Evangelist leads 'disinformation campaign' on Obama: Religion professor (USA Today)

[mike r]

http://www.usatoday.com/communities/religion/Index

Aug 20, 2010
Evangelist leads 'disinformation campaign' on Obama: Religion professor

Rev. Franklin Graham is leading a "disinformation campaign" against President Obama by attacking Obama's Christian faith and distorting Islam's theology, says a leading religion professor.

After CNN's John King gave Graham a full news cycle to raise a lifted eyebrow at President Obama's Christian profession of faith, Stephen Prothero, religion professor at Boston University, came on King's show Friday night to undercut Graham and question why CNN would ask an evangelist known to slur Islam, to speculate on its theology. According to a transcript released by CNN, Prothero, author of God is Not One: The Eight Rival Religions That Run the World, told King, the finding in a recent survey that 18% of Americans believe Obama is Muslim ...

... is because we have people who are supposed to be responsible public leaders, like Franklin Graham, who are spreading what seems to me like a sort of disinformation campaign... What Franklin Graham should say: 'Barack Obama says he's a Christian, he's a Christian, end of story.'

Prothero also pointed out that Obama prayed with Franklin and his father, America's most famous living evangelist, Rev. Billy Graham, in May but Franklin still repeatedly used the "if" word to answer King's questions Thursday on whether Obama has accepted Christ. Prothero said:

Franklin Graham doesn't seem to be interested in focusing on preaching the gospel of -- of Jesus. He wants to be spreading misinformation about the religion of Islam... Why are we listening to Franklin Graham?

[w8liftinglady]

1. mike malloy is going off on this!

[LiberalFighter]

2. There needs to be a war between the different religions.

Seriously though, Obama's minister needs to give the scumbag a call and let him know in no uncertain terms that Franklin is a racist and using religion as a lie.

[Angry Dragon]

3. Thou shalt not bare false witness

It seems the Commandments are meant only for the unwashed and little people.
It also seems that some money hungry religious leaders just try to stir up hate.

His father should slap him silly and not spare the rod.........

[nadinbrzezinski]

7. iirc his father died recently

[Angry Dragon]

8. I thought he had so I googled and no mention

Then he will raise from his grave.......

That sounds like a good plot for a book or movie ....... I wonder if that would sell

[nadinbrzezinski]

9. The new testament is a really big seller!

:hi:

[AlinPA]

4. CNN and Fox "news" look the same now. That John King is the bottom of the rotten barrel.

[Douglas Carpenter]

5. kick and recommend!!

[nadinbrzezinski]

6. That books looks oh so damn tempting

alas I blew my wad for skinner

:-)

Not until next payday.