RE: Obama's speech today

I've been to one Southern Baptist service, my ex-mother in
law's baptism,
and it might as well have been an ultra right wing political
rally.

The pastor ended the call for tithing with "Even if you
don't believe in
what we're doing, give" 

It was all I could do to not run out screaming.. 

The pastor's gonna be really surprised when he winds up on a
perpetual spit
over an open flame.

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-----Original Message-----
From: Bruce Sorge [mailto:sorgebgmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2008 10:18 PM
To: CF-Community
Subject: Re: Obama's speech today

I think his speech writers did a good job. It does not make
me like the 
man any more or any less really. I just feel his speech
writers spun it 
pretty well. In my years of attending Southern Baptist
services in Texas 
and California, not once have my pastors interjected their
personal 
political views into their sermons, and they never engaged
in any kind 
of hate mongering the way that "Reverend" Wright
did. All they ever did 
was preach the Word of God, which is what they are supposed
to do.

The way I see it, this is the beginning of a long line of
his dirty 
laundry being aired. The man seems like a Boy Scout and to
be honest, if 
a politician does not have some skeletons in the closet then
there is 
something wrong. Everyone has secrets. At least Clinton and
McCain have 
had years of this treatment by the press already, so now it
is Obama's turn.

Of course this is just my opinion.

Bruce

Dana wrote:
> So Sam aside, does it seem like a long overdue speech?
I think he took
> an issue some were trying to spin for political gain
and not only put
> it into contect but transcended it.
>
>   
>



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Yes, sadly there are churches like this and it is
unfortunate. The 
pulpit is not a place to talk politics, and if the
congregation allows 
this then they are just as much at fault as the pastor. I
guess I have 
been lucky in picking churches that only care about
spreading the Word. 
And that remark that he made was not right either. If you
don't believe 
in what they are doing, then why are you there? Why are you
supporting 
the Church?

Bruce


Scott Stewart wrote:
> I've been to one Southern Baptist service, my ex-mother
in law's baptism,
> and it might as well have been an ultra right wing
political rally.
>
> The pastor ended the call for tithing with "Even
if you don't believe in
> what we're doing, give" 
>
> It was all I could do to not run out screaming.. 
>
> The pastor's gonna be really surprised when he winds up
on a perpetual spit
> over an open flame.
>
>   

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