29 September 2010
My Boss' Thoughts
There has been a lot going around lately about President Obama's religious views. With all the emails and news reports I was with the rest of America in believing he was Muslim or at least leaned toward Islam. I think it is everybody's job to correct rumors no matter how you feel about the person. I encourage you to watch these two youtube videos. After the first one (part 4 of his speech) has downloaded, fast forward to 7:00 minutes in, it cuts off mid-sentence with how we are saved, but picks right up on the 2nd link (part 5), watch until about 3:00 minutes in. I was very encouraged by his words and agree with him on much of what he said. Christ died for our sins, we are saved by His grace, public service expresses our Christian Faith. We are predominantly a Christian nation, BUT we must respect others' freedoms to worship as they choose, (God doesn't force us to worship him, we can't force others). He is the president and it isn't the Government's job to regulate religion, including abortion, not matter how I feel about it. I'd appreciate your thoughts.
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I had actually seen an edited version of this clip on the news this morning, and I agree with you, that I was encouraged by his words. He told me what I needed to hear. The crux of his statement and the situation, I think, is that many people don't trust him. Then the question becomes, "Is he being genuine or he is purposefully telling me what I want to hear?" The eternal optimist in me wants to believe him.
The difficulty of America's acceptance of other religions (and I think this is getting off topic of your post) is that those other countries are not very accepting of multiple religions; moreover, they are not tolerant in general, thus they do not "get" our ideas of freedom of religion. The paradox here is that they've come to expect of us (freedom of religion) what they don't/can't guarantee in their own countries. Do they see our tolerance as weakness?
you're such a hippie now...
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