Did Barack Obama Become a Christian to Enable a Career in
Politics?: Putting Pieces of the Puzzle Together

[This page is an introduction to a short, factually-based skit,
titled
"When Barack and Michelle First Met",
that is a CLICK away, at the bottom of the page.]

Why might Barack Obama, when he was a mature 27 year old, Ivy
League college graduate, who had majored in Political Science ...


who was born in America and had an American,
Christian mother and a Kenyan, Muslim father

who had an Indonesian, Muslim stepfather after his
mother divorced his father and remarried

who had moved to Indonesia, a highly predominately
Muslim country, with his mother and stepfather at the
impressionable young age of approximately 6 years old

who had written about his interest in becoming
President of the United States as far back as elementary school
in Indonesia, in a private school

who was educated in that Muslim country, during a
significant part of his formative years, ages 9 and 10, in an
Indonesian, state-run elementary school
.....in which the student body was predominately Muslim
.....in which the teachers were predominantly Muslim
.....in which the religion of Islam was part of the curriculum,
including Koranic studies
.....in which homework assignments most likely included studies
relating to Islam, and
.....in which homework assignments most likely included studying
the Koran

who returned to America at the age of approximately
10 to spend the rest of his childhood, formal education, and
reaching maturity, in America, up to 27 years of age

who traveled to Pakistan, a predominantly Muslim country, when in
college

who was a graduate of Columbia University with a
major in Political Science

who began to work as a summer associate at a
Chicago law firm with Michelle Robinson, a Christian woman, as
his mentor, who later became his wife and the mother of his
children, and

who was a first year law student at Harvard Law School

Why might the 27 year old, highly educated, and politically
ambitious Barack Obama have decided to become a Christian?

A suggested answer to this question is that it was to enable a
career in politics, and for other life goals. This theme is
developed in the following short, fact-based, fictional skit,
"When Barack and Michelle First Met" at the following link:
When Barack and Michelle First Met