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Mercnbeth -> RE: Interesting Quotes from Obama's Pastor (3/14/2008 5:01:35 PM)
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ORIGINAL: stef
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ORIGINAL: Mercnbeth
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Obama's Gave $22,500 to Racist Church in 2006
Source: http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2008/03/obamas-gave-22500-to-racist-church-in.html
That would be the equivalent of me giving $22k to the DNC, or the current version of the RNC for that matter.
It would? Do you consider either of those groups to be your church? That's pretty fucked up, Merc [;)] Seeing the way people have a faith based belief in all that's done in the name of either the DNC or RNC, yup - it's a 'religion'. Some people are more orthodox than others, but it reminds me of my days as a member of the 'one true church'. By definition anything said, coming from, or associated by any other church was considered blasphemy.
You don't think that's the case? [8|]
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So what is he, a hypocrite, or a believer?
I might be going out on a limb here, but I think that makes him a parishioner who made a donation to his church.
I checked, there are 14 noun definitions for the word church http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/church . All of them have a reference indicating a community sharing common belief.
Lets use your word - parishioner. Only one definition there; "one of the community or inhabitants of a parish." He is a member of the community who's beliefs are represented by the Church. If you'd like I can post a reference to a Senator Obama quote saying that Reverend Wright was "inspiring". He's been "inspired" for 20 years. Confirming his affiliation during that time by service as well as monetary contributions.
I would never suggest that I have more integrity than Senator Obama, but the only other time I was a member of Church outside of Roman Catholic, I was a 'baptized' Methodist. The pastor really was my "inspiration" in becoming 'spiritual'. One day - he announced the closing of his community outreach service into the gay community in NYC. They ran a bible study program for gay men. The reason given was that there was pressure exclude gays from within the 'Church' 'community'. Not that I donated $22k back in those days, but I quit the Church that day - turning in my choir robe. I would think if I stayed my membership would represent complicity, if not, it would have represented hypocrisy.
Bottom line - I agree with you, he's a parishioner. Pragmatically, the decision is to be comfortable with his belief, and his parish, or church, or not.
What do you think - as a parishioner of this church - will this help him get elected in November? If he is the party's choice Senator McCain will save a shit load of production fees on his advertisement. All he has to do is run Senator Clinton's, and show Senator Obama calling Reverend Wright an "uncle" while playing his sermons in the background.
WOW-Its going to be a FUN summer with these campaign to watch!
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