Identifying Obama's Religion

AT MY LOCAL SMALL SOUTHERN TOWN senior center, one of our resident retired right wing geniuses announced, with great certitude, that Barack Obama is a Muslim. The remark was intended not as a compliment, but rather, an indictment, and a fact. It is none of the above, to any reasonable, reasoning mind. Precisely where he got this information he failed to divulge. Suspects include right wing talk radio, or a fellow local right wing Christian self proclaimed perspicacious authority on Obama's religiosity. As proof he cited the fact that he heard Obama quoting from the Quran, but not the Bible. what more proof could there be? How can one possibly refute such convincing evidence? Left unsaid is that the Islamic scripture is as valid a source of wisdom as the christian bible. Even if Obama were Islamic, which he isn't, what of it? Are not all religious faiths to be respected? Be proud of me. I kept my mouth shut. Why bother? Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain, as they say. Had I spoken, I would have pointed out that if Obama were indeed Islamic, he would say so, because Muslims are no more ashamed of their faith than Christians, particularly bigoted Christians. In fact Obama is a self proclaimed christian, and personal testimony is usually good enough, and is considered the most reliable indicator of one's religious preference, unless, of course, one is guilty of the sin of being half African-American, liberal, and a democrat. Another of my Christian friends called Obama a "cocksucker", and, you guessed it, a Muslim, and further indicated he hated Obama, such hatred being typical of highly conservative Christians. Again, Islamic, Christian, atheist, what does it matter? Are we not all brothers and sisters in the universe, regardless of the religious preference of its creator? One can, however, hardly expect the Christian conservative community to comprehend such a basic, profoundly true concept.