Franklin Graham, son of evangelist Billy Graham, apparently decided to share his opinion of President Barack Obama last Sunday (Easter Sunday). Through this, he expressed concern regarding Obama's birth-certificate.
White House spokesman Jay Carney said this of the situation: "I think it's unfortunate that a religious leader would choose Easter Sunday to make preposterous charges". I agree with the White House here, as all it really feels like is an unfortunate rallying of support for the GOP. I personally don't care about the birth-certificate turmoil, but if a highly visible evangelical leader wants to express concern regarding this issue, they ought to find the right time and place for these things.
Graham also questioned Obama's legitimacy as a Christian, saying "...he has told me that he is a Christian. But the debate comes, what is a Christian? For him, going to church means he's a Christian. For me, the definition of a Christian is whether we have given our life to Christ and are following him in faith and we have trusted him as our lord and savior."
Franklin Graham said this on August 19, 2010 about the President: "Now it's obvious that the president has renounced the prophet Mohammed and he has renounced Islam and he has accepted Jesus Christ. That's what he says he has done, I cannot say that he hasn't. So I just have to believe that the president is what he has said." While I feel that the Gospel is too often used as a political tool by politicians, I'm not sure why Graham feels he needs to pander to anybody in politics, but it definitely seems like that's what he does. Jesus followers ought to focus more on the things of God than earthly politics which are all too petty in the perspective of the kingdom of Heaven.
Philosopher and Pastor John Piippo has a great post here concerning Obama's faith.
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