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To: pissant
It's not just the pastor. The 'About Us' Statement from Mr. Obama's church reeks divisiveness. I can't believe the oiliness of this guy if he thinks he's going to ooze away from this issue by his hand-waving disclaimer (of the good 'honorable ex-marine Bible Scholar extraordinaire' former pastor).

There certainly not much about preaching or worshiping Jesus in this 'church's' Statement... But an awful lot about worshiping race:

About Us

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:

A congregation committed to ADORATION.
A congregation preaching SALVATION.
A congregation actively seeking RECONCILIATION.
A congregation with a non-negotiable COMMITMENT TO AFRICA.
A congregation committed to BIBLICAL EDUCATION.
A congregation committed to CULTURAL EDUCATION.
A congregation committed to the HISTORICAL EDUCATION OF AFRICAN PEOPLE IN DIASPORA.
A congregation committed to LIBERATION.
A congregation committed to RESTORATION.
A congregation working towards ECONOMIC PARITY.

So Mr. Obama was a member of this church for 20 years? A one week membership deserves a flush.

By the way -- and as an aside: Mr. Obama's disclaimer talks about how in his 20 year membership at this church he was married and his two children were baptized....... Given that Mr. Obama was never a member of a church prior to tucc (possibly a member of a mosque as a child, but never a member of a church)... does this mean that Mr. ('committed Christian') Obama has never been baptized? Now I'm not one to claim that water gets one saved (its the washing of the Holy Spirit that does this work), but interesting nonetheless (and adding credence to the claims that Mr. Obama may still maintain mohammedan 'affections')...

59 posted on 03/14/2008 2:26:41 PM PDT by El Cid (Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house...)
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To: El Cid
God has superintended our pilgrimage through the days of slavery, the days of segregation, and the long night of racism.

Two of these things have nothing to do with Osama Hussein Obama. He is not the ancestor of slaves (maybe slavers), he knows nothing of segregation but he has been taught racism by his "pastor".

72 posted on 03/14/2008 4:35:58 PM PDT by isthisnickcool (Hillary / Obama - 2008 <---Bet on it. She will do it to win.)
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To: El Cid

Hmmmmm.... just try to imagine the media reaction to a presidential candidate whose church spewed similar stuff about a whites-only Eurocentric church.


76 posted on 03/14/2008 11:45:45 PM PDT by Enchante (Governor Spitzer, can you recommend a "high class" prostitute for a Democrat friend?)
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