Obama: GOP doesn’t own faith and values
GREENVILLE, South Carolina (CNN) — After speaking to an evangelical church on Sunday in this traditionally conservative South Carolina city, Sen. Barack Obama said that Republicans no longer have a firm grip on religion in political discourse.”I think its important particularly for those of us in the Democratic Party to not cede values and faith to any one party,” Obama told reporters outside the Redemption World Outreach Center where he attended services.
“I think that what you’re seeing is a breaking down of the sharp divisions that existed maybe during the nineties, when at least in politics the perception was that the Democrats were fearful of talking about faith, and on the other hand you had the Republicans who had a particular brand of faith that often times seemed intolerant or pushed people away,” he said.
Read the full story , Hot Air has: Obama: Let’s create a Kingdom right here on earth! I only wanted to post this story because of the hysterical black lady in the background.
It just brings back memories of the fake hysterics I use to witness in church as a young child. Even back then I wondered just who are these people trying to impress or who are they performing for God? The Pastor? The Congregation?
I later learned that much of what I witnessed was staged church theatrics.
I remember having an eye opening conversation with a very prominent pastor back in the day and he said that there was a formula of combining good music, a strategically placed message and find tuning the emotion in the church at a given time that would “heighten” the experience of the church participants, therefore maintaining the audience, which in turn keeps the collections high.
What does this have to do with Hussein? Well… “there is God’s spirit in all of us” Obama states, I bet this is what was being uttered when this lady jumps up saying “thank you Jesus!” How much do you think she was paid to “show the spirit?”
Do I sound cynical, sure I do, as folks pander to God with hands in the air, uttering “thank you Jesus” they leave moments later back to the same sinning, back stabbing, gossiping the weekly appearance in church in suppose to wipe out.
Oh Lord I have sinned, but I am here today seeking forgiveness. Plez.
However with Obama’s statement he is clearly not pandering to God, but the voters of South Carolina, an important state for him politically.
Why to politicians pander to God only in church?
Do the people who routinely make the weekly pilgrimage to a church actually buy the political pandering to God? Who knows, but as my new friend Chris chastises the faux political world we live in, admonishing the fakes and frauds on both sides of the political arena, I can’t help but to be increasingly more cynical of those Christians who increasingly force “their” will not “God” will down the collective throats of Americans which makes this political pandering to God…er uh the voters so insulting.
Just where is God’s voting precinct anyway?
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