September 4, 2008
August 27, 2008
Pastor Randy White is supporting Barack Obama
According to the Tampa Tribune, Evangelical Pastor Randy White is supporting Barack Obama in his 2008 run for the White House. In fact, the Federal Election Commission Records indicate that Pastor White has given $2000 to the Obama 2008 Campaign. In a blog posted on “The Rambling Prophet” Pastor White is quoted in an interview with the following statement: “The economy is a big issue, I think people are really tired of the war, and I love the way he communicates and touches people,”
Pastor White, if you would please sir, explain how a pro-abortion Presidential Candidate touches you on the abortion issue. Especially when he made a statement like this. “When it comes specifically to HIV/AIDS, the most important prevention is education, which should include — which should include abstinence education and teaching the children — teaching children, you know, that sex is not something casual. But it should also include — it should also include other, you know, information about contraception because, look, I’ve got two daughters. 9 years old and 6 years old. I am going to teach them first of all about values and morals. But if they make a mistake, I don’t want them punished with a baby. I don’t want them punished with an STD at the age of 16. You know, so it doesn’t make sense to not give them information.”
Pastor White, can you honestly say that God is leading you to support a man that believes this way to be the leader of our country.? What kind of Pastor can stand behind a man that would consider taking a baby’s life because it was a mistake? What about the sanctity of life? Is the voice of the child in the womb now being silenced in our churches as well? It would seem, based on Pastor White’s statement of support that the economy trumps the lives of the unborn. At least that’s the impression I have.
What do you think?
August 24, 2008
Barack Obama has “re-opened a wound among American Catholics”
Barack Obama has “re-opened a wound among American Catholics”
Fred Jackson- OneNewsNow – 8/23/2008 6:40:00 AM
http://www.onenewsnow.com/Business/Default.aspx?id=225738
For once I actually AGREE with the Catholic church on something. There is no doubt that the Catholic church and me do NOT agree on Doctrinal issues and we are not likely to see eye to eye on them any time soon. However, on this issue we most certainly agree. The truth is this MUST open a wound for ALL TRUE born again Bible believing Christians. Those that believe every Word in the Bible is the inspired Word of God and it cannot be taken lightly nor can any part of it just be tossed aside because it doesn’t fit our personal thought or desire for today. By the way as you will see even the Catholic church will NOT stand behind you if you support the MURDERING of helpless unborn children. So you can’t be a Catholic and an abortion supporter at the same time either. So why do you Christians think you can be a Christian and a murderer too?
In all honesty I am sickened by all the so called Christians, Pastors, ministers and those that lead others in religious matters backing Obama and calling their people to do the same thing. Have you lost your MINDS? How can any one back some one that is FOR abortion not just while it is inside the mothers womb helpless but also after one is born and some how survived the horrible procedure of RIPPING the baby limb from limb and sucking it’s brain’s out with a vacuum. Obama voted to MAKE the Doctors leave that baby to lay there and DIE because it was unwanted.
No, I am sorry to tell you but you cannot have both worlds. You either support God and everything He stands for and you back it no matter what it costs you OR you are totally against God in everything you do. God will look at those who have supported this kind of demonic trash and tell them to depart from Him because they are workers of iniquity. Look it up for yourself, and see if this is not correct. Read the article for yourself and see which side of the fence you are one, you cannot straddle this fence. It’s one side or the other. Life or death, you choose!!!
The Roman Catholic group, Fidelis, says Barack Obama’s selection of pro-abortion Catholic Joe Biden to be his V.P. running mate “is a slap in the face to Catholic voters” and poses a major challenge for American Catholics.
In a press release sent out overnight, Fidelis president, Brian Burch, declared that Barack Obama has “re-opened a wound among American Catholics” by picking a pro-abortion Catholic politician like Joe Biden.
According to Burch, the American Catholic bishops have made it clear that Catholic political leaders must defend the dignity of every human person, including the unborn.
” Sadly, Joe Biden’s tenure in the United States Senate has been marked by steadfast support for legal abortion” he added.
During the recent Democratic primary campaign Biden said: I am a long-standing supporter of Roe v Wade and a woman’s right to choose.”
Burch notes that in 2004, John Kerry’s support of abortion sparked a nationwide controversey over whether Catholics who support legal abortion can receive
communion.
Burch says “now, everywhere Biden campaigns, we’ll have this question of whether a pro-abortion Catholic can receive Communion.”
“Senator Biden is an unrepentant supporter of abortion in direct opposition to the church he claims as his own. Selecting a pro-abortion Catholic is a slap in the face to Catholic voters,” said Burch.
