Peter Beinart on Twitter: "Obama's talk of a universal "sinful tendency" that should keep us from self-righteousness is straight out of Niebuhr http://t.co/TRU8KkQUkJ"

Peter Beinart – Verified account ‏@PeterBeinart

Obama's talk of a universal "sinful tendency" that should keep us from self-righteousness is straight out of Niebuhr http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/06/us/politics/obama-national-prayer-breakfast-terrorism-islam.html?smid=nytcore-iphone-share&smprod=nytcore-iphone

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Critics Seize On Obama’s ISIS Remarks at Prayer Breakfast

Republicans condemned President Obama’s comparison of the atrocities of the Islamic State to the bloodshed in the name of Christianity in centuries past.

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7:29 AM - 6 Feb 2015

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6 Feb 2015

Chris In Alabama ‏@ChrisNBama

@PeterBeinart Niebuhr is okay, unless quoted by Obama. Then it's not okay.

6 Feb 2015

Laurie ‏@SeattleOnside

@PeterBeinart Truth hurts, especially for rightwing pseudo-Christians. They are not used to being challenged

6 Feb 2015

Colisha Harris ‏@sweet_coloosh

@PeterBeinart or straight out of the Bible? http://biblehub.com/galatians/5-17.htm

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