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Ann Coulter: Obama Is Atheist, Not Muslim

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Nearly one in five Americans think President Obama is a Muslim, according to a recent poll -- but conservative commentator Ann Coulter says instead that he is an atheist.

"The nonsense about President Obama being a Muslim has got to stop," Coulter wrote on the conservative website TownHall.com. "I rise to defend him from this absurd accusation by pointing out that he is obviously an atheist."

Coulter, known for her brash, often humor-tinged commentary, wrote that the "only evidence for Obama's Christianity is that he faithfully attended the Rev. Jeremiah Wright's Trinity United Church of Christ for 20 years."

While 20 years of attendance at a church may seem like good evidence, Coulter ruthlessly slams Wright, reducing his sermons to "hate-filled demagoguery."

Coulter makes the case that questioning a public person's religion should not be out of bounds, pointing to Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker, televangelists who were disgraced in a series of sex and money scandals, as examples of people practicing false Christianity.

"No sentient human is required to take Obama's profession of Christianity any more seriously than if it were coming from a 1980s blow-dried, money-grubbing televangelist with a mistress on the side," she wrote.

After making her case about the president, Coulter declares, "All liberals are atheists... There's only one true Christian liberal in the country and that's Mike Huckabee."
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120 comments // Ann Coulter: Obama Is Atheist, Not Muslim

  • Brockula
  • corndog67
    • 0
      corndog67  

    • If you've noticed, that admitted non-believers generally do not get voted into higher offices. Generally. There are a few, but most will say they believe in something.

    • 1 year ago
  • putdownmypants
  • Kurta
    • +2
      Kurta  

    • So, I guess I'll say it again: What does a person's religion have to do with their moral character?

      I'm getting rather tired of Christians claiming to have some sort of moral high-ground. Maybe I'm nuts but I judge a person on actions, not beliefs.

      Is it just be or is Ms. Coulter starting to look like "Crazy Mary" from the Blair Witch Project?

    • 1 year ago
  • bking74
    • +3
      bking74  

    • Ann Coulter is suffering from what so many right wing radical t.v/print/internet personalities are dying from. No one gives a shit what they have to say. The only time they get any attention is when they sprout off some bullsh@t like Mrs. (I need a hamburger) Coulter is trying with this latest attack on President Obama's religion. Who gives a fcuk, just do a go job keeping this train wreck of a country on the rails for a few more years. That's most you can expect from your President.
      That being said Rev. Wright is a fcuking idiot and hate monger, but who cares. More then half the country is secretly racist in one form or another. I'm Irish Catholic and I hate the Pope.

    • 1 year ago
  • Brockula
  • tommic
    • +1
      tommic  

    • Can you say Anorexia?? Ann Coulter definitly is suffering from it, either that or she has cancer. We could be so lucky, hate begets death.

    • 1 year ago
  • Radical_Centrist
  • bike10
  • DisownCashValue
  • Budoshi
    • +2
      Budoshi  

    • Why should it matter what faith a president or a state leader has, as long as he/she doesn't mix his/her faith with politics?

      It's the mix of Politics and Religion one should be afraid of, not wether or not a stateleader is religious or not..

    • 1 year ago
  • Varex_Sythe
    • +4
      Varex_Sythe  

    • First, Dick Cheney was an admitted atheist, and not one single conservative, religious or otherwise, seemed capable of giving a rats gilded ass.

      Second, it appears that FOX opinion givers don't really care what Obama's religion is, so long as they can get the chance to make it seem like he's of some religious faith, or lack there of, which paints him as a legitimate baby eating threat to the "real" Americans.

    • 1 year ago
  • ibrake4rappers13
    • -1
      ibrake4rappers13  
    • Varex_Sythe:

      His religion is a perversion of Christianity (Black Liberation theology) it puts people into two camps, the oppressed and the oppressors. The only way that the oppressors can be saved is if they give back what they took.

    • 1 year ago
  • EdJoyProductions
  • ibrake4rappers13
  • Kurta
  • UtopianSky
    • +2
      UtopianSky  
    • ibrake4rappers13:

      This is common sense, so obviously it needs to be explained to you.

      There are hundreds of Christian denominations, beveling unrelated, diverse, and bizarre things: There are the peaceful Quakers and the violent Christian Identity Movement, the isolationist Amish and Mennonites, and the expansionist Catholics, The Metropolitan Community Church that embraces Diversity, and the Westborough Baptist Church, that hates everyone. Not to mention the Shakers, the Snake handlers, the Pentecostals speaking in tongues, on and on and on ...

      - yet every single one claims to be Christian, and every single one bases their beliefs on the Bible.

      If the Bible explained itself very well, there would only be one Church.

