Obama? You think hes a Messiah?,

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http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php? ... geId=96417

An artist who planned to unveil a portrait of Barack Obama in a Christ-like pose with a crown of thorns upon his brow has announced he is canceling the event, due to "overwhelming public outrage."

As WND reported, painter Michael D'Antuono had planned to unveil a portrait titled "The Truth," a 30" x 54" acrylic painting on canvas depicting Obama appearing much like Jesus Christ on the Cross, at New York City's Union Square Park tomorrow, marking the president's 100th day in office.

A statement released D'Antuono now claims the artist chose to cancel the event after being flooded with thousands of emails, phone calls, online blogs and other forms of public criticism, all within 48 hours of releasing the controversial image online.

According to the statement, D'Antuono insists that the work was intended purely as a political piece.

"The religious reference was used metaphorically and not to insult anyone's religious beliefs," says D'Antuono. "If that is the effect that my art has had on anyone, I am truly sorry."

Like others in the news who have depicted Obama in Christ-like imagery, D'Antuono originally insisted he wasn't claiming the man is Messiah, but only inviting "individual interpretations."

"'The Truth,' like beauty, is in the eyes of the beholder," claims the press release that announced D'Antuono's original plans to unveil the painting.

D'Antuono even invited the public to email him with reactions to the piece, answering his posed question, "What's your truth?"

Many, apparently, responded to his invitation, leading to cancellation of the display.

As WND has reported, D'Antuono follows others who have cast Obama in messianic imagery.


Clark's Obama sculpture, riding a donkey at the Iowa Capitol

In January, artist Matthew J. Clark paraded a sculpture of Obama riding a donkey and preceded by waving palm fronds, reminiscent of Jesus' entry into Jerusalem in the 21st chapter of Matthew as foretold by the prophet Zechariah: "Behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass."

Like D'Antuono, Clark was also unclear about whether his piece was proclaiming Obama to be the Christ or making some social commentary. Clark's website described the sculpture in vague terms:

"This project was inspired by my thoughts about 'icons' and religious symbols and whether they represent truth or merely represent," Clark's website reads. "The sculpture poses a question that relates to social conventions, metaphysics, and the collective response of society in reaction to fearful and uncertain times, but doesn't impose an answer. For me, it has much more to do with the general public as followers than any leader granted power."

Others, such as Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, have been far clearer in their nearly religious adoration of Obama. As WND reported, Farrakhan declared last year that when Obama talks, "the Messiah is absolutely speaking."

Addressing a large crowd behind a podium with a Nation of Islam Saviour's Day 2008 sign, Farrakhan proclaimed, "You are the instruments that God is going to use to bring about universal change, and that is why Barack has captured the youth. And he has involved young people in a political process that they didn't care anything about. That's a sign. When the Messiah speaks, the youth will hear, and the Messiah is absolutely speaking."

Farrakhan pointed out that the man Nation of Islam followers refer to as "the Savior," Fard Muhammad, had a black father and a white mother, just as Obama did.

"A black man with a white mother became a savior to us," he said. "A black man with a white mother could turn out to be one who can lift America from her fall."


WND previously reported a website called "Is Barack Obama the Messiah?" capturing the wave of euphoria that followed the Democratic senator's remarkable rise.

The site is topped by an Obama quote strategically ripped from a Jan. 7 speech at Dartmouth College just before the New Hampshire Primary in which he told students, "… a light will shine through that window, a beam of light will come down upon you, you will experience an epiphany, and you will suddenly realize that you must go to the polls and vote" for Obama.

WND also reported on near-religious experiences surrounding Obama on the campaign trail, as supporters who came to hear him speak on several occasions fainted in the middle of the candidate's speeches. As WND reported, some compared the fainting to fanatical swooning in the midst of a mesmerizing preacher; others, like radio host Michael Medved, thought the collapses were staged moments; and still others believed it was simply a matter of people standing in the crowds too long and growing dehydrated.

