Posted by
Tzimisce on Monday, September 15, 2008 2:01:20 AM
I can’t get over the audacity of the left wing politicians and their friends in the media: they are either grossly ignorant, excessively self righteous or both.
They continue to compare Barack Obama (BO) to Jesus. Honestly I don’t think Jesus would approve abortion, infanticide, homosexual marriage, the government using threats and coercion to steal from its citizens (also known as raising taxes), using prayers for political stunts and racism from the pulpit (see Jeremiah Wright).
It should also be noted that Jesus healed the sick, fed the starving, hung out with poor people, was seriously committed to his religion and always told the truth. Compare that to BO who hangs out with rich Hollywood types, uses poor people in political gimmicks, has questionable piety (or at least doesn’t pay attention in church) and uses lawyer talk to reshape the truth to be what he needs it to be. The only real way that he sort of comes close to Jesus is that he surfs, which might pass for walking on water.
Jesus was also a great orator who had the ability to speak in an impromptu fashion which is another divergence from BO who seems to “um” and “uh” through his prewritten speeches. Jesus also had a passion and a flare that kept the attention of his audience whereas BO seems to bore his most ardent supporters.
All of this aside, another comparison going around is one which paints BO as Jesus the Community Organizer and Sarah Palin Governor of Alaska as Pontus Pilate Governor of the Roman province. I’m not a Bible scholar, but if I remember the story right Jesus was put to death for the ultimate form of heresy: claiming to be the one and only son of God. The story then goes on to say that yes, Jesus really was the one and only son of God and one day he will come again.
I repeat: one and only. Meaning if the story is true, then obviously BO isn’t. So to even make the claim is heresy or worse.
The Bible talks about other people who will come along from time to time claiming to be the returned Christ, but aren’t. These people will be assisted by demons and other minions of Satan to trick people into following false paths. Eventually one guy will come along who’s so bad that he will actually begin the final battle with God – the so called Anti-Christ. This guy got his own chapter in the Bible which is very easy to find because it is the last: Revelation.
Anyone with even a basic understanding of Christian theology should be aware of this. BO is trying to sell himself as a good Christian, but doesn’t seem bugged by any of his friends and supporters pushing this metaphor. Maybe I’m being too harsh though – anyone who could sit in Reverend Wright’s church for years on end without noticing the amount of hate and racist coming from the pulpit probably missed the warning about the coming Satanic Prophet.
I guess to be fair BO himself has never claimed to be the son of God. Or at least, I’m not aware of any time that he claimed to be. But anyone pompous enough to use his visit to the Weeping Wall in Israel as a campaign stump may very well have at some point.
Personally it would make me nervous if anyone called me “God” or “The Son of”.