According to Burch, “The American bishops have instructed Catholic voters to consider many issues, but have characterized the defense of human life as foundational and have explained that the issue has a special claim on the conscience of the Catholic voter. This means that a political candidate like Biden, because of his strong support for abortion rights, forfeits any claim for support despite his views on other issues like health care and the economy.”
August 21, 2008
August 17, 2008
Saddleback presidential forum: How did they respond?
Presidential hopefuls Barack Obama and John McCain were tested about their views on a wide range of topics last night during a forum hosted by well known author and pastor, Rick Warren. Here’s a summary of how they responded.
Hour 1: Obama
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama says America’s greatest moral failure is not abiding by the command of Jesus in the book of Matthew to care for “the least of these.”
“That basic principle applies to poverty it applies to racism and sexism, it applies to not having, not thinking about providing ladders of opportunity for people to get into the middle class,” said Obama. “There’s a pervasive sense I think that this country as wealthy and powerful as we are, still don’t spend enough time thinking about the least of these.”
Obama said the greatest personal moral failure was his use of drugs and alcohol during his teenage years.
On abortion:
Obama says he is not sure when an unborn baby should be considered a human life worth protecting. He also could not provide an instance where he voted for legislation designed to limit abortions.
When asked by Pastor Warren when he believes a baby receives human rights, Obama did not provide a specific response. “I think that whether you’re looking at it from a theological perspective or a scientific perspective, answering that question with specificity is above my pay grade,” says Obama.
Obama says he believes in Roe v. Wade not because he’s pro-abortion, but because women don’t make decisions about abortion “casually.” He suggested Americans can find common ground on ways to reduce abortions.
On marriage:
Obama said he believes marriage should be defined as a sacred union between a man and a woman, but says he would not support a constitutional amendment with such language.
“Historically we have not defined marriage in our Constitution,” he explained. “It’s been a matter of state law that has been our tradition. Now, let’s break it down. The reason that people that think there needs to be a constitutional amendment some people believe is because of the concern about same-sex marriage.”
Obama says while he is not someone who promotes same-sex marriage, he does back civil unions for homosexuals.
Hour 2: McCain
On energy:
Republican presidential hopeful John McCain says the most significant position he held 10-years ago, that he no longer holds today, was his onetime opposition to offshore oil drilling. According to the GOP White House hopeful, “We’ve got to drill here, we’ve got to drill now and we’ve got to become independent of foreign oil.
McCain contends it is a national security issue. “We’re sending seven hundred billion-dollars a year to countries that don’t like us very much,” said McCain. “[A]nd some of that money is ending up in the hands of terrorist organizations. We cannot allow this greatest transfer of wealth in history and for our national security to be threatened.”
McCain argues the U.S. needs wind, tide, solar, and nuclear power, as well as hydrogen cars to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and save on energy costs.
On abortion:
Unlike his rival Barack Obama, McCain declared strongly that he believes a baby is entitled to human rights at the moment of conception.
“I have a twenty-five year pro-life record in the Congress, in the Senate and as president of the United States, I will be a pro-life president and this presidency will have pro-life policies. That’s my commitment. That’s my commitment to you,” said McCain.
McCain says the issue of embryonic stem cell research has been a “great struggle and a terrible dilemma” for the pro-life movement. He acknowledged his support for federal funding of embryonic stem cell research, but said he was “wildly optimistic” that skin cell research “will make this debate an academic one.”
On marriage:
McCain reaffirmed his belief that the California Supreme Court was wrong to legalize same-sex marriage.
Like his Democratic opponent, McCain stated that marriage should be defined as between one man and one woman. “I’m a federalist. I believe that states should make those decisions. In my state I hope we will make that decision. In other states they have — to recognize the unique status of marriage between man and woman,” he contends. “…that doesn’t mean that people can’t enter into legal agreements, that they don’t have the rights of all citizens.”
If a federal court decided that Arizona must abide by the Massachusetts court ruling legalizing same-sex marriage, McCain said he would support a federal marriage amendment.
On religious persecution:
According to McCain, he would use the most important asset of a president — “the bully pulpit” — to call on oppressive countries like China to end religious persecution.
He invoked Ronald Reagan, who the Arizona Senator says stood for and said what he believed. “He said to those people who were then captive nations: The day will come when you will know freedom and democracy and the fundamental rights of man,” McCain noted. “Our Judeo-Christian principles dictate that we do what we can to help people who are oppressed throughout the world. And I’d like to tell you that I still think that even in the worst places in the world today and the darkest corners, little countries like Belarus, they still harbor this hope and dream someday to be like us.”
McCain called the United States “the most unusual experiment in history.”
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