OBAMIANITY

Church