Here’s my May 5, 2010 article in Canada’s National Post, explaining Obama “Birther” conspiracy theories through the lens of the Evangelical fixation on False Prophets …
Cult of the false prophet
Joseph Farah, the Book of Revelation and the Birthers who just won’t go away
By Jonathan Kay
National Post
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Almost two years after Barack Obama released a copy of his birth certificate — proving that he was brought into this world on Aug. 4, 1961, in Honolulu — “Birther” conspiracy theorists continue to claim that America’s 44th president was born in Kenya (or Indonesia, or who knows where), and so is constitutionally ineligible to assume the role of U.S. president. A few weeks ago, the Arizona House actually passed a Birther-inspired provision requiring U.S. presidential candidates to prove they meet constitutional requirements. That proposal was withdrawn, but similar laws are being promoted by Republican lawmakers in other jurisdictions.
Since the Birther movement refuses to die, it’s worth examining the roots of the phenomenon — beginning with the website that has done more than any other to advance their conspiracy theory …
Read the rest here.
