| | Here is an interlude from the current series.....
I just received word from the "Westboro Baptist Church" who will be picketing the funeral of Obama's grandmother.
see link http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x7800850
They are doing so in "religious" protest.
Part of the objection here is a rather strange one - they are protesting the way Obama's grandmother raised him! This has got to be the most bizarre line of thinking I've seen in a long time. Here they are making judgment calls "getting right with God, life, death, Heaven, Hell, sin, righteousness, judgment to come, etc. " What about mercy & forgiveness? The claim here is that these 'protesters' ally themselves with Jesus BUT appear to lack both clear reasoning skills and possess a strange detachment and lack of empathy for Obama's family. I don't know much about Obama's grandmother but it is likely they shared some views while contrasting others. Do you share all the views that your parent's do???
For sure there are self-righteous pronouncements "then she has much to answer for as she stands before the Lord." Plainly we ALL will answer for many things before the Lord.
Moreover, "Obama says he will use the White House as a Bully Pulpit to advance the cause of murdering more babies and same-sex marriage." I understand Obama's position on abortion and do NOT at all agree with it. However, the Republicans have been pro-life and luring conservative Christians for years with a promise of pro-life change..... yet I have yet to see any fruit (mostly empty promises). Indeed, while there is much protest over the life of the unborn (which i think is a good thing - BUT it must be at the RIGHT place and the RIGHT time). Protesting at a stranger's funeral (Obama's grandmother) LACKS any compassion whatsoever. Ask yourself - would you like strangers with an agenda shouting and interrupting your grandmothers funeral?
For sake of consistency where were the protests when young men were aborted in their youth thru a war based on spurious information (Re; Iraq)? I suppose these brave soldiers have little worth except to extract a greater piece of the pie for the advancement of a nation-states interests. I would call that IDOL worship.
Vengeance Does belong to God it certainly does not belong to us. In all their righteous indignation they have forgotten what Jesus taught - DO good to our 'enemies.' Do you want to win someone over to a differing position? Try conforming to Jesus' character; compassion, patience, justice, love, mercy. Finally, religion often demands conformity and rigidity - no thanks - I don't want any part of that, Instead, the teachings of Christ demand an order based on an otherworldly system that contrasts to the methods WE try to enforce to get our own way.
Protesting the President Elect's grandmother is an ideal way of hardening hearts and furthering division when there are much more creative ways of tackling the many spiritual/moral issues we must contend with. Choose life...and practice mercy.
The Groundworks
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