Going To Church Is Bad Politics?
First, Louis Farrakhan’s endorsement of Barak Obama raised the ire of some voters.
Now Barak Obama’s minister Jeremiah Wright, who inspired the title of Obama’s book The Audacity of Hope, threatens Obama’s presidential hopes. I hope the title was worth it, Obama.
Since candidates are now held accountable for their preachers, I expect church enrollment to take a massive drop. Sunday School is still safe, as long as politicians vacate with their families before the service begins.
A fine excuse to avoid the collection plate, akin to this guy’s convoluted attempt to avoid paying gas:
And one can only imagine the political damage that will be done once preachers who speak in tongues have their sermons translated by Fox News.
In wake of Barak Obama’s trouble with ministers, I guess kids have a new excuse not to go to church:
“Mama, I wanna be President.”
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March 18th, 2008 at 7:30 pm
It’s bad enough for pastors already, as potential parishoners evaluate the pastor regarding whether he or she will provide the services to meet the potential parishoners’ needs. (Too many think of church as a smorgasbord of things to be consumed, rather than a place to serve.)
Now, with this latest brouhaha, potential parishoners will probably require pastors to fill out political opinion surveys before they start attending.
“I’m sorry, Reverend Smith, but your answer to the ’support for endangered species’ question could cause problems for Tommy Junior in the future. He’s treasurer of the junior high student council, you know.”
March 21st, 2008 at 2:05 pm
Here is a web address:
http://www.uticaod.com/homepage/x1637676857
that relates to this article where Clinton’s former pastor was convicted and is serving 3 year for lying under oath and inappropriately touching a 7 year old girl. If people want to play the person by pastor association, then I would support someone practicing their Freedom of Speech since there is no Freedom of Being a Pedophile.
March 25th, 2008 at 3:46 pm
Phucket, this ain’t Thailand.