Quote Originally Posted by Louis VI the Fat View Post
I have the secret hope that O'Bama echoed the famous word of Voltaire: 'we must build a heaven on earth'.

The ancient watchword for theists and atheists. Not fullfulling the work of God, or living a life with the afterlife firmly in mind, must be the goal, but this life, this earth.
It is telling that O'bama used the phrase to speak to evangelicals - the group that has such a stifling effect on America's policies.

I suspect O of being a closet atheist.

By applying what the evangelicals will perceive as a phrase of devotion, he could make common ground with them, direct their energy away from rapture and 'what would Jesus do' politics.
I suspect Obama is a very vague agnostic, I doubt he has the conviction to be an atheist.