Obama’s Creepy, Race-Obsessed Church

Pajamas Media ^ | January 12, 2008 | Burt Prelutsky

[george76]

A leading Democratic candidate for president attends an “Afrocentric” church that bestows awards on Louis Farrakhan and practically defines itself through race-baiting. Burt Prelutsky asks, why isn’t Barack Obama’s faith-based problem making national headlines and the nightly news?

One of the obvious differences between Democrats and Republicans is the role that religion plays in their presidential campaigns. For instance, every Democrat, while pretending to believe that “separation of church and state” actually appears somewhere in the Constitution, must also insist that religion plays an essential role in his or her life. But just about the only time you see them going to church is when they’re posing for the cameras while addressing a black Baptist congregation.

What’s more, when questioning these people, the liberal media kindly limits itself to a yes or no question regarding the existence of God.

Why is it, I wonder, that nobody is asking Barack Obama about his religious convictions?

For over 20 years, Sen, Obama has been a faithful member of Chicago’s Trinity United Church of Christ. The other day, I paid a visit to Trinity’s website.

Now, my own reasons for hoping that Sen. Obama is not elected president next November are pretty much the same reasons I object to Hillary Clinton and John Edwards. I consider all three of them to be anti-military, tax raising, left-wing flyweights who would bury this country in entitlements while essentially ignoring Islamic fascism.

That being said, I have no idea how a member of a black church that apparently feels it owes greater allegiance to Africa than to America and that pays homage to a bigot like Farrakhan, has the gall to present himself as the one candidate who can bring us all together.

[FReepapalooza]

“I got one stating his middle name was Mommand.”

It’s actually Hussein.

[Zakeet]

This is just not right. We are not supposed to discuss a candidate’s religion. Unless, of course, it is Romney’s Mormonism. Or Hukabee’s evangelicism. But the latter two cases are, as everyone knows, different than Obama’s because...because...well, they just are, that’s why.

Actually, with respect to MSM, acceptable protocol requires a reporter to:

1. Attack Evangelical Christians with impunity because everybody knows they are a bunch of rabid nuts
2. Question Mormonism a little as long as you point out it won’t influence Mitt
3. Do not challenge Catholicism at all because Kennedy addressed all possible issues in a 1960 speech
4. Ignore Obama's Black racist church because it would be racist to make any comments about Black racism
5. Say nothing about Hillary's blatant hypocrisy because she is a liberal, a woman, a Clinton, and her election is inevitable
6. Say nothing about any other candidate's religious beliefs or lack thereof because faith does not matter

[george76]

Barack Hussein Obama is an African-American who has not shared the black American experience and, by birth and blood, a Muslim for at least 31 years.

His politics are rooted in Marx and socialism...

http://www.freedomsenemies.com/_more/obama.htm

[ChiMark]

C’mon. Do you need an answer to why the MSM
covers for Obama?

Obama like Hillary have been enjoying a free pass.
I’m not a Ron Paul guy but he sure gets flack over
the support of some neo-nazi’s while Obama
skates on Farrakhan.

[Philo1962]

Jim Davis at Newsmax.com has been very active in exposing Obama’s continuing links to this Rev. Jeremiah Wright. In my opinion, Wright makes Farrakhan and Sharpton look like moderates.

http://archive.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2007/8/8/194812.shtml

http://www.newsmax.com/politics/obama_daley_chicago_elect/2007/10/11/40228.html

http://www.newsmax.com/insider_report/Troops_Angry_at_Hillary/2007/09/23/35244.html

Here are some of the most volatile statements from Wright:

Wright on 9/11: “White America got their wake-up call after 9/11. White America and the Western world came to realize people of color had not gone away, faded in the woodwork, or just disappeared as the Great White West kept on its merry way of ignoring black concerns.” On the Sunday after the attacks, Dr. Wright blamed America.

Wright on the disappearance of Natalee Holloway: “Black women are being raped daily in Africa. One white girl from Alabama gets drunk at a graduation trip to Aruba, goes off and gives it up while in a foreign country and that stays in the news for months.”

Wright on Israel: “The Israelis have illegally occupied Palestinian territories for over 40 years now. Divestment has now hit the table again as a strategy to wake the business community and wake up Americans concerning the injustice and the racism under which the Palestinians have lived because of Zionism.”

Wright on America: He has used the term “middleclassness” in a derogatory manner; frequently mentions “white arrogance” and the “oppression” of African-Americans today; and has referred to “this racist United States of America.”

[freekitty]

Where do they find these people to run for POTUS.

It’s just sad.

[bereanway]

Just a thought. How much of the legal Hispanic or other minority votes (Asian) in the US do you think Ophama would get? My guess is he’d be popular with illegal immigrants(isn’t he for open borders) but maybe not so well with those legally here. I don’t think his brand of racism (were it exposed) would sell well in some of those communities.

[forkinsocket]

Whether Obama is really a Christian or not, his church is just a cover for the worst kind of race-baiting. People in those kind of churches simply hate whites. Maybe it’s hard for whites to face what is going on, I don’t know.

[george76]

his brand of racism (were it exposed)

and his radical islamic family / friends...

