“I’m taking his word” is condescending and not exactly a ringing agreement that he believes it. Beck’s brand of Christianity, our Mormonism, is recognized by many fewer Americans than the President’s. The brand of Christianity most Americans like is the one housed in Evangelical mega-churches that teaches feel-good, we’re better then they are, saved-only-by-grace-so-I-don’t-really-have-to-do-anything Christianity.

We are talking about a black president who graduated from law school and chose to work as a community organizer to help people as opposed to Glen Beck, who managed to stay sober enough to take one college class after high school. Remember during the Gates fiasco he argued that Obama has repeatedly shown “a deep-seated hatred for white people or the white culture,” saying “I’m not saying he doesn’t like white people. I’m saying he has a problem. This guy is, I believe, a racist.” After his sponsors pulled their spots from his TV show he apologized saying he had a big fat mouth (I can agree) saying it wasn’t racism but Obama’s “black liberation theology.”

So tell me, where are 43% of Republicans getting the idea that their president is Muslim? From Santa Claus? Let’s look at some current races doing on in Massachusetts, arguably the most liberal of states.

“I believe that — that he is a Muslim,” said Republican Robert Chipman of Plainville, MA, a candidate for Congress in the 3rd District.“Coming from an international background, there is no mistake that he leans into the Muslim faith,” Chipman said, explaining that he bases his belief on news reports.

Robert Delle of Westboro, another Republican running in the 3rd District against U.S. Rep. James McGovern, D-Worcester, also said he believes Obama is a Muslim. “There is no doubt about it. Obama is a Muslim,” he said.

Early Henry Sholley of Norfolk, a candidate in the Republican primary in the 4th District seeking to run against Rep. Barney Frank, D-Newton, said, “I believe in his heart of hearts he is a true Marxist, and Marxists are atheists.”

Christine O’Donnell, the 41-year-old tea party darling who won the Republican Senate primary in Delaware, has as a campaign chair a longtime conservative activist who last year wrote an article suggesting President Barack Obama is a secret Muslim.

Wherever it is coming from, I think we can agree on two things: it is a lie, and it isn’t coming from Democrats. Figure out the rest yourself.

My point was, and is, that more and more Americans every day believe Obama is a Muslim. It is coming from somewhere, and people are saying it is from TV, specifically Fox. If Fox doesn’t want to be saddled with that reputation, they should do something about it.

Right-wing bias? Have you ever watched The Ed Show, or Countdown With Keith Oberman, or the Rachel Meadows Show or the Chris Matthews Show. Their left wing garbage is unbelieveable. They make no attempt to be “fair and balanced”.

We live in such different worlds. I need to just delete your blog again before blood starts shooting out of my eyes.

The post was not about the President’s view of Christianity or any particular religious doctrine. One thing I strongly believe is that religion is at its evil worst when it gets involved in politics, and government is at its evil worst when it gets involved in religion. That is, after all, the point of the First Amendment.

Sure there are some Americans who believe that Obama is a Muslim, just like there are some who believe that Bush and the Federal Government planned 9/11. The mistake is when we condem whole organizations based on the views of their most extreme supporters.