{"id":3641,"date":"2008-06-25T22:03:00","date_gmt":"2008-06-25T22:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2008\/06\/obama-confesses-to-being-hindu-muslim-antichrist\/"},"modified":"2008-06-25T22:03:00","modified_gmt":"2008-06-25T22:03:00","slug":"obama-confesses-to-being-hindu-muslim-antichrist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2008\/06\/obama-confesses-to-being-hindu-muslim-antichrist.html","title":{"rendered":"Obama Confesses To Being Hindu Muslim Antichrist"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/sujatha_fan\/2384055466\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_BtqUSG7RCA0\/SGL_g5yl9mI\/AAAAAAAAAKw\/vg61IbgGe-4\/s320\/obamakrishna.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/a>In a recent <a href=\"http:\/\/digg.com\/comedy\/Obama_Confesses_to_Being_Hindu_Muslim_Antichrist\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">statement<\/a>, Barack Obama has acknowledged that he is indeed a devotee of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.qaya.org\/blog\/?p=555\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Hindu<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/pastorbobcornwall.blogspot.com\/2008\/06\/james-dobson-pontificates-on-obamas.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">god<\/a> Hanuman. He also acknowledged being a <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.washingtonpost.com\/fact-checker\/2008\/06\/was_obama_a_muslim.html?hpid=sec-politics\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Muslim<\/a>, and that he also happens to be the <a href=\"http:\/\/exploringourmatrix.blogspot.com\/2008\/06\/how-i-know-barack-obama-is-not.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">antichrist<\/a>. His statement did not address the <a href=\"http:\/\/melissarogers.typepad.com\/melissa_rogers\/2008\/06\/james-dobson-doesnt-speak-for-me.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">accusation<\/a> that he is, in addition to everything else, a <a href=\"http:\/\/mainstreambaptist.blogspot.com\/2008\/06\/aging-patriarch-labels-obama-fruitcake.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">fruitcake<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>When asked if these revelations would affect his nomination as the Democratic candidate for the presidency, a spokesperson for the Democratic party (who wished to remain anonymous) said that there shouldn\u2019t be a problem, provided Hillary Clinton does not become <a href=\"http:\/\/ancienthebrewpoetry.typepad.com\/ancient_hebrew_poetry\/2008\/06\/obamas-views-on-james-dobson-and-al-sharpton.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Obama\u2019<\/a>s running mate. \u201cThe <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/godspolitics\/~3\/319742703\/dobson-and-obama-who-is-delibe.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Evangelical<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/aguyinthepew.blogspot.com\/2008\/06\/james-dobson-doesnt-speak-for-me.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">voters<\/a> are the only ones who are likely to mind that he is an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.qaya.org\/blog\/?p=555\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">idol-worshipper<\/a> or the <a href=\"http:\/\/exploringourmatrix.blogspot.com\/2008\/06\/left-behind-with-obama.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">antichrist<\/a>, and since they\u2019ve already said <a href=\"http:\/\/faithfulprogressive.blogspot.com\/2008\/06\/hate-filled-christian-james-dobson.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">they<\/a> would sooner vote for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rawstory.com\/news\/2006\/Falwell_says_faithful_fear_Hillary_Clinton_0924.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Lucifer<\/a> than for Hilary Clinton, we can strike a deal that makes it possible for them to do just that\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Reactions from around the world were varied. While there was jubilation in most quarters in India, Iran is demanding to know whether Obama is Sunni or Shiite. The strongest reaction came from Northern Ireland, where Rev. Ian Paisley (retired from politics but still a spokesperson for the Protestant community) asserted that while he found no cause for concern in Obama\u2019s claim to be the antichrist (since there is no feasible way that <a href=\"http:\/\/faith-theology.blogspot.com\/2008\/06\/dangers-of-obamania-why-barak-obama-is.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Obama<\/a> could become Pope), he was troubled to learn that Obama carries a Catholic statue around with him. \u201cA Protestant Hindu Muslim who thinks he is the antichrist could be welcomed by Northern Ireland\u2019s Protestants,\u201d Paisley was quoted as saying, \u201cbut not a <i>Catholic<\/i> Hindu Muslim antichrist. <i>That<\/i> would be too much for our people to take.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At the end of his statement, Obama explained why he had kept these aspects of his religious convictions a secret. \u201cReligion is very important to a large number of bitter Americans with guns. I didn\u2019t want to take unnecessary risks,\u201d Obama said.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/7622297540113836091-2140580395363451977?l=exploringourmatrix.blogspot.com\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a recent statement, Barack Obama has acknowledged that he is indeed a devotee of the Hindu god Hanuman. He also acknowledged being a Muslim, and that he also happens to be the antichrist. His statement did not address the accusation that he is, in addition to everything else, a fruitcake. When asked if these [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Obama Confesses To Being Hindu Muslim Antichrist<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In a recent statement, Barack Obama has acknowledged that he is indeed a devotee of the Hindu god Hanuman. 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