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Dave Jeffers wrote a great aticle for the New Media Journal titled, “The Deep Faith of Barack Obama”. In the article, Dave examines statements about Obama’s faith that he’s made in interviews and speeches. RV

Here’s a link to the article that I urge you all to read:

The Deep Faith of Barack Obama

Here’s an excerpt from the article:

Dave Jeffers writes-

In our post-modern world, the word “faith” can mean anything. For a presidential candidate to claim a “deep faith” suggests a level of humility and principled behavior that people find desirable in a national leader. It is also a claim that is easy to make. A responsible voter will dig a bit deeper, knowing that unfortunately, things are not always what they seem. A person’s “faith” can be placed on many things.

Listening to Senator Obama talk about his faith, I believe he is someone who truly believes what he says. Yet I also find him to be conflicted about the role of religion in our society. I’m not sure what is core belief and what is campaign rhetoric. Fellow blogger Larwyn Greer sent me a link to an interview Senator Obama gave in 2004 that focused on his religion. The first question the interviewer asks is, “What do you believe?”

His response:

I am a Christian. So, I have a deep faith. So I draw from the Christian faith. On the other hand, I was born in Hawaii where obviously there are a lot of Eastern influences. I lived in Indonesia, the largest Muslim country in the world, between the ages of six and 10. My father was from Kenya, and although he was probably most accurately labeled an agnostic, his father was Muslim. And I’d say, probably, intellectually I’ve drawn as much from Judaism as any other faith.