too.
You’d think they’d be one person on his staff who’d be able to pick a church for him. Vet the pastor. Maybe they can’t find a church in Washington that passes muster…of being radical enough.
hepcat on April 7, 2009 at 8:21 PM
I see the ass end is here too.
HornetSting on April 7, 2009 at 8:21 PM
He just can’t “quit” Rev. Wright!
HondaV65 on April 7, 2009 at 8:22 PM
Just how different?
I’m saying that I believe that the Muslim world has grounds to consider him a Muslim, and that he knows it. He has never been asked if he declared the Shadada. He has always claimed to be a
Black Liberation TheologistChristian, but that doesn’t mean it’s true especially as he only joined Wright’s nutty sect to gain street cred in Chicago. I do not maintain that he is a “secret Muslim,” perhaps a closeted one, but certainly in the eyes of the Muslim world he is.Maquis on April 7, 2009 at 8:27 PM
Obama put himself in this position. Im sure he loves all the distraction of the masses concentrating on what his religion is while he uses slight of hand to further his agenda.
canditaylor68 on April 7, 2009 at 8:28 PM
Muslims can backslide as well as any other faith.
Maquis on April 7, 2009 at 8:29 PM
Why? Can’t he find a Halfrican Church in DC?
Dan Collins on April 7, 2009 at 8:29 PM
Is Planned Parenthood holding Sunday services now?
RedRedRice on April 7, 2009 at 8:31 PM
Most people I know who “pick a church” spend some time, you know, actually attending the churches.
This is a very funny story. The guy is a sham. How many more reasons do we need? Or do we just need to translate them to Austrian?
ORconservative on April 7, 2009 at 8:31 PM
Take it for what it is but Reagan didn’t attend church either the whole time he was in office. I know there is a big difference between Obama and Reagan in the fact no one questioned Reagan’s spirituality and the contraversy surrounding Obama’s Church. I guess I just worry it goes down the slippery slope of Obama dirangement syndrom.
lwssdd on April 7, 2009 at 8:31 PM
Wow, several times! That Decider is quite the inspiration!
capitulus on April 7, 2009 at 8:35 PM
His adornement of this gay tells us where Christianity fits. Obama is NOT Christian nor is he Christian friendly.
Oprah share his pagan spirituality. It doesn’t require worship as some of us know it.
seven on April 7, 2009 at 8:36 PM
This is not Obama derangement Syndrome, this is a guy who made something of his church and his spiritual life for the 20 years he was at Trinity.
It is interesting, to say the least, that a guy who attends a church, is married in a church, has his kids baptized in a church, just quits going when he throws the nutball pastor under the bus. Trinity has a interesting philosophy which, I’m sure was a draw to the Obamas (why else would they spend 20 years?) Surely, Trinity can’t be the only church in this nation that would suffice?
ORconservative on April 7, 2009 at 8:36 PM
What does this phrase even mean?
baldilocks on April 7, 2009 at 8:37 PM
I don’t know any thing about Harry Knox. I did hear that he was quite controversal but I have not researched why.
ORconservative on April 7, 2009 at 8:39 PM
capitulus on April 7, 2009 at 8:35 PM
So, how many times has the current President gone to church since he took office, Skippy? That is the subject of this thread. Not Boooosh.
kingsjester on April 7, 2009 at 8:39 PM
Even if it was ‘once’ it pretty much takes a giant $hit on your dumb assed ‘never’ post.
But then again, you’re used to that aren’t you??
Douche bag.
BigWyo on April 7, 2009 at 8:39 PM
DaBama already belongs to a Church. He belongs to the godless church of liberalism where abortion is a sacred sacrament, and he is their Messiah.
Barack damn America! … uh, …wait! He already did that.
DannoJyd on April 7, 2009 at 8:39 PM
Spiritual but not religious generally means that you believe in a higher power but you do not follow the rules of an organized religion.
ORconservative on April 7, 2009 at 8:40 PM
AP,
He has a much more important job; he’s busy saving the world. He’ll focus-group it and poll it and blue ribbon commission it and ask Axlerod.
He don’t need no stinkin’ church.
mountainmanbob on April 7, 2009 at 8:42 PM
He’ll show up in some church on Easter Sunday but he won’t be there – or any other church – the weeks after.
manofaiki on April 7, 2009 at 8:42 PM
He could go to the church I know with a Messianic Jew as a pastor. That could be an experience for him. It’s in the D.C. area.
On Topic: I doubt that President Obama will ever find a place of worship for him and his family. He’ll be too busy campaigning and trying to disarm all countries of nukes…
Actually I think he is the Sunday morning only type. The rubber will meet the road this weekend, if you get my meaning.
mjk on April 7, 2009 at 8:43 PM
Has Obama actually ever said the words “Jesus Christ is my savior” or something like that. I think I heard him claim to be a “Christian’, but that really doesn’t fly with the Rev. Wright as his mentor.
ctmom on April 7, 2009 at 8:43 PM
Oh, I’m sure the little man could find a bigot church if he tried. He did it in Chicago, after all.
mjk on April 7, 2009 at 8:46 PM
Courtesy gotquestions.org
This is whar Rev. Wright taught and what Obama supposedly listened to for 20 years.
kingsjester on April 7, 2009 at 8:51 PM
Don’t you think they would have voted for him anyway?
But yes, I get your point.
herrevery on April 7, 2009 at 8:54 PM
Wow, what an angry hick. But better typing on a message board than taking it out on the missus. In the words of the cowardly Decider, Bring em On!!
capitulus on April 7, 2009 at 8:55 PM
A classic!
Loxodonta on April 7, 2009 at 9:00 PM
Wow, what an angry hick. But better typing on a message board than taking it out on the missus. In the words of the cowardly Decider, Bring em On!!
capitulus on April 7, 2009 at 8:55 PM
So, this is how someone responds when they have no facts to back themselves up. Nuce ad hominem attack, Scooter.
Take a picture, boys and girls.
kingsjester on April 7, 2009 at 9:01 PM
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