P.J. Gladnick of NewsBusters, in an article about D'Antuono's painting on the eve of the Obama administration's 100-day-mark, notes that the messianic parallels begun early in the presidential campaign don't seem to be stopping:

"The artist quite clearly portrays Obama as a latter day Christ-like figure, considering the outstretched arms and the crown of thorns. Obama worship, complete with halo images, has been noted before," writes Gladnick, "but it was nothing compared to current expressions in awe of 'The One' as we approach his hundredth day in office on Wednesday."




This is abominable. The worst thing is that Obama hasn't even denied it. Now if this were done on Bush then he would have called a press conference and denied it. But here is Sponge-Barrack Obama-Pants drinking it up.
Doesn't this say a lot about his character. He should no better then to not speak up and say "I'm not the Messiah and I'd like you not to be calling me that I'm just a human like the rest of you".
But no he thinks way to high of himself.

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a) your link doesn't work, so we can't really discuss that article. Clearly, it is something about Obama and the Messiahood, but what, exactly??
b) World Net Daily is know for politically slanted sensationalism and seems to be on par with some of the tabloids that feature wolf-boy and the UFOs - for example, they printed hundreds of articles questiong Obama's citizenship. One of their prominent "journalists" is named Jerome Corsi ... he is a certifiable nut. (See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerome_Corsi) Worldnet never really had evidence on the citizenship issue, but they wanted to keep the story going ...
c) The fact that Obama doesn't address each and every statement made by others about him is not abdominable - he doesn't have time.

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I'll fix the link.


He already speaks often and goes playing around and traveling so I think he has more then enough time to say a few words.

Where is the transcript of the press conference where former President Bush denied this??



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To me, that is even more outrageous. An artist somewhere made art that Bush was the Antichrist, and Bush didn't even bother to deny it!!

Thats because the anti-christ will appear and come into power after the rapture.
If people would read Revelation in the Bible they would know that.
But then nobody paid attention anyway.

president obama is neither the christ nor the anti-christ.

Somehow this thread is not quite up to the intellectual par of the rest of the forums.

For the religiously correct, it never seems to be enough. There always has to be some indignation over something isolated and minor by an independent artist. The Dominionists seem to think that they are entitled to hear Obama denounce every one of their pet outrages. Hasn’t he done enough, already, for the theocrats?

1) He invited known homophobe, Rick Warren, to deliver his innovation.
2) By attending the Saddleback forum, he subtly consented to a Christian “litmus test” for the presidency.
3) He has looked to expand the Office of Faith-Based Initiatives.

Quite frankly, if every politician took pains to denounce every form of controversial experimental art undertaken by some aspiring artist, they wouldn’t have time for governance.

Maybe we'd be better off if they didn't have time for governance- after all, that government is best which governs least.

Obama is not a messiah, certainly. One who makes bad decisions with great power is a barbarian at best and a tyrant at worst, but not a messiah. Obama is somewhere between those first two.

Also, Obama isn't the Antichrist, but he is a great example for the Antichrist to follow when he does arrive.
The kind of worldwide worship and trust that Obama garners will need to be duplicated by the Antichrist, albeit with universal rather than merely widespread success. Obama's almost-supernatural charisma and his amoral wielding of power toward his own ideological goals are both Antichrist traits. But he does not come from out of Rome -- biblically an Antichristic trait -- so, as I see it, he is not the Antichrist. Sadly for Obama, the Antichrist will outshine him in his success and power. He'll be like a super-Obama, actually.

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By that standard, Somalia has a fabulous government.

Well, that depends on what framework one uses to interpret the Book of Revelation, doesn't it?? Do you subscribe to post-tribulational premillenialism, or dispensational premillenialism, post-millenialism, or amillenial views? And was it right of President Bush to assume that all Christians share your beliefs that the anti-christ will come after the rapture, and therefore he did not need to deny that he was evil incarnate??

it has a topnotch system of capitalism...


anyone up to becoming pirates, arrr???

Bush would not call a press conference to deny such things. Why should Obama do so in the first place? I doubt he takes these sort of things seriously, as there is no reason to take them seriously, and as such no reason to deny such things.

And seriously, stop calling him that stupid name. It is just so disrespectful.

hey, have a tea party! if your so flusterd. please have one. i need another laugh

Oh, the Rapture already happened. If you had been paying attention, then you wouldn't have missed it.