“Race, Religion and The Roots of Barrack Obama's Faith” by J. Lee Grady is a gross overreaction and has an unnecessarily alarmist tone. I am a Christ-follower for more than 30 years now, and I happen to be an African-American.

 

I grew up in the Baltimore inner city and attended a church that was led by an African-American Pastor who was a product of the pre-civil rights and civil-rights eras. He marched and attended protests and experienced the hatefulness of white Americans during his upbringing. He occasionally preached a “social gospel” that included his “truth” about white America.

 

However, I can never remember adhering to his perspectives as a basis, reason or result of my faith and growth in Christ. As a matter of fact, I allowed him to be who he was and expected the same allowance from him to me. I experienced a post-civil rights life. So while he might have had issues based on his real-life, pre-civil rights experiences, I was not willing or able to make them mine. My best reaction was to love and support him although prayer and presence as my brother in Christ and my pastor. If he only spoke of race I would not have attended the church. However, he mostly preached the gospel.

I no more wed Barack to Wright than I do me to my first pastor. If you want to know what I believe or think about something you must ask me, not my pastor.

 

 

My objection is that Obama was raised by a radical Muslim and sat under the teaching of a man that preaches hate and intolerance. Funny how the left now says that his “teachings and faith” won't play any role in his leadership, but if he were a Christian, then the left and media would attack him, just like they did with Huckabee. As my grandfather used to say, "If it looks like a snake, smells like a snake, and sounds like a snake, then it's gotta be a snake."
Jake

Via the New Man Blog

 

Jake, how many real, active Muslims do you know that attend a Christian church? Obviously a person can change his affiliation. Second, the statement “If it looks like a snake, smells like a snake, and sounds like a snake, then it's gotta be a snake” undermines all of what Christianity is about. Think about it.

 

I concur with the first poster who stated, “The article entitled ‘Race, Religion and The Roots of Barrack Obama's Faith’ by J. Lee Grady is a gross overreaction and has an unnecessarily alarmist tone.”

Having grown up in the post-civil rights era but in an area where many around me didn't know it (rural South Louisiana), I can understand the sentiments of Wright and those of his legion. They went through a lot, dealt with a lot and have seen a lot. When I left home I was given several pieces of advice, one that I was most often given was, “Don't trust white people.”

 

I may not agree with the Rev. Wright, but I understand what he was saying. I personally think that before we jump to conclusions and judgment, we need to at least look at his whole body of work, not just a few sermons. This is a man who has preached the Word of God for more than 30 years and he is being characterized by the words of fewer than five sermons. That sounds like a media lynching to me.

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