Tuesday, September 23, 2008
OBAMA'S FAITH
I know this is sort of old news ... I have tried to forget about it ... but I can't.
Even though it received very little media coverage, have you seen the interview between Obama and Stephanopolous (sp? -- who knows?) in which Obama referred to "my Muslim faith"? I have to admit, when I first heard about it, I thought "no big deal, anyone can say the wrong thing" but then I saw the video. The words came from his mouth with no stumbling and no apparent recognition of his mistake.
Let me ask you this ... If you're a Christian, can you ever imagine yourself ever mistakenly saying "my Muslim faith" at all, let alone without realizing it?
That bothers me.
Frankly, I am not particularly bothered by a Muslim president. I suppose I should be but I know a few Muslims and they are good people and would make good leaders. I may be just as much bothered by the prospect of a Mormom president as a Muslim one.
But I am really bothered by a president who doesn't come clean. Shades of Clinton abound if you ask me.
You know what I really think? I suspect Obama does relate most to Christianity but I don't think he has been on a particularly strong faith journey. That's okay. I have no problem with that. Just tell us for pete's sake ... and don't go around quoting scripture way way way out of context (I had an earlier post about that).
Even though it received very little media coverage, have you seen the interview between Obama and Stephanopolous (sp? -- who knows?) in which Obama referred to "my Muslim faith"? I have to admit, when I first heard about it, I thought "no big deal, anyone can say the wrong thing" but then I saw the video. The words came from his mouth with no stumbling and no apparent recognition of his mistake.
Let me ask you this ... If you're a Christian, can you ever imagine yourself ever mistakenly saying "my Muslim faith" at all, let alone without realizing it?
That bothers me.
Frankly, I am not particularly bothered by a Muslim president. I suppose I should be but I know a few Muslims and they are good people and would make good leaders. I may be just as much bothered by the prospect of a Mormom president as a Muslim one.
But I am really bothered by a president who doesn't come clean. Shades of Clinton abound if you ask me.
You know what I really think? I suspect Obama does relate most to Christianity but I don't think he has been on a particularly strong faith journey. That's okay. I have no problem with that. Just tell us for pete's sake ... and don't go around quoting scripture way way way out of context (I had an earlier post about that).
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