Obama numbered among 'false prophets'

Jody Brown - OneNewsNow - 6/18/2008 7:30:00 AMvar addthis_pub = 'onenewsnow';

In a column published last week, Cal Thomas took a verbal swing at Barack Obama's claim to be a committed Christian. "He can call himself anything he likes," wrote the syndicated columnist, "but there are certain markers among the evangelicals he is courting that one must meet in order to qualify for that label."

The "courting" that Thomas referred to is the Democratic presidential candidate's "Joshua Generation Project" -- his campaign's wooing of the conservative Christian vote, which in recent elections has tended to favor the Republican candidate. But "Obama is no Joshua," as the column title states. Thomas supports his argument by quoting from an interview the Illinois senator gave to Chicago Sun-Times religion editor Cathleen Falsani.

"I'm rooted in the Christian tradition," Obama told Falsani. "I believe there are many paths to the same place, and that is a belief that there is a higher power, a belief that we are connected as a people." The latter part of that statement, says Thomas, would likely be viewed by most Christians as universalism.

Thomas concludes the column with biting criticism of Senator Obama's statement of faith:

"... [T]here is a clear requirement for one to qualify as a Christian and Obama doesn't meet that requirement," stated Thomas. "One cannot deny central tenets of the Christian faith, including the deity and uniqueness of Christ as the sole mediator between God and Man and be a Christian. Such people do have a label applied to them in scripture. They are called 'false prophets.'"

Thomas's syndicated column is published by hundreds of U.S. newspapers and websites. He also appears regularly on Fox News Channel as well as numerous radio stations with a syndicated commentary.

This is a known fact already (except for those who don't want to admit it)

I don't care who Obama said he believes, he is NOT a Christian