Response to Obama's Presidential Oath Inclusion of 'So Help Me God' - Bill Koenig

Bill Koening * Watch.org

January 25, 2013

The U.S. Constitution specifies the exact language to be used in the oath given to an American President at their inauguration:

“I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.”

According to numerous reports, President Barack Obama requested that at the end of the oath, the words “so help me God” be added.

The Library of Congress says those words were added by George Washington during the nation’s first inauguration. Not all Presidents have chosen to recite those words. A Bible is traditionally used in administering the oath.

Obama took the official oath on Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013, at the White House with his left hand on the family Bible of his wife, Michelle.

At the Monday, Jan. 21, 2013, ceremonial swearing-in at the Capitol, he used Bibles from Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King Jr.

When he says, “So help me God,” what is he saying? Is he serious or is this for public consumption?

The following would be appropriate statements, questions and confessions for President Obama to make and consider when using the words, “so help me God.”

False religions

So help me God to remember that “As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.”

So help me God to understand that my telling people that there are other paths to You is blasphemy and not true.

So help me God does not mean bowing to or honoring other religions that are in direct opposition to the Bible

So help me God to get rid of the damage from attending a hate-filled anti-Semitic church for 20 years.

Cairo speech – June 4, 2009

So help me God to understand that my speech to the Muslim world from Cairo, Egypt, on June 4, 2009, was filled with distortions and inaccuracies that greatly confused people and endangered America.

So help me God to quit speaking as if Allah is the same as the God of the Bible.

So help me God to understand the confusion I have created for honoring Islam, a religion that is in direct opposition to Christianity.

So help me God to not make statements to the Muslim world about the copy of the Koran in Thomas Jefferson’s library — without mentioning the real reason why (that it was war booty).

So help me God does not mean comparing the horrific Jewish Holocaust to the plight of the Palestinians, who have been robbed by their corrupt leaders.

So help me God to not distort American history by stating Muslims had a significant role in making our nation great.

Islam

So help me God to understand that Islam is not a religion of peace.

So help me God quit spending time defending Islam instead of Christianity.

So help me God not to be silent any longer about the many Christians being persecuted in countries throughout the Middle East since the beginning of the Arab Spring in January 2011.

So help me God to realize the serious error in providing access to the Muslim Brotherhood at top levels within my administration.

So help me God to understand that American allies in the Middle East don’t trust me, and enemies don’t fear me.

America

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