Interesting interview with the President-Elect about his faith (from 2004)

[cannonia]

When running for political office, it's usually best not to get too preachy.  It seems pretty hackishly bold to jump on everything he didn't say in his answer.  If Obama's talking about energy and fails to mention clean coal, it wouldn't mean that he doesn't believe in clean coal.

How many presidential candidates openly talk about the resurrection of Jesus in a question about the afterlife?

fine, but he did NOT answer the question asked:  "Do you believe in heaven - a place you spiritually go after you die?"

no need for him to preach - a simple yes or no answer would be fine

When does Obama ever give a simple yes or no?

Heh.  Yeah, this was a typical Obama evasion.

[cannonia]

I mean, if you ask him a loaded question like this, he's going to have mental red lights going off in his head saying "be careful" -- and he's going to give a nuanced answer like this regardless of what he actually believes.

I don't doubt that Obama would fail to fall into jm's narrow definition of what a Christian is and isn't, but he probably comes a lot closer than a Mr. John McCain and many other politicians.

Loaded question?!?!?!?!

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That's about as loaded as "What newspapers do you read", and his answer was about as substantive as Palin's, though much more articulate.

[cannonia]

By "loaded" I don't mean "complex"

Neither do I.

But unless he's not really serious about his faith, how is it a loaded question?