[DennisR]

For those interested, the website is http://www.tucc.org. Oh, and they evidently do not practice affirmative action (Justice Brothers, are you paying attention?): http://www.tucc.org/pastoral_staff.htm.

[redhead]

"Along with his declining to wear a lapel pin of the US flag and the difficulty he has acknowledging the flag during the anthem paints a radical picture. No doubt Ophama believes America is to blame for many of the world’s injustices and has to be totally remade to conform to an image more closely aligned with Calypso Louie. It appears he’s a wolf in sheep’s clothing."

He, like Hillary, is a dedicated, committed Alinskyite.

[Pikachu_Dad]

Is he another of Hillary’s horrible husband haters? The culture wars continue and the Clinton’s continue their cycle of cynical cronyism and their culture of corruption.

[SJackson]

About Us

http://www.tucc.org/home.htm

We are a congregation which is Unashamedly Black and Unapologetically Christian... Our roots in the Black religious experience and tradition are deep, lasting and permanent. We are an African people, and remain "true to our native land," the mother continent, the cradle of civilization. God has superintended our pilgrimage through the days of slavery, the days of segregation, and the long night of racism. It is God who gives us the strength and courage to continuously address injustice as a people, and as a congregation. We constantly affirm our trust in God through cultural expression of a Black worship service and ministries which address the Black Community.

The Pastor as well as the membership of Trinity United Church of Christ is committed to a 10-point Vision:

1.      A congregation committed to ADORATION.

2.      A congregation preaching SALVATION.

3.      A congregation actively seeking RECONCILIATION.

4.      A congregation with a non-negotiable COMMITMENT TO AFRICA.

5.      A congregation committed to BIBLICAL EDUCATION.

6.      A congregation committed to CULTURAL EDUCATION.

7.      A congregation committed to the HISTORICAL EDUCATION OF AFRICAN PEOPLE IN DIASPORA.

8.      A congregation committed to LIBERATION.

9.      A congregation committed to RESTORATION.

10.  A congregation working towards ECONOMIC PARITY.

Click here to read about Dr. Wright’s talking points for Trinity United Church of Christ its Web site and the Black Value System.

 

THE BLACK VALUE SYSTEM

Trinity United Church of Christ adopted the Black Value System, written by the Manford Byrd Recognition Committee, chaired by the late Vallmer Jordan in 1981.

Dr. Manford Byrd, our brother in Christ, withstood the ravage of being denied his earned ascension to the number one position in the Chicago School System.  His dedication to the pursuit of excellence, despite systematic denials, has inspired the congregation of Trinity United Church of Christ.  Prayerfully, we have called upon the wisdom of all past generations of suffering Blacks for guidance in fashioning an instrument of Black self-determination, the Black Value System.

Beginning in 1982, an annual Black Value System – Educational Scholarship in the name of Dr. Byrd was instituted.  The first recipient of the Dr. Manford Byrd Award, which is given annually to the man or woman who best exemplifies the Black Value System, was our brother, Dr. Manford Byrd.

These Black Ethics must be taught and exemplified in homes, churches, nurseries and schools, wherever Blacks are gathered.  They consist of the following concepts:

1.      Commitment to God.  “The God of our weary years” will give us the strength to give up prayerful passivism and become Black Christian Activists, soldiers for Black freedom and the dignity of all humankind.

2.      Commitment to the Black Community.  The highest level of achievement for any Black person must be a contribution of strength and continuity of the Black Community.

3.      Commitment to the Black Family.  The Black family circle must generate strength, stability and love, despite the uncertainty of externals, because these characteristics are required if the developing person is to withstand warping by our racist competitive society. 

Those Blacks who are blessed with membership in a strong family unit must reach out and expand that blessing to the less fortunate.

4.      Dedication to the Pursuit of Education.  We must forswear anti-intellectualism.  Continued survival demands that each Black person be developed to the utmost of his/her mental potential despite the inadequacies of the formal education process.  “Real education” fosters understanding of ourselves as well as every aspect of our environment.  Also, it develops within us the ability to fashion concepts and tools for better utilization of our resources, and more effective solutions to our problems.  Since the majority of Blacks have been denied such learning, Black Education must include elements that produce high school graduates with marketable skills, a trade or qualifications for apprenticeships, or proper preparation for college.

Basic education for all Blacks should include Mathematics, Science, Logic, General Semantics, Participative Politics, Economics and Finance, and the Care and Nurture of Black minds.

5.      Dedication to the Pursuit of Excellence.   To the extent that we individually reach for, even strain for excellence, we increase, geometrically, the value and resourcefulness of the Black Community.  We must recognize the relativity of one’s best; this year’s best can be bettered next year.  Such is the language of growth and development.  We must seek to excel in every endeavor.

6.      Adherence to the Black Work Ethic.  “It is becoming harder to find qualified people to work in Chicago.”  Whether this is true or not, it represents one of the many reasons given by businesses and industries for deserting the Chicago area.  We must realize that a location with good facilities, adequate transportation and a reputation for producing skilled workers will attract industry.  We are in competition with other cities, states and nations for jobs.  High productivity must be a goal of the Black workforce.

