Mike Huckabee: Obama pretends to be a Christian
By Tom LoBianco, CNN
Updated 0217 GMT (0917 HKT) September 24, 2015 | Video Source: CNN


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUZnlf-szOI

Washington (CNN) Mike Huckabee suggested President Barack Obama "pretends to be" a Christian in knocking the President's handling of Pope Francis' first visit to the U.S.

When asked on Newsmax TV's "The Hard Line" on Tuesday about Ben Carson's comments that a Muslim should not be president of the United States, the former Arkansas governor began by saying there is no religious test for public office, but then shifted to a comment about Obama.

"I'm less concerned about what faith the person has. I'm more concerned about the authenticity of their faith and how that plays out in their politics ... I'm also concerned about a guy that believes he's a Christian and pretends to be and then says he is, but then does things that makes it very difficult for people to practice their Christian faith," Huckabee said.

"I'm disappointed if someone says, 'I'm a Christian,' but you invite the pope into your home and then you invite a whole bunch of people who are at odds with the Catholic Church policy. I think there's something very unseemly about that," he added.

Huckabee also tweeted earlier Tuesday that he was disappointed that Obama was not doing a better job welcoming Francis, despite Obama making a rare trip to Andrews Air Force Base to greet the pope.

"I welcome @Pontifex to America & offer my apologies that @POTUS will not offer him the warm, respectful welcome he deserves #PopeInUS" Huckabee wrote."

Obama's faith has been a topic on the 2016 trail since a supporter at a Donald Trump rally last week said the President was Muslim and not an American, charges that Trump did not dispute. Carson then sparked an uproar of his own on Sunday when he told NBC's "Meet the Press" that a Muslim shouldn't be president.

The controversy even circled back to Hillary Clinton, who, running against Obama in the 2008 primaries, said the then-senator wasn't a Muslim "as far as I know." Pressed by CNN's Don Lemon on "The Tom Joyner Morning Show" on Wednesday, Clinton said, "That is so ludicrous, Don. You know, honestly, I believe -- first of all, it is totally untrue. Secondly, the president and I have never had any kind of confrontation like that."

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OLAADEGBU:
This means that Obama is not a Christian.

Seun:
Obama is not a Christian fundamentalist or Evangelical, but he's as Christian as most people who call themselves Christians in the world.

Seun:
Obama is not a Christian fundamentalist or Evangelical, but he's as Christian as most people who call themselves Christians in the world.

Seun:


Obama is not a Christian fundamentalist or Evangelical, but he's as Christian as most people who call themselves Christians in the world.

Anas09:


Then why did he(obama) pretend to be a christian. He shd ve openly declaered his faith let's see how far he would ve gone.

jiggaz:
Obama a Christian? i don't think so. Do you know the meaning of a CHRISTIAN? It means a Believer in Jesus CHRIST. i dont think his action corresponds with his belief.

OLAADEGBU:


You may want to check a thread I posted some years ago stating reasons why Obama is not a true Christian.

https://www.nairaland.com/934799/reasons-why-know-obama-not

joseph1832:


Could Obama be any less a true christian than Chris Okotie, Chris Oyakhilomen, Ayo Oritsejafor and co?

OLAADEGBU:


Why don't you put them under the litmus test to see whether they would come out with flying colours?

Seun:

Obama's approach to leadership is very Christian. I Timothy 3 says, "Now the overseer is to be above reproach, faithful to his wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, not given to drunkenness, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money ... and he must do so in a manner worthy of full respect... He must also have a good reputation with outsiders..." This is Obama. Thoughtful, faithful, wise, courteous, compassionate, respected. The same can't be said of his rivals.

Seun:
Obama is not a Christian fundamentalist or Evangelical, but he's as Christian as most people who call themselves Christians in the world.

joseph1832:


I already did, and none passed!.

OLAADEGBU:


What yardstick did you use to test them?

joseph1832:


Yardstick you say? One said masturbation isn't a sin, the other is widely known for divorcing women, and one is known to brandish blings like a gangster.

Never forget, these men celebrates wealth when in fact christ himself said that is will be very difficult for a wealthy man to get into the kingdom of God.

Bro, the yardstick is there for all who want to see to see!.

dalaman:


So what if Obama is not a christian? Go and impeach him for not being one. He is the president, something Mike Huckebee will never be no matter how much he desires to be president of the USA.

OLAADEGBU:


Obama may not be a Christian but he doesn't have to deceive the populace that he is one. What stops him from showing his real colours? His policies and actions give him away though.

dalaman:


Go and impeach him for not being a Christian. Your seven days adventist Ben Carson will never be President.

OLAADEGBU:


Don't be so sure because your words might come back to bite you.

dalaman:


They won't. He will never be President.

OLAADEGBU:


Have you heard the news lately that Ben Carson is now leading in the GOP polls?

dalaman:


Herman Cain was once the front runner, the GOP is a party of racist, they will never vote for a black man to be their nominee, even if they do he will lose against Hilary.

OLAADEGBU:


This is the opportunity for the blacks to vote for one of their own but I guess they will pass up this privilege.

dalaman:


He is not one of their own because he doesn't share their values. Why should they vote for someone that wants to gut medicare and medicaid?

OLAADEGBU:


I can understand that they are stuck on welfare and benefits. It is said that a prophet is not honoured in his home country.

dalaman:


The same welfare and benefits that made him who he is.

Seun:

Obama's approach to leadership is very Christian. I Timothy 3 says, "Now the overseer is to be above reproach, faithful to his wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, not given to drunkenness, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money ... and he must do so in a manner worthy of full respect... He must also have a good reputation with outsiders..." This is Obama. Thoughtful, faithful, wise, courteous, compassionate, respected. The same can't be said of his rivals.