      The simple fact that there are so many diverse interpretation of that book shows that the book is bizarrely open to interpretation and does NOT "explain itself very well".

      If you want to claim that "Black Liberation theology" is a perversion, then they are ALL perversions.

      And since that book is so vague, and so contradictory, and says things that we know to be false- it is obvious, to anyone who has bothered to read it and look at it objectively, that it is not the product of a divine perfect being.

    • 1 year ago
  • EdJoyProductions
  • ibrake4rappers13
    • -1
      ibrake4rappers13  
    • UtopianSky:

      I think you and Joy are missing the point, sure there are many denominations within christianity but the only differences between them are ritualistic and they mostly stick to the main biblical principles. Black Liberation Theology on the other hand, takes a huge departure from mainstream christianity, proclaiming that Jesus was a black man that was lynched by white people. Its just like Nazism when they sought religious justification to kill the Jews, Jesus was killed by Jews therefore, kill all the Jews.

      What it really comes down to is Individual rights vs. Collective rights.

    • 1 year ago
  • ibrake4rappers13
  • UtopianSky
    • +1
      UtopianSky  
    • ibrake4rappers13:

      Have you ever studied Christianity?
      I have.
      No, the differences are NOT ritualistic- they go to the core beliefs, including salvation, afterlife, and the nature of God.

      Some believe salvation is entirely through faith in Christ.
      Others say salvation is through good works.
      Others say one can only be saved with both faith and works.
      Others believe in "Universal Salvation"- that means everyone on Earth is saved because of Christ's sacrifice, and it does not mater what religion they are or what they do.
      Others believe there are a small number of people who's salvation is predestined, and nothing will change that.

      Some believe in a Heaven and a Hell.
      Some believe in Heaven, and no Hell.
      Some believe in neither; that the saved will rise from the dead on Judgment day, and experience paradise on earth, and simply wait in their graves untill then.

      Some believe God is three distinct beings: Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.
      Others say they are three aspects, or facets, of one being.
      Others say there is only ONE God- Jesus was a temporary manifestation of God, not a distinct aspect.
      Some believe that each planet has it's own God, and our God is simply the God of this world.

      Again, you completely miss the point- Christianity is FAR more diverse than you realize. To the core, Christian beliefs vary widely, yet every single one claims to be Christian, and every single one bases their beliefs on the Bible.

      If the Bible explained itself very well, there would only be one Church.

      The simple fact that there are so many diverse interpretation of that book shows that the book is bizarrely open to interpretation and does NOT "explain itself very well".

      If you want to claim that "Black Liberation theology" is a perversion, then they are ALL perversions.

      And since that book is so vague, and so contradictory, and says things that we know to be false- it is obvious, to anyone who has bothered to read it and look at it objectively, that it is not the product of a divine perfect being.

      AND, the only reason you even HEARD about "Black Liberation Theology" is because the right-wing pundits told you about it, and ALL you know about it is what they said.

      Plus, your belief that it is somehow Obama's faith- again- is based on the words of right-wing pundits.

      No, it does NOT go down to individual rights vs collective rights.

      It goes down to ignorance vs knowledge.

    • 1 year ago
  • EdJoyProductions
    • +1
      EdJoyProductions  
    • ibrake4rappers13:

      Don't make me angry. You won't like me when I am angry. :*
      Sweetie, we are not missing the point. You are under the impression that any Christianity is actually created by God. As far as I am concerned, any cult (and make no mistake, all religion is a cult) that promotes narrow mindedness is dangerous. When the rules defy reason and the mythology is easily dismissed by science and yet people willingly allow themselves to be governed by a cult in spite of all the evidence that much of the belief system is flawed, this makes for a very ignorant population.

      I am not saying there is no God. I am not really in a position to say that because there are many things that I do not know. I am skeptical, but I do not absolutely rule it out. I do rule out any organized religion's version of God. Again, all religion is an invention of people in power to keep the masses under control. The sad part is that it stagnates intellectual growth, puts artificial barriers between people and makes for constant turmoil in the world.

    • 1 year ago
  • ibrake4rappers13
  • EdJoyProductions
  • Oba_min_ation
    • -5
      Oba_min_ation  

    • (Correct Teleprompter on. Fully functioning.) Okay.

      *Ahem* I don't believe in God because religion hates Gays and Gays feel left out by the church.

    • 1 year ago
  • thedirtman
    • +2
      thedirtman  

    • I did a Google search to find out which religious philosophy Obama holds. It turns out that he is Christian, Muslim, Jewish, Hindu, Buddhist, Taoist, and atheist.

      My next question is how does this guy ever find time to be President?

