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Obama's mother was born into a Christian family, but identified as a secularist. His father was born into a Muslim and Christian family and identified as an atheist before meeting his mother.
Oh, but his middle name is Hussein!
Yeah, the oddest thing about the Muslim hangup is that I get the impression that most view it as a strike against him. Could you imagine an open Muslim as the president?
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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