Conservative blogs have raised eyebrows at a New York Times file that President Obama and his household didn’t go to church on Christmas, as an alternative having a “low-key” Christmas get together in Hawaii and touring a militia base in the house. The Instances report, alternatively, notes how way more personal President Obama prefers to maintain his religion versus previous presidents.

Each The Blaze and Breitbart took observe of how throughout an annual “Christmas in Washington” event, the president referred to as Christmas “a time to remember that the story of a child born to two trustworthy vacationers on a holy evening, long ago.”

The Instances file cites a statistic displaying the president has attended church 18 occasions considering he was once first sworn in as president, though one former White House non secular reputable says that number says nothing in and of itself about Obama’s religion.

“President Obama is a dedicated Christian,” mentioned Mr. [Joshua] DuBois, who sends the president a day by day devotional by way of e mail, and is the author of “The President’s Devotional.”

“He has a serious apply of religion even supposing he doesn’t essentially put on it on his sleeve,” he said.

A Pew survey this month finds that simplest fifty four % of Christians attend religious services and products on Christmas, and just a bit over one-half of Christians imagine it to be more of a spiritual holiday than a cultural one. It also takes note of the generation gap in spiritual views of the holiday.

Adults below age 30 are far less doubtless than older American citizens to assert they see Christmas as extra of a spiritual than a cultural holiday. They are additionally much less likely to attend Christmas spiritual services and products and to believe in the virgin delivery… the new survey also displays that even amongst Christians, young persons are more probably than older adults to view Christmas as extra of a cultural than a non secular vacation.

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