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I think Senator Obama is right to resign from his church. A church, in my opinion, is a house of worship where people go to commune with God. If it is turned into a political or comedy stage then it defeats its purpose. If it is not peace and salvation that one gets from a visit to a church then there is no point in being a member.
The first time Rev. Wright's statements were broadcast my reaction was dismay and disgust. I agree he was expressing the anguish of his community and exposing the hypocrisy of the American political system but I did not think then, and I don't think now, that a church is the place for such outbursts. The spiritual sanctity of a church must be respected by all, even the priest.
We in the United States believe that religion and politics should not mix and yet my grandfather, Mohandas Gandhi, believed otherwise. He said we cannot remove religion from any aspect of human life, least of all politics. For Gandhi religion was the foundation of morality and ethics. How can we put aside morals and ethics from any aspect of our lives? Of course, Gandhi's point of view must be understood in its proper perspective.
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June 3, 2008; 3:35 AM ET
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Posted by: A. B. | July 9, 2008 9:40 PM
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NO Rev Israel, Rev wright was lying from the pulpit. The fact that you are willing to let him skate on this because he happens to be Black is doing him no favors and spiritually doing him a great deal of harm.
Based purely on the number of mentions and time devoted to it lying is the worst sin in the Bible. And putting lies in the mouth of God which is what you do when you tell lies from the Pulpit is viewed by God as the moral equivalent of Judas selling out Jesus.
Posted by: Garyd | June 7, 2008 10:06 AM
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PLEASE DON'T POST HERE. HOPEFULLY, QUINN WILL
WE ALL KNOW HE'S A RACIST AND A BIGOT.
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DON'T POST. HOPEFULLY, QUINN WILL SEND THE OLD
MAN BACK TO HIS ROOM TO PLAY WITH HIS BLOCKS.
Posted by: Anonymous | June 5, 2008 7:23 PM
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I agree whole heartedly with your grandfather, but not with you. While I think that Rev. Wright's teachings fell outside of what I would deem appropriate, he was preaching from the perspective of the African American ongoing plight with our government and systems of inequity and injustice. I believe, though in my understanding he was not completely accurate, that Rev. Wright was encouraging his congregation to consider God's judgement on these systems of oppression and to not be complicit with them. We call that "civil disobedience." Those sorts of calls from the pulpit have aided society in ridding slavery and child labor; they have gotten women the right to vote and to speak in houses of worship; and they have protected workers from unfair labor practices; all of which, I believe, within the realm of appropriate responses to the peace, salvation and communion with God that is experienced in our places of worship.
Wright may have been wrong, but the use of places of worship to stir up unrest when systems of injustice reign... is right
Posted by: Rev. David Israel | June 4, 2008 3:52 PM
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Truly unfortunate that this racist man is still allowed to post in this forum.