Obama Not Toning Down Church Talk
Thursday March 27, 2008
Categories: Barack Obama
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Obama have God on his side. He can stand up against his pastor marks and clear the air. As a conserative,I never vote Republican with America is the mess it is. Fear mongering,and race baiting does not frighten me. I am vorting for Obama. When anyone put God first,everything will fall into place. God is a majority all by Himself.
Obama Pastor's will be around for awhile,but they will only affect those who wants to be affected. The righteous and smart people will vote their heart.
“I think it’s very important to think that you do not have to have the same faith as me to be a moral person."
Glad he said that. The fact that morality isn't associated with any particular faith tradition - or lack of a faith tradition - is why, despite that fact that I consider myself very religious, I think that a candidate's stand on religion is irrelevant to his or her suitability to hold office - except to some of those on the far right, who conflate the alleged will of God with their own political agendas.
Paul Maurice Martin - Original Faith
I think Barack Obama has given us a great opportunity to discuss faith and race in America. As christians we should be looking at the Wright issue as a way to become united rather than divided as the Body of Christ. the Wright issue underscores how divided we are racially in our Sunday worship. We can come together and be reconciled to each other as we were reconciled to Jesus Christ.
Jules writes:
"I think Barack Obama has given us a great opportunity to discuss faith and race in America.... the Wright issue underscores how divided we are racially in our Sunday worship."
Conservative evangelicals have done a pretty good job recently of reaching out to socially conservative black churchgoers around issues like opposition to abortion and gay marriage. That helps explain why George W. Bush was able to nearly double his African American support in Ohio from 2000 and 2004. He enjoyed a similar leap in support from blacks in Florida, and I suspect the white/black evangelical alliance was largely responsible. What about more moderate or liberal white churches? Have they done a good job building bridges to the black church world?
Can we give this a rest? When I challenged my pastor over things he said from the pulpit, I was sanctioned by the church board. Let's talk about the issues that face the nation and stop dwelling on the rantings of a man no longer on the stage.
The question is whether (or not)Obama, Clinton or McClain will be the best choice for our Nation and restore the confidence of the World in our policies. Let God deal with Jeremiah Wright and deal with the "Race Issues" that we harbour in our hearts. Are those who are attacking Obama really just expressing their own bigotry?
And as far as God damning America, just think of all the evil we as a nation has done and ask if maybe we have condemned ourselves. From the genocide of the native Americas, slavery, abortion, divorce on demand, drugs for arms and the "Holy" war in Iraq, these condemn us, not the words of a angry old black preacher.
Let us vote for Obama in 2008 for the next President of this United States. We will be blessed.
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