No endorsement of US President by Sathya Sai Baba

And no endorsement of Sathya Sai Baba by President Barack Obama either. The inauguration of the most powerful person in the world was NOT the inauguration of Sathya Sai Baba as ‘King of the World’ as prophesied by the spurious palm leaves and astrological hoo-ha of Shastri Narayana of Bangalore and taken up strongly by many of his dedicated followers.

Quotation of [prediction made by Sathya Sai Baba to John Hislop

Barack Obama realistically said in his inaugural speech that American faces an uncertain future, but that Americans’ efforts could shape it… for the US and also the world.

Contrariwise, the self-professed ‘omniscient’ Sathya Sai Baba claims that the future is determined – by himself (as Creator and Ruler of the Universe) – and that it is India that will shape the world’s future.  (see scan of statement about India as the ‘first carriage’)

In an interview, Obama said: “I’m a big believer in tolerance. I think that religion at it’s best comes with a big dose of doubt. I’m suspicious of too much certainty in the pursuit of understanding just because I think people are limited in their understanding.
I think that, particularly as somebody who’s now in the public realm and is a student of what brings people together and what drives them apart, there’s an enormous amount of damage done around the world in the name of religion and certainty.”

This  latter is diametrically opposed to Sathya Sai Baba’s dogma, which is a preaching of certainty above all, and which considers doubt weakness and ungodly. At his inauguration, for the first time in US history, the invocation given by Pastor Rich Warren, referred (positively) to non-believers: “For we know that our patchwork heritage is a strength, not a weakness,” said the nations’ 44th president. “We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus – and non-believers.”

On the propaganda  website saibabaofindia  it is stated “Swami’s photo is with President elect Barak Obama” (but the link is dead. See the basis for this instead here). Apropos this,  in his Obama-approved invocation Warren’s  words included: “I humbly ask this,” he said, “in the name of the one who changed my life, Yeshua, Isa, Jesus, Jesus (Hay-soos), who taught us to pray.” At Hotline On Call the commentator notes: ” In invoking the name of Jesus in four languages, Warren’s message is that Jesus is his God but also the God of many, no matter race or nationality.” So Warren and Obama certainly do not recognise Sathya Sai Baba as God! This claim by zealous blind devotees of Sai Baba reminds of his other inordinate boasts reported from an interview and publicised in the movement that he as the one who helped Armstrong first set foot on the moon (by pressing him on the shoulder)! It was also claimed that Sai Baba, when asked about Mandela in South Africa around the time of his release from prison, had said “Yes. I have a good man there”. Mandela has never once mentioned Sathya Sai Baba, as far as can be discovered.