Obama picked his church and his pastor
Posted by: reformedhippie in 2008 Elections, ChristianityI have thought long and hard about this… I was even thinking about posting the video here for people to view. But I decided against posting the video and instead will just put down my thoughts here. The furor over the remarks that Jermiah Wright has said over the past several years needs to be soundly repudiated by all Christians.
In a statement to ABC News, Obama’s press spokesman Bill Burton said, “Sen. Obama has said repeatedly that personal attacks such as this have no place in this campaign or our politics, whether they’re offered from a platform at a rally or the pulpit of a church. Sen. Obama does not think of the pastor of his church in political terms. Like a member of his family, there are things he says with which Sen. Obama deeply disagrees. But now that he is retired, that doesn’t detract from Sen. Obama’s affection for Rev. Wright or his appreciation for the good works he has done.”
That is the first problem… Bill Burton is not running for President… Obama is. And he is the one who should go on national TV and repudiate Wright for those remarks. And here is why…
Personally I do not know Obama. Since I do not know him I must evaluate what I see and hear about him and look to the company he keeps. One of those things that I see and hear is that he attends the Trinity United Church of Christ based in Chicago. All of that is good. Obama attends a Christian based church. One point for Obama.
Then his pastor appears on FoxNews one night and begins rambling on about white Christianity and black Christianity. RED FLAG! Read your Bible. Christianity is color blind. Skin color is not mentioned in the New Testament. Instead of unifying people the pastor joins in finding reasons for division. Just the opposite of what Reverend Martin Luther King preached. Minus one for Obama.
Then passages come up where the pastor of the church says he has damned America in God’s name and blamed the U.S. for provoking the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks by dropping nuclear weapons on Japan in World War II. He also blames America for supporting Israel since 1947. THIS ONE EARNS TWO RED FLAGS because (1) this political rhetoric does not belong behind the pulpit and (2) Jesus was a Jew… why shouldn’t we support God’s chosen people? Now we fully understand why Michelle Obama is “for the first time in her life” proud of America. A black person is now being considered by the country. Blacks are having their day in the sun.
So now I have Obama as a -3. Obama chooses to attend (and I assume) support a church who’s pastor preaches at times, not from the Bible, but race-baiting, hate mongering and antisemitic sermons. America has made great strides towards eliminating racism… Wright is throwing those strides back 50 years.
Remember David Duke? The white raciest David Duke. The ex-Klansman Duke. Speaking of Jesse Jackson’s 1988 presidential run Duke said Jackson’s election “would be the greatest tragedy ever to befall this country” and that “the white majority in this country are losing their rights”. Clear thinking Americans (which leaves out the KKK) soundly denounced Dukes racist rhetoric. Almost every election he entered he lost except for one.
The bottom line is this… the members of the Trinity United Church of Christ should revisit their Bible. Race baiting, hate mongering and antisemitism have no place in Christianity let alone in church. Where is the love for all mankind? This is not something to wink at nor ignore. Obama picked this church. If I was a card carrying member of Trinity I would find another church. If I were a card carrying member of a predominantly white church that preached white supremacy I would find another church. By attending this church Obama is passively placing his stamp of approval on the pastor and the church. And if you do look at the videos you see the congregation on their feet, praising what Wright is saying. The members fuel the flames. I promise you… if any preacher came to our church and attempted to preach Wright’s theology or David Duke’s theology, they would be quickly escorted from the platform. Non-Biblical teaching/preaching is intolerable.
Instead Obama insists on putting his former pastor in some official advisory capacity in his campaign. Obama need to run, not walk away from Jeremiah Wright.
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