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...Journeys of Faith I was deeply touched by John McCain's response when asked about his Christian faith [Aug. 18]. He told of his time as a prisoner of war, and of a North Vietnamese guard who was his Good Samaritan. It was like a window into the depths of his faith. His answer truly revealed just what type of person he is. Obama's account of his "Christian j0urney," on the other hand, sounded like a rehearsed answer at a news conference. In proffering his policies for various social problems, he revealed nothing about his faith. He dodged...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 8/21/2008 | See Source »

...testimonies of the two candidates in your "In Their Words" section shows McCain, in fact, to be far less connected to Evangelical spirituality than Barack Obama, who can also lay claim to an authentic born-again experience. Unfortunately, what this shows is that many Evangelicals believe that Republican and Christian are synonymous terms. It's time that myth be put to rest. The Rev. John Hubers, CHICAGO...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 8/21/2008 | See Source »

...believe white and black can peacefully, productively coexist? Think the gulf between Chicago's South Side and the Harvard Law Review can never be bridged? Do you fear that the Muslim masses of Africa and Asia are incompatible with the modernity of the West or that cosmopolitan America and Christian America will never see eye to eye? Just look at me! It's not unusual to meet Obama supporters who say the simple fact of electing him would move mountains, changing the way the world looks at America, turning the page on the nation's racial history...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Five Faces of Barack Obama | 8/21/2008 | See Source »

...indeed a Muslim; his father espoused no faith; Obama attended a Muslim school in Indonesia for a time as a boy because that's where he lived - Indonesia is a Muslim country. He believed in no religion until he moved to Chicago as a grown man and was baptized Christian by Wright. As campaign spokesman Robert Gibbs puts it, "His Christian pastor and this Muslim thing - how can he have problems with both at the same time? Pick...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Five Faces of Barack Obama | 8/21/2008 | See Source »

...that's the problem with having five faces. There's more than one to choose from. The "secret Muslim" rumors about Obama may be scurrilous, but they survived the sudden fame of Obama's card-carrying Christian pastor. A recent poll found that 12% of Americans believe them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Five Faces of Barack Obama | 8/21/2008 | See Source »

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