The fact is, you can't get elected in that country if you don't profess some bullshit Christian nonsense; everyone knows that. How legitimate these claims are, is an entirely different question.
But, it appears that the only time Luke questions the legitimacy of a candidate's Christian faith is if that candidate is a Republican. He isn't doubting the faith of Bush, McCain, or Palin. Yet, he's calling Obama an atheist, even though Obama has stated multiple times that he's a Christian.
And, with regards to Ron Paul, Luke states that he would vote for him, but for one issue. That issue was NOT Paul's Christian faith (or even the fact that he's a Republican). Yet, Luke insists that Christians should not be considered from office and are morons. And, we've all seen his long-winded diatribes about Republicans.
It's a question of IQ McWay...
If Prof Stephen Hawking or Prof Roger Penrose professed a sincere belief in the existence of Santa Claus in front of a crowd of kindergarten children... I would assume they were pandering (somewhat innocently) as no adult sincerely believes in Santa Claus. Certainly not super-high IQ theoretical physicists.
When Barack Obama professes a sincere belief in Jesus Christ, I take into consideration his intellect and academic achievements... and I assume he is attempting to appease morons such as yourself. Obama never attended a church at any point in his life, till he decided to run for office... then he joined a politically connected church... I view such pretense as a necessary political evil.
I view your pretense as a pathetic way to wiggle out of your self-imposed predicament.
Obama’s in his forties; he was a member of Wright’s church for 20 years. Do the math, genius. Even if Obama were an atheist in his younger years (a claim which you can’t back), it certaintly wouldn’t be the first time an atheist became a Christian (and it sure won’t be the last time).
When George Dubya professes a sincere belief in Jeebus, I take into consideration his chronic lack of intellect and paucity of academic achievements... and I assume he is a moron.
When Sarah Palin professes a sincere belief in Jeebus, I take into consideration her chronic lack of intellect and paucity of academic achievements... and I assume she is a moron.
When you, McWay, profess a sincere belief in Jeebus, I take into consideration your infantile, non-sequitur, evasive, obfuscating, dismissive, regurgitating, facetious, misquoting, uncomprehending posts on this forum and I am once again convinced that you too are a moron.
Tough words for a cowardly, self-destructing, strain-at-a-gnat-swallow-a-camel, can't-get-his-facts-straight, cry-like-a-baby-when-he-can't-get-the-job-done blowhard like you.
For once and for all... when someone with an IQ above 120 professes a sincere belief in any form of religion (or irrational thought) then it is a form of manipulation, whether sinister or noble. They don't make such protestations in private.
To quote Earnest Hemingway: "All thinking me are atheists".
Religion is the bulwark that protects the simple from the horrors of thought.
The Luke
To quote King David, "The fool hath said in his heart 'There is no God'"
All of your alleged superior intellect, yet you've had to do more twisting than Chubby Checker in his prime to mask the fact that you've pledged your would-be support to two men, who are professed Christians. Obama is NOT an atheist, and all of the squawking and bleating from your posts don't change that.
As for you supremely cracked notion that people with high intellects can't be Christians, that fallacy is so easy to take apart that it's almost criminal. As a matter of fact, the last time you mentioned this mess, I pointed out that a certain deceased minister made the list of the 2000 Most Oustanding Intellectuals of the 20th Century.
Of course, there's a certain scientist whose discovery made dairy products safe to eat. Add to that list, the CEO of Babytooth Technologies, who heads a company, dedicated to stem-cell research, that does not involve the use of embryos but gleans such from (take a wild guess). But, again, this is just too easy a feat.
Back to your taste in candidates, try as you might, you just can untangle yourself. By your own (extremely bone-headed) standards, Christians are morons, which means either you would support a "moron" for president, doing the very thing you've accuse me and others of doing. Or, you pitifully have to make bogus claims with paper-shred-thin substance to back them (i.e. claiming that Obama is an atheist) to cover your exposed hind-quarters.
Whatever the case may be, you are making yourself look utterly silly.