I posted this in the politics forum last week or the beginning of this week. But people in the religion chat are still using it to try and prove that Obama is Islam and maybe a Terrorist, so I'm reposting it in the Religion Chat.

If you get this, go to Snopes. It punches holes into the entire thing. This took a little time to do, it is a brief synopsis of Snopes in ( ) behind the claims made in the email.

If you don't ever forward anything else, please forward this to all your contacts....this is very scary to think of what lies ahead of us here in our own United States....better heed this and pray about it and share it.

We checked this out on ' snopes.com '. It is factual. Check for yourself. (actually, according to snopes, it is not true at all.)

Who is Barack Obama?

Probable U.S. presidential candidate, Barack Hussein Obama was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, to Barack Hussein Obama, Sr., a black MUSLIM from Nyangoma-Kogel, Kenya and Ann Dunham, a white ATHEIST from Wichita, Kansas. (By the tine SR marreid Ann, he no longer was a practicing muslim.)

Obama's parents met at the University of Hawaii, When Obama was two years old, his parents divorced. His father returned to Kenya. His mother then married Lolo Soetoro, a RADICAL Muslim from Indonesia. (There is no evidence that he was radical at all)

When Obama was 6 years old, the family relocate to Indonesia. Obama attended a MUSLIM school in Jakarta. He also spent two years in a Catholic school. (The muslim school was not a radical school. It was a mixed school, serving children of many different faiths, and it was secular in nature)

Obama takes great care to conceal the fact that he is MUSLIM. He is quick to point out that, 'He was once a Muslim, but that he also attended Catholic school.' (He doesn't conceal anything about it. He even addresses his background in his books.)

Obama's political handlers are attempting to make it appear that he is not a radical. (His handlers don't have to attempt anything, because he isn't a muslim.)

Obama's introduction to Islam came via his father, and this influence was temporary at best. In reality, the senior Obama returned to Kenya soon after the divorce, and never again had any direct influence over his son's education. (He doesn't even remember his father from that time. There was no influence because his father was no longer observing the Muslim faith.)

Lolo Soetoro, the second husband of Obama's mother, Ann Dunham, introduced his stepson to Islam. Obama was enrolled in a Wahabi school in Jakarta. It wasn't a Wahabi school. There was some introcution to the Wahabi ideas. But the community was untouched by them.)

Wahabism is the RADICAL teaching that is followed by the Muslim terrorists who are now waging Jihad against the western world. (Indonisia is a great example of how it IS possible for Muslim to merge with the western world. It is a Muslim country by religion, and a completely western world by culture and economics. It shows that that muslim ideals does not have to be incompatable with western ideals.)

Since it is politically expedient to be a CHRISTIAN when seeking major public office in the United States, Barack Hussein Obama has joined the United Church of Christ in an attempt to down play his Muslim background. (He has been a Christian for at least 16 years. It is part of his own growth and has nothing to do with having a Muslim background.)

ALSO, keep in mind that when he was sworn into office he DID NOT use the Holy Bible, but instead the Koran. (This is a complete and utter fabrication. Even if he was muslim and sworn into office with a Koran, who cares. Aren't we supposed to be supporting freedom of religion?)

Barack Hussein Obama will NOT recite the Pledge of Allegiance nor will he show any reverence to our flag. THis is not true. He has said the Pledge in public.

While others place their hands over their hearts, Obama turns his back to the flag and slouches. This bit come from ONE photo. (If you look at the entire photo, every one has their back to the flag. Obama is not slouching, he has is hands folded at his belt. He is looking, respectfully at the same location as Hillary Clinton is looking. The other man on stage is looking someplace else entirely. Snopes says it is possible that there were other flags off the stage, so the people on stage wouldn't have to turn their backs to the audience.)

Let us all remain alert concerning Obama's expected presidential candidacy. (There is very little truth in this email and even so, being a muslim, buddist, or wiccan wouldn't mean that a person would be a bad president. We are supposed to support freedom of religion and diversity.)

The Muslims have said they plan on destroying the US from the inside out, what better way to start than at the highest level-through the President of the United States, one of their own!!!! (The person who wrote this is a fear mongering idiot.)

Please forward this to everyone you know. Would you want this man leading our country? (Personally, Obama would be my choice for the democratic runner.)

Direct link http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/muslim.asp

Barack Obama is a christian and is involved in the Church of Christ