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Condemning Divisiveness By Being Divisive (Where Will Barack Obama Be Come Judgment Day Alert)
Worldnetdaily.com ^ | 06/30/2007 | Joseph Farah

Posted on 06/29/2007 11:00:03 PM PDT by goldstategop

You've got to hand it to Barack Obama.

He used his presidential campaign speech to a church to call for separation of church and state and then divided himself from the "religious right" by labeling the movement "divisive."

Not every rhetorician could get away with that kind of sleight of mouth.

First off, the very presence of Obama speaking before the United Church of Christ's 50th anniversary national General Synod is somewhat remarkable.

He's running for president. And this is the congregation of Barry Lynn, the founder of American United for Separation of Church and State, who runs a personal jihad against church involvement in politics.

But Obama explained why it's OK for him to solicit votes and support in churches: "Doing the Lord's work is a thread that runs through our politics since the very beginning. It puts the lie to the notion that separation of church and state in America means faith should have no role in public life."

Without missing a beat, however, Obama reassured the audience that he indeed believed in separation of church and state, a concept that appears nowhere in America's founding documents.

"We can affirm our faith without endangering the separation of church and state, as long as we understand that when we're in the public square, we have to speak in universal terms that everyone can understand," he said.

Then, apparently in the name of unity, he attacked those in the church who actually stand upon clear, unambiguous biblical commandments and injunctions – labeling them "divisive." He denounced those "who've been all too eager to exploit what divides us."

He would never do that, of course.

Obama supports abortion on demand. The Bible doesn't.

Obama supports homosexual unions. The Bible doesn't.

Obama opposes prayer in government schools. The Bible commands believers to pray unceasingly.

Obama opposes teaching the overwhelming evidence the world was created with an intelligent plan. The Bible reveals that plan.

Thus, anyone who stands up for the Bible in the political realm is "divisive," according to Obama – and, for that matter, every other candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination. Obama is just a little more skilled in his ability to navigate these choppy spiritual waters.

How does Obama do it? By going on offense. Finding himself on the wrong side of every biblical commandment pertaining to marriage, life and death, and sexual abominations, he audaciously tells his audience, "I don't know what Bible they're reading."

That is what I call sleight of mouth.

Now, personally, I think the Bible speaks to us on a wide variety of issues – from economics to immigration. The Bible is the primary lens through which I view the world – and I hope that is true of most Christians and Jews.

However, where there is room for interpretation on issues like economics and immigration, there really is no room for error about homosexual conduct, which both the New Testament and Old Testament refer to as sin.

So, when Barack Obama and his sin party tell homosexuals to revel in their condemned behavior, they are hardly being compassionate. They are encouraging people to continue practices that will send them to hell.

It would be one thing for the sin party to dismiss the Scriptures, to say the Bible is no longer relevant, to suggest it's all a fable. But that's not what Obama does. He actually has the audacity to ignore the unambiguous Word of God, pretending it does not say what it clearly does say.

I would hate to be in Barack Obama's shoes come Judgment Day. All I can say is I hope he's got fireproof soles.


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Oh I know liberals excuse sin in this life. I just hope those who eschew moral absolutes, like Barack Obama, better have fireproof soles on their shoes. Judgment Day's around the corner.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

1 posted on 06/29/2007 11:00:07 PM PDT by goldstategop
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To: goldstategop

It is the same for Obama when he talks of a “new politics.” The only new politics acceptable are his own. Typical of the left—say someting that sounds good but doesn’t mean anything different or new than the leftward spiral downward.


2 posted on 06/29/2007 11:15:28 PM PDT by BamaAndy (Professor Librescu is an American hero.)
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To: goldstategop

There are two kinds of people in this world, those who are divisive and those who are not. It’s time for the un-divisive people to come to power and take care of the dividers once and for all!


3 posted on 06/30/2007 10:20:54 AM PDT by rogue yam
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