    • 1 year ago
  • MisterWizard
  • Stoneyroad
  • KSirys
  • UtopianSky
  • Kurta
  • Nephwrack
  • common_sense_please
    • 0
      common_sense_please  

    • Maybe somebody needs to tell Ann that being on TV doesn't mean your shit doesn't stink. And that Glenn/Sarah have the Republican/Tea Party nomination already in the bag for 2012 so her opinion really isn't going to matter at this point.

    • 1 year ago
  • Amber_Taylor
    • +2
      Amber_Taylor  

    • Good, I don't want some crazy religious wacko running the country. We already have too many of those people, making dark aged laws in the world.

    • 1 year ago
  • mik661
  • Incredulous
    • +3
      Incredulous  

    • oh dear sweet Ann...time to get the Windex out and polish that crystal ball of yours...things a bit foggy in there, or is it just that you are afraid of your own reflection?

      damn, did someone Photoshop that index finger of hers, or is it really that long and pointy?

    • 1 year ago
  • jubal
    • +3
      jubal  

    • Another transsexual Republicrazy grabbing headlines again. It is shameless in its attempts to be in the media spotlight.

      (Notice I am calling it an it because that is what it is....an it)

    • 1 year ago
  • Incredulous
    • +3
      Incredulous  
    • jubal:

      "No sentient human is required to take Coulter's profession of Femininity any more seriously than if it were coming from a 1980s blow-dried, money-grubbing televangelist with a mistress on the side"

    • 1 year ago
  • Naumadd
    • 0
      Naumadd  
    • jubal:

      It's a terribly unfair to use the term "transsexual" as though it's a bad thing. On the other hand, I know what you're getting at. I've had those same questions in my mind.

      Of course, if she were a transsexual, I'd consider it at least one redeeming quality, not a criticism.

    • 1 year ago
  • jubal
    • 0
      jubal  
    • Naumadd:

      I apologize to all transsexuals everywhere for soiling their name for the purpose of insulting this thing called Anne Coulter.

      She epitomizes the nastiest things humans can be.

    • 1 year ago
  • jubal
  • freecrack
    • 0
      freecrack  

    • doesnt scripture dictate that the antichrist will be some one that unites the word, thus globaly embraced?
      if she dont like him, it proves he isnt.if she liked him, and fox didnt exist he could be in the running.but they make it inpossible, but the pope is still pretty high up there.

    • 1 year ago
  • MisterWizard
    • +6
      MisterWizard  

    • Most of us, if we truly understood what it meant, would call ourselves....

      AGNOSTICS, meaning we believe in something, but we just don't put a religious tag on it.

      ag·nos·tic   [ag-nos-tik]
      –noun
      1.
      a person who holds that the existence of the ultimate cause, as god, and the essential nature of things are unknown and unknowable, or that human knowledge is limited to experience.
      2.
      a person who denies or doubts the possibility of ultimate knowledge in some area of study.

    • 1 year ago
  • Naumadd
  • MisterWizard
    • +1
      MisterWizard  
    • Naumadd:

      It is.
      Qualify your statement. Do you really think that he know enough about all dimensions of space and time in this vast universe to say what is and what is not possible ? The only location that you've ever experience are a few spots on this tiny Earth, yet you are qualified to define the possibility. I really doubt it. Possibility has no boundaries.

      Spoken like a true atheist.

    • 1 year ago
  • LaMonica_Williams
    • 0
      LaMonica_Williams  

    • As an atheist..this doesn't offend me... I'm just laughing at the fact that "Cunt"er Coulter is so desperate for headlines that she even goes against her own party to grab the spotlight.

    • 1 year ago
  • ArchDruid
  • LaMonica_Williams
  • freecrack
  • thedirtman
  • EdJoyProductions
  • MisterWizard
  • teenelizabeth
  • freecrack
    • 0
      freecrack  
    • teenelizabeth:

      its awesome.that means they literaly have nothing.they have resorted to "well he thinks different" as the basis for criticism.at least clinton gave them a blow job to analyze like the dead sea scrolls, obama must be a choir boy if this is the chosen strategy.

    • 1 year ago
  • bike10
    • +3
      bike10  

    • Just more voice of the far right media who can't accept the results of 2008 election.

      Ann Coulter is nothing more then Rush Limbaugh in drag without the lard.

    • 1 year ago
  • common_sense_please
    • +3
      common_sense_please  

    • How sad is it that the economy is gutted, unemployment and homelessness are at all time highs, the whole world's ecosystem has gone crazy with floods and earthquakes and we let a foreign owned oil company completely destroy the wildlife and industry of the Gulf coast for no other reason than pure greed, same goes with our banking and financial industries failing, Detroit looks like a war zone, DC outside the mall probably does too.....but somehow we REALLY need to pick the next generation of leaders who are going to get us out of this mess based on whether or not they are Judeo-Christian believers.

