Obama
Hi everyone!
I just watched two of Obama’s videos about faith and politics. He is very interesting. I agree with both Brooke and Clara about Obama, he’s smart, careful with his words, and knows how to get people’s attention. I also noticed when he was talking about Jericho in one of his speeches, he was saying stuff that wasn’t really in the Bible.
I think Obama is more like an every day ‘I’m good so I’m a “Christian”‘ rather than a true genuine believer. (Shrug) what do you guys think?
I must admit, though, that i agree with the whole “change” thing he has going on. I do think America needs to change, just not the way he wants to change it. I think America needs to come back to God while Obama appears to think America needs to just stop fighting and work together.
What do you guys think?
March 31st, 2008 at 7:35 pm
Yes, I saw that too D.J. Obama kept talking about unity too. He quoted someone (I don’t remember the name) saying “Unity is the great need of the hour.”
He also said that unity starts with changing the heart and mind. We see that he has a theme of unity and change.
Like D.J. said, Obama mentioned the story of Jericho. He kept saying that we need to be one voice like the Isrealites when they yelled after they heard the trumpet.
Something else he addressed was the fact that we are no longer men vs. women, or red vs. blue, but we are Christian’s vs. non Christians.
Brooke
April 1st, 2008 at 4:30 am
Since Obama first became popular as a potential democratic nominee, i doubted his claims of Christianity. I believe his political stances concerning abortion and homosexuality alone are enough to show that he is not a Christian, and the recent situation with his church and the Rev. Jeremiah Wright only further my belief that he is not a true Christian.
Spirituality aside, I do not support any of his political ideology except for his expressed willingness to support Israel. Obama has one very powerful weapon on his side, and that is his public image. He is a master at public speaking and he can make nearly any audience ‘feel good’ about his ideas regardless of the substance [or lack thereof] backing the ideas.
I know people who would support him simply because he ‘has the ability to make people want to follow him in bringing change to America.’ ‘Change’ is an ambiguous word isn’t it? Adolf Hitler had a unique talent for public speaking as well, and look at the ‘change’ he bought to Germany during Nazi rule [1933-45]. Now I’m NOT comparing Obama’s ideology to Hitler’s, but the principle is the same. ‘Change’ is not always good. And BAD ‘change’ broadcasted by a master of public speaking is even worse!
There is my opinion regarding Barack Obama.
I would like to see what ya’ll think about this quote off of the ‘Statement of Faith’ page on Obama’s website:
“Whatever we once were, we are no longer just a Christian nation; we are also a Jewish nation, a Muslim nation, a Buddhist nation, a Hindu nation, and a nation of nonbelievers.”
His entire statement of faith is found here:
http://www.barackobama.com/pdf/ObamaonFaith.pdf