
WASHINGTON-
[Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on Friday denounced inflammatory remarks from his pastor, who has railed against the United States and accused the country of bringing on the Sept. 11 attacks by spreading terrorism.Obama called the statements appearing on television and the Internet "completely unacceptable and inexcusable" in a Fox News interview and said they didn't reflect the kinds of sermons he had heard from the Rev. Jeremiah Wright while attending services at Chicago's Trinity United Church of Christ.
]{{{{{{Obama, a member of the church since the early 1990s, said he would have quit Trinity
(WOW...really...???) had such statements been "the repeated tenor of the church. ... I wouldn't feel comfortable there."
}}}}}}[[[[[[Earlier Friday, Obama responded by posting a blog about his relationship with Wright and Trinity on the Huffington Post. Wright brought Obama to Christianity, officiated at his wedding, baptized his daughters and inspired the title of his book, "The Audacity of Hope."Obama wrote that he's looked to Wright for spiritual advice, not political guidance, and he's been pained and angered to learn of some of his pastor's comments for which he had not been present.
]]]]]] Obama told MSNBC that Wright had stepped down from his campaign's African American Religious Leadership Committee."I categorically denounce any statement that disparages our great country or serves to divide us from our allies," Obama said in his blog posting.
["I also believe that words that degrade individuals have no place in our public dialogue, whether it's on the campaign stump or in the pulpit. In sum, I reject outright the statements by Reverend Wright that are at issue."
]blah,blah,blah,blah..{{{{{{{{{{In a sermon on the Sunday after the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, Wright suggested the United States brought on the attacks."We bombed Hiroshima, we bombed Nagasaki, and we nuked far more than the thousands in New York and the Pentagon, and we never batted an eye," Wright said. "We have supported state terrorism against the Palestinians and black South Africans, and now we are indignant because the stuff we have done overseas is now brought right back to our own front yards. America's chickens are coming home to roost."In a 2003 sermon, he said blacks should condemn the United States."The government gives them the drugs, builds bigger prisons, passes a three-strike law and then wants us to sing 'God Bless America.' No, no, no, God damn America, that's in the Bible for killing innocent people. God damn America for treating our citizens as less than human. God damn America for as long as she acts like she is God and she is supreme."He also gave a sermon in December comparing Obama to Jesus, promoting his candidacy and criticizing his rival, Hillary Rodham Clinton."Barack knows what it means to be a black man to be living in a country and a culture that is controlled by rich white people," Wright told a cheering congregation."Hillary can never know that. Hillary ain't never been called a nigger."
}}}}}}}}}[[[[Obama told MSNBC that he would not repudiate Wright as a man, describing him as "like an uncle" who says something that he disagrees with and must speak out against. He also said he expects his political opponents will use video of the sermons to attack him as the campaign goes on.Questions about Obama's religious beliefs have dogged him throughout his candidacy. He's had to fight against false Internet rumors suggesting he's really a Muslim intent on destroying the United States, and now his pastor's words uttered nearly seven years ago have become an issue.Obama wrote on the Huffington Post that he never heard Wright say any of the statements, but he acknowledged that they have raised legitimate questions about the nature of his relationship with the pastor and the church. He wrote that he joined Wright's church nearly 20 years ago, familiar with the pastor's background as a former Marine and respected biblical scholar who lectured at seminaries across the country."Reverend Wright preached the gospel of Jesus, a gospel on which I base my life," he wrote. "And the sermons I heard him preach always related to our obligation to love God and one another, to work on behalf of the poor and to seek justice at every turn."He said Wright's controversial statements first came to his attention at the beginning of his presidential campaign last year, and he condemned them. Because of his long and deep ties to the 6,000-member congregation church, Obama said he decided not to leave."With Reverend Wright's retirement and the ascension of my new pastor, Rev. Otis Moss III, Michelle and I look forward to continuing a relationship with a church that has done so much good," he wrote. Also Friday, the United Church of Christ issued a 1,400-word statement defending Wright and his "flagship" congregation. The statement lauded Wright's church for its community service and work to nurture youth and the pastor for speaking out against homophobia and sexism in the black community."It's time for all of us to say no to these attacks and to declare that we will not allow anyone to undermine or destroy the ministries of any of our congregations in order to serve their own narrow political or ideological ends,"
]]]] John H. Thomas, United Church of Christ's president, said in the statement.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080315/ap_on_el_pr/obama_pastor;_ylt=Al59ji8uAeqEqx4epNUMCfJI2ocAPS:I wouldnt spend a second talking about politics UNLESS they are involved or they touch the pulpit...
I decided to blog on this cause I think it is time for America and the world to know what real christianism is all about.
And certainly Obama's "pastor,friend and mentor" is not an example of a true christian....
If you have the opportunity to hear the entire preaching of Mr Wright,that is in question now,you would scratch your head in shock and disbelief that these kind of rethoric is "preached' from a pulpit in America with people(supposedly christians)cheering in the background.....UNBELIEVABLE....
This is just another example of how low the name of christianism has sunk in America and it seems to continue spiralling down rapidly.
At first,when I heard the message,I thought....well i understand why this black pastor says what he says and where he is coming from,but then....when I continued listening,I was SHOCKEd to say the least....
His rethoric was full of HATRED,for white people and also against America...
His choice of language was really poor to be kind....
His lack of control on his RANT,shows how little of the Spirit of God this man has....
It is not new in America,churches with pastors that are not saved or 100% carnal(aint that the same...?I wonder)
Now IF Obama wouldnt consider this man-Wright- his mentor and counsellor,and blahblahblah....I wouldnt be posting this....
I think Obama needs to explain which one of his mentor's concepts he doesnt agree with....
Is it his antisemite views....?
Is his life time achievement award to looney tunes hate preacher Louis Farrahkan...?
Is it that he disagrees with the whole Lybia trip...?
Is it that he doesnt agree that whites created AIDS to kill african american...?
Is it that the white man is the root of all evils...?
Is it that Jesus was a black man in a nation of white rich people?(yep since italian were in charge and were rich and white....sigh.....what an ignorant...!)
Is it that infamous"GOD ----America"????
Now all of the sudden he has developed
an arm lenght of distance between him and his "mentor"...????
So for twenty long years he never heard this kind of preaching...?
SO if he was not present didnt he hear from somebody at churcha bout these things...?
So IF he DISAGREED in these statements why in the world he wanted to continue attending and exposing his daughters to this...?
Or all of the sudden he NEVER ATTENDED CHURCH....?So now he is lying anyway....trying to let us believe he is a COMMITED CHRISTIAN....
He doesnt fool christians and well informed people in general....
He is a liar and a phony,and it is evident that he LUSTS to be the next president of America so bad....
Now would you like to have a president like that and a first lady that just recently felt good and proud about America...?What about their kids....???Are they growing to be racists and hate their own country...?
I didnt like the flag thing with Obama(you know what Im talking about)But this is way too much to let it go....
Well like the Bible says....ALL THINGS COME TO LIGHT....!!!!
Mr Wright has defiled the pulpit using his position to instill this type of rhetoric to his congregation.
His own church is not making ammends about it or apologizing....
Well there you go....Now Obama has some explaining to do....
I bet you that the Clinton camp is having a good laugh about it.....
DO NOT BE FOOLED,we can fool men BUt we cannot fool God or those that discern the times and the people.....
The Bible also says that whosoever hateh his brother is a murderer.....Wright should have been preaching FROM the BIBLE instead of this racist rants....Well now he is conveniently RETIRED.....!!!!!
Please watch,discern and pray before voting.....!!!!!!!!!!There are lots of wolves on sheep clothing out there....
As in the days of Noah....