    • 1 year ago
  • H3ADLINE
  • common_sense_please
    • +4
      common_sense_please  

    • Who cares? First off true Christians should know that God's number one rule is don't judge people--that's His job. Second Christian does not equal psychic or telepath or Betazed so Anne or anybody else for that matter can't read President Obama's mind and know what he believes, or does not believe. Third the very first commandment of the Big 10 commandments is don't play God so here again Anne and her fellow hypocrites completely miss the irony.

      But mostly Anne obviously missed the point that EVERY one of the televangelists she called out as fake--got taken down a notch because they claimed to have the absolute definition of what it meant to be a holier than thou Christian and another person or group of people came along and proved to them that no they were just humans like everybody else and arrogant assholes to boot.

    • 1 year ago
  • Mike_Williams1
    • 0
      Mike_Williams1  

    • "There's only one true Christian liberal in the country and that's Mike Huckabee."

      Actually, all true Christians are Liberals. Read the beatitudes, the Sermon on the Mount, they espouse pure liberal values. After the resurrection, the apostles and early church lived in what were basically communes, practicing extreme socialism.

      Conservative Christians are descendants of Roman paganism, not Christianity.

    • 1 year ago
  • MisterWizard
    • +2
      MisterWizard  
    • Mike_Williams1:

      I'm really sorry to hear that about ol' Mike. Do you think that we should pray for his deliverance from religion ? I'm a Wizard, you know.... and I've got some friends in real high places that can help Mike out, and that's only if he wants help.The 1st step in him getting help is him admitting that he's got a problem.

      You do know that, right ?

    • 1 year ago
  • keithponder
  • toyotabedzrock
  • Haley35
    • 0
      Haley35  

    • At least shes not wearing that damm black cocktail dress,I thought she would have faded by now,but folks must be hard up for guests....bitch

    • 1 year ago
  • Stoneyroad
  • MisterWizard
  • lifestudentno83
    • 0
      lifestudentno83  

    • Ann Coulter talks so she can hear herself and laugh at everyone getting their panties in a bunch. Don't give this troglodyte the relevance she doesn't deserve.

    • 1 year ago
  • Daimyo
    • 0
      Daimyo  

    • Who does these studies.. one in five.. how about who gives a F what he is. Your not going to go up to your neighbor and say: "One in five people think that your religion is wrong." Youd get socked in the face. If your going to analyze someone, do it at the end result of it all. Its been a year in a half.. If the economy is better than it was 10 years ago when Obama is done. Than he already did a better job than Bush. Hell... one in five Americans can do better.

    • 1 year ago
  • shizzam
    • 0
      shizzam  

    • haha mike huckabee is a liberal, yea right, i wish our president would be athiest, maybe he wouldnt have shit clogging his brain all the time

    • 1 year ago
  • idealist
  • shizzam
  • lifestudentno83
  • idealist
  • GodIsTheReason
  • Eddie_Miller
    • +2
      Eddie_Miller  
    • GodIsTheReason:

      i believe that our politicians should all be agnostic or athiest at least in their professional lives. because they aren't is why we haven't achieved the separation of church and state as promised by our constitution

    • 1 year ago
  • GodIsTheReason
  • idealist
  • timetide
  • keithponder
  • manny0409
  • Deltone
    • +6
      Deltone  
    • Image

    • Thomas Jefferson was an Atheist, so what's the big effin deal biatch? Also, i'm pretty sure Coulter is Skellator.

    • 1 year ago
  • madworld128
    • +2
      madworld128  

    • i have always believed him to be atheist so this is really no news to me. its just sad that even if he is atheist that he has to hide it so that he can be accepted by the mainstream public.

    • 1 year ago
  • chicagosamantha
    • +2
      chicagosamantha  

    • She is batsh*t insane and a complete nutjob to boot. Why anyone puts any weight in anything she spouts out that blonde wobble head of hers is beyond me. Seriously.

    • 1 year ago
  • EdJoyProductions
    • +8
      EdJoyProductions  

    • She says that like it is a bad thing. The fact that she believes in a manmade version of god and all of the insanity that goes with it should be more shameful than being labelled an atheist.

    • 1 year ago
  • cztheday
    • +4
      cztheday  
    • EdJoyProductions:

      Now, EJ, you know just as well as I do that the only God in which Ann believes is Ann. Say what she will (and to my great nausea, she can't seem to stop), but she thinks Copernicus is a metal plant holder...she believes herself to be the center of the universe.

    • 1 year ago
  • lopinjop
  • pinkpanther
  • Incredulous
  • DefKid
  • UtopianSky
  • DefKid
  • Nephwrack
  • EdJoyProductions
  • cztheday
  • UtopianSky
  • versasrev
  • UtopianSky
  • Andrew_Douglas
  • idealist
  • versasrev
  • idealist
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