7.      Commitment to Self-Discipline and Self-Respect.  To accomplish anything worthwhile requires self-discipline.  We must be a community of self-disciplined persons if we are to actualize and utilize our own human resources, instead of perpetually submitting to exploitation by others.  Self-discipline, coupled with a respect for self, will enable each of us to be an instrument of Black Progress and a model for Black Youth.

8.      Disavowal of the Pursuit of “Middleclassness.”  Classic methodology on control of captives teaches that captors must be able to identify the “talented tenth” of those subjugated, especially those who show promise of providing the kind of leadership that might threaten the captor’s control.

Those so identified are separated from the rest of the people by:

1.      Killing them off directly, and/or fostering a social system that encourages them to kill off one another.

2.      Placing them in concentration camps, and/or structuring an economic environment that induces captive youth to fill the jails and prisons.

3.      Seducing them into a socioeconomic class system which, while training them to earn more dollars, hypnotizes them into believing they are better than others and teaches them to think in terms of “we” and “they” instead of “us.”

4.      So, while it is permissible to chase “middleclassness” with all our might, we must avoid the third separation method – the psychological entrapment of Black “middleclassness.”  If we avoid this snare, we will also diminish our “voluntary” contributions to methods A and B.  And more importantly, Black people no longer will be deprived of their birthright: the leadership, resourcefulness and example of their own talented persons.

9.      Pledge to Make the Fruits of All Developing and Acquired Skills Available to the Black Community.
 

10.  Pledge to Allocate Regularly, a Portion of Personal Resources for Strengthening and Supporting Black Institutions.

11.  Pledge Allegiance to All Black Leadership Who Espouse and Embrace the Black Value System.

12.  Personal Commitment to Embracement of the Black Value System.  To measure the worth and validity of all activity in terms of positive contributions to the general welfare of the Black Community and the Advancement of Black People towards freedom.

 

Talking Points

Dr. Wright’s talking points (3.1.7) for Trinity United Church of Christ its Web site and the Black Value System (in response to Erik Rush’s comments (2.28.07) on the Hannity and Colmes show):

• One of the biggest gaps in knowledge that causes the kind of ignorance that you hear spouted by this man [Erik Rush] and those like him, has to do with the fact that these persons are completely ignorant when it comes to the Black religious tradition. The vision statement of Trinity United Church of Christ is based upon the systematized liberation theology that started in 1969 with the publication of Dr. James Cone’s book, Black Power and Black Theology.

• Black theology is one of the many theologies in the Americas that became popular during the liberation theology movement. They include Hispanic theology, Native American theology, Asian theology and Womanist theology.

• I use the word “systematized” because Black liberation theology was in existence long before Dr. Cone’s book. It originates in the days of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade. It was systematized and published by theologians, Old Testament scholars, New Testament scholars, ethicists, church historians, and historians of religion such as Dr. James Cone, Dr. Cain Hope Felder, Dr. Gayraud Wilmore, Dr. Jacqueline Grant, Dr. Kelley Brown Douglas, Dr. Renita Weems, Dr. Katie Cannon, Dr. Dwight Hopkins, Dr. Linda Thomas, and Dr. Randall Bailey.

• These scholars, who write in various disciplines, also include seminary presidents like Dr. John Kinney and professors of Hebrew Bible, like Dr. Jerome Ross. Black liberation theology defines Africans and African Americans as subjects – not the objects which colonizers and oppressors have consistently defined “others” as.

• We [African Americans] were always seen as objects. When we started defining ourselves, it scared those who try to control others by naming them and defining them for them; Oppressors do not like “others” defining themselves.

• To have a church whose theological perspective starts from the vantage point of Black liberation theology being its center, is not to say that African or African American people are superior to any one else.

• African-centered thought, unlike Eurocentrism, does not assume superiority and look at everyone else as being inferior.

• There is more than one center from which to view the world. In the words of Dr. Janice Hale, “Difference does not mean deficience.” It is from this vantage point that Black liberation theology speaks.

• Systematized Black liberation theology is 40 years old. Scholars of African and African American religious history show that Black liberation theology, however, has been in existence for 400 years. It is found in the songs, the sermons, the testimonies and the oral literature of Africans throughout the Diaspora.

[Uncle George]

This “church”, seems like a great hiding place for a “closet Muslim”.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks g.

[george76]

It is completely impossible for liberal, white Americans to see reality.

They are in total denial.

Second, they see it as their duty to suffer...

Weird, I know.

[george76]

Obama is a trojan horse for islam.

[VOA]

Has that photo has never found its’ way into any
major newspaper or magazine?

If so, I’ll be a bit shocked.
And realize that Hillary and Co. are “playing for keeps”.

[george76]

Not that I know of.

Hillary may be saving it for a better moment ?

[Sender]

Yes; they are exactly African-Americans, especially if they hold dual citizenship. I have to laugh when American black people call themselves African-Americans.

As for Native Americans, I suppose if you go back far enough, dinosaurs were Native Americans, and before that, protozoans were Native Americans.

What other name would you prefer for "Indians" who were here before Europeans? I don't have a better name.