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A bheil Gàidhlig agaibh?
Guilt by association?
Published Fri, Mar 14 2008 12:59 AM
Technorati Tags: Democrats, Politics, Religion
Conservative talk radio is abuzz over the race-baiting, America hating, anti-Semitic "pastor" of Barack Obama's church. When Sean Hannity first brought it up, I was thinking that he was treading on ground that ought not to be trod upon. After all, when a conservative brings up issues of race we're invariably accused of racism, even when we're exposing it in others.
Then Rush stepped into it. And so did Mark Levin. And now, my good friend Angel.
I don't really believe in guilt by association. A man isn't guilty of a crime simply because the people he hangs out with are. Barack Obama isn't necessarily a racist just because his pastor is. Hillary Clinton isn't necessarily a racist just because Geraldine Ferraro made some comments that some people have taken to be racist.
It's plain that politicians believe in guilt by association. Why else did Hillary Clinton call for Barack Obama to reject Louis Farrakhan's support? Why else did Barack Obama's campaign call on Hillary to disassociate herself with Geraldine Ferraro?
Let's leave that aside though. There are other, better reasons that Barack Obama ought to turn away from this "pastor".
Have you ever heard the expression "you are what you eat?" Well it's true spiritually as well as physically. In Proverbs 4 we're advised to avoid the way of wicked, evil men.
14Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men. 15Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away. 16For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall. 17For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence. 18But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day. 19The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
Jeremiah Wright preaches hatred. He preaches violence. He preaches anti-Semitism. He likens America to the Ku Klux Klan and says that we deserved what happened on 9/11. He's honored Louis Farrakhan. His rhetoric toward Hillary Clinton seethes with hatred. He preaches black victimhood and spews foulness…
And, Barack Obama is happy to be seen with him. That is a smile on his (Obama's) face after all in this photo from the Baltimore Sun…
Rev. Wright preaches "black liberation theology", a form of Marxism disguised as Christianity, and based upon being black, rather than upon class solidarity. Based upon his liberal voting record and outright support of the socialist agenda, as well as the title of his second memoir, it's clear that Barack Obama's politics have been influenced at least in part by his pastor of 20 years.
When I was in my early 20s, I enjoyed listening to rock music. Some of it was pretty bad, although I didn't even think about it. And then one day, my youth group leader brought a bunch of record albums to a meeting… and started reading the lyrics aloud.
Understand that this was in the early 1980s. What kids listened to then was mild compared to what I hear coming out of my older son's CDs and hear and see him watching on MTV. Today's rap and hip-hop is absolutely foul-mouthed and leaves little to the imagination compared to the music I listened to back then. I listened to it primarily because I enjoyed the music. I didn't pay much attention to what the musicians were saying.
Even so, in a Church setting, to hear those lyrics read aloud in a dispassionate voice was unsettling. It was also a bit embarrassing. The music of the day was full of sexual innuendo. It was mildly pornographic. It was full of references to intoxicants and praised the drug culture. It was full of rebellion and anti-social attitudes.
… And I listened to it just about every day, as did literally tens of millions of teenagers and young adults like myself. Go back and listen to some of it for a bit. Today's "classic rock" is the music I grew up with. Some of it goes back to the sixties, but most is from the seventies and eighties …
Listen carefully to the lyrics. Tell me if you don't hear a lot of today's liberalism in them. Recall that a lot of the people in power today are children of the sixties.
What you listen to regularly your mind absorbs. The attitudes and thoughts that you immerse yourself in easily and stealthily become your own. I had to unlearn a lot of the things that my music "taught" me.
How much more so do the things that you listen to influence you when you are seeking spiritual truth? When you go to Church or Synagogue to worship God, do you truly listen to what the pastor or rabbi is saying with a critical ear, or do you accept it because, after all, he's inspired by God when he speaks? Don't you go to have fellowship with like minded people seeking spiritual truths?
A man who for twenty years has hatred, anti-Semitism, racism and venom preached at him will surely absorb some of it.
Recall also, as Mark Levin noted, that, should he become President, Barack Obama will be charged with the appointment of a few thousand government officials. What pool of candidates will he select those appointees from? Surely many of them will be from his close associates.
Who's been influencing them?
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