tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841242681644167112.post1101286742921850368..comments2023-04-10T04:54:50.401-07:00Comments on The Real Sun Myung Moon: Frank Gaffney Spreads Obama-is-a-Muslim Rumor in the Pages of the Washington TimesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841242681644167112.post-78700970161413859592009-06-10T21:08:22.596-07:002009-06-10T21:08:22.596-07:00Unfortunately I must moderate my previous comment ...Unfortunately I must moderate my previous comment because even though in theory there is nothing wrong with a believer of any faith vying for the U.S. Presidency, in practice, the public would have a hard time believing that a practicing Muslim or Jewish person would be impartial in handling U.S. relations to Israel, and for good reason. Similarly, if a practicing follower of Sun Myung Moon were to offer himself for the presidency, the public should reasonably have doubts he or she would be impartial in handling U.S. relations to South Korea, also for good reason. I was myself a follower of Moon at one point, and I believed that Korea was God's chosen nation and therefore everything must needs be sacrificed, if necessary, to protect that nation. So unfortunately I must concede that, setting idealism aside, the U.S. public does indeed have to take religious views into consideration when considering a candidate for the presidency, because such views can affect how these candidates will deal with other nations.Kenneth Gordon Neufeldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06977987091888624844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841242681644167112.post-91606709523026938992009-06-09T22:26:08.329-07:002009-06-09T22:26:08.329-07:00While I certainly don't believe that Obama is ...While I certainly don't believe that Obama is a Muslim, I thought that somewhere in the U.S. Constitution there was a separation of church and state. There are many honorable U.S. citizens who actually are Muslims (and who have no sympathy with terrorists). Why should these people not also be eligible for the presidency? It should not be alarming if a presidential candidate is a Muslim believer (or Jewish or Catholic). Only if he was a believer in radical Islamism would this conceivably be alarming. Or, say, if he believed in radical fundamental Christianity, like what's-his-name.Kenneth Gordon Neufeldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06977987091888624844noreply@blogger.com