Without a Pastor of His Own, Obama Turns to a Circle of 5

The New York Times ^ | 3-14-09 | LAURIE GOODSTEIN

[Justaham]

President Obama has been without a pastor or a home church ever since he cut his ties to the Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr. in the heat of the presidential campaign. But he has quietly cultivated a handful of evangelical pastors for private prayer sessions on the telephone and for discussions on the role of religion in politics.

[Fred]

Who needs a pastor when you think you are God?

[Marysecretary]

Just wonderin’ how many of them advise Obama against abortion! He ain’t listening.

[Krodg]

I wonder if any of them had the nerve to say he is an anti-Christ?

[mcshot]

I tend to believe that there’s a prayer rug involved and a place called Mecca. if not, he’s in danger of loosing his head to a Muzzie. This whole charade has been a role playing exercise brought to you by tele prompters and his controllers.

[livius]

for private prayer sessions on the telephone

This is one of the biggest crocks I have ever heard. His flacks must be getting desperate to put out stupidity like this. Now, maybe if they had said "private prayer sessions on the teleprompter," I might have believed it.

Bambi is such a phony.

[uptoolate]

ever since he cut his ties to the Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr.

Wrong. Somewhere, there are cell phone records showing weekly, if not daily, calls between the two. 20 years people. 20 years.

So at what point will the gang of 5 confront their "brother" of his sin, (abortion, gay rights, etc...), and then "hand him over to Satan"?

Yeah, I didn't think so either.

[smokingfrog]

This is just another 0bama smoke screen.

[nmh]

Yeah, when you already think you are god ... what’s it matter?

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All are men, two of them white and three black —

including the Rev. Otis Moss Jr., a graying lion of the civil rights movement.

Two, the entrepreneurial dynamos Bishop T. D. Jakes and the Rev. Kirbyjon H. Caldwell, also served as occasional spiritual advisers to President George W. Bush.

Another, the Rev. Jim Wallis, leans left on some issues, like military intervention and poverty programs, but opposes abortion.

None of these pastors are affiliated with the religious right, though several are quite conservative theologically. One of them, the Rev. Joel C. Hunter, the pastor of a conservative megachurch in Florida, was branded a turncoat by some leaders of the Christian right when he began to speak out on the need to stop global warming.

But as a group they can hardly be characterized as part of the religious left either. Most, like Mr. Wallis, do not take traditionally liberal positions on abortion or homosexuality. What most say they share with the president is the conviction that faith is the foundation in the fight against economic inequality and social injustice.

“These are all centrist, social justice guys,” said the Rev. Eugene F. Rivers, a politically active pastor of Azusa Community Church in Boston, who knows all of them but is not part of the president’s prayer caucus. “Obama genuinely comes out of the social justice wing of the church. That’s real. The community organizing stuff is real.”

(Spare me ... Obama is a freaking Communist!)

[LucyJo]

“While he may not put ‘Honk if You Love Jesus’ bumper stickers on the back of his car, he is the kind of guy who practices what he preaches,”

“Practices what he preaches”...

This article brought to mind the following info:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsPiE5zyaKI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMcwRe-jLHg

http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nvjack/fylbrigg/obit_herbert_a_philbrick_1993.htm

[nmh]

“Pinning down Mr. Obama’s theological leanings is not easy, the ministers said in interviews. They said he is well read in the Bible, but has not articulated views consistent with the racially inflected interpretation of his former pastor, Mr. Wright. “

Let me help you with that.

Obama has no “theological pinning”. He believes he is the “messiah”. He can read words but Obama doesn't UNDERSTAND what they say. Obama identifies with Rev. Wright.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXcvbnzNIjg

Obama is clueless and he is EVIL.

[nmh]

I do!

He is ANTI Christ.

He is not the ultimate anti Christ but he’s making it easy for the one that is the global anti-Christ.

These folks have been in the world for awhile but Obama is not the ultimate one ... But I will say again that Obama is ANTI Christ - just not the ultimate one that fools the world.

1John.2:22

[22] Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son.

1John.4:3

[3] And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.

2John.1:7

[7] For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist.

[texmexis best]

Jim Wallis was an employee of the DNC tasked with bringing Evangelicals over to the DNC side.

[True Republican Patriot]

Guessing ZERO is too busy playing pickup basketball games, going to Parties and flying to Chicago for one on one valentine Dinners to find time to go to Church being the “Committed Christian” he protends to be! Its probably also hard to find a Christian Church in D.C. that lets a Devout Muslim pretend to be a Christian like Rev. Wright’s Church allowed and encouraged!!