Source: www.theblaze.com – Monday, April 02, 2012
The Blaze has covered the Obama administration’s take on the Bible before. At least one college professor has even posited that the president may be ”the most explicitly Christian president in American history.” While Obama has been more than open about his allegiance to the Christian faith, there are many who question the tenets he adheres to. In a speech on Friday, he advanced some Biblical ideas that may, once again, have people questioning how his faith worldview impacts his economic policies. On Friday, Obama appeared in a campaign speech in Vermont where he spoke about helping others and the Biblical story of Cain and Abel. In his address, the president condemned what he sees as “you’re-on-your-own economics” and argued, as CNS News alleges , for policies that would transfer wealth from one group to another. “I hear politicians talking about values in an election year. I hear a lot about that. Let me tell you about values,” Obama said. “Hard work, personal responsibility — those are values. But looking out for one another. That’s a value. The idea that we’re all in this together. I am my brother’s keeper. I am my sister’s keeper. That’s a value.” Watch Obama speak about this subject, below: CNS News explains the biblical significance of this mention: In Genesis, Adam and Eve’s first-born son is Cain and their second-born son is Abel. Cain becomes a farmer and Abel becomes a shepherd. When Cain offers the fruit of his farmin

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