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→‎Overall critique of the article: God is not going to accept self-serving statements as being automatically true, and neither should we.
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::Attending funerals of high-ranking public officials are part of the job duties of other high-ranking public officials.  The funeral for the unexpected death of perhaps the most prominent Supreme Court Justice in a generation should have been attended by Obama, even if you're right about Nancy Reagan.  Obama didn't attend.  When he spoke at Georgetown, they covered a Christian symbol on the wall for him also.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] ([[User talk:Aschlafly|talk]]) 23:51, 26 May 2017 (EDT)
 
::Attending funerals of high-ranking public officials are part of the job duties of other high-ranking public officials.  The funeral for the unexpected death of perhaps the most prominent Supreme Court Justice in a generation should have been attended by Obama, even if you're right about Nancy Reagan.  Obama didn't attend.  When he spoke at Georgetown, they covered a Christian symbol on the wall for him also.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] ([[User talk:Aschlafly|talk]]) 23:51, 26 May 2017 (EDT)
 
The basic question is whether we take a position advocating one side or the other.  I believe that every person's relationship with God is very complicated.  I also believe that most of the debate about Obama's religion was politically motivated.  It will be very hard to do justice to either in a short concise article.  The basic structure of the article, which was proposed as a compromise above is sound: a short lead paragraph and then two major sections: one giving the claims for the Muslim rumor and the other refuting those rumors.  Moving the table of content toward the bottom of the page shows bias for one position vs the other.  Many thanks to all for their hard work on this. [[User:JDano|JDano]] ([[User talk:JDano|talk]]) 05:51, 27 May 2017 (EDT)
 
The basic question is whether we take a position advocating one side or the other.  I believe that every person's relationship with God is very complicated.  I also believe that most of the debate about Obama's religion was politically motivated.  It will be very hard to do justice to either in a short concise article.  The basic structure of the article, which was proposed as a compromise above is sound: a short lead paragraph and then two major sections: one giving the claims for the Muslim rumor and the other refuting those rumors.  Moving the table of content toward the bottom of the page shows bias for one position vs the other.  Many thanks to all for their hard work on this. [[User:JDano|JDano]] ([[User talk:JDano|talk]]) 05:51, 27 May 2017 (EDT)
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:We have many entries more complicated than this one, such as [[quantum mechanics]].  Encyclopedias exist to address complicated questions.
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:I think this entry hits a chord in part because some feel that one's religion is what one says it is, period.  But nothing is what one says it is.  There is an underlying reality that is often different from self-serving claims.  [[God]] is not going to accept self-serving statements as being automatically true, and neither should we.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] ([[User talk:Aschlafly|talk]]) 11:39, 27 May 2017 (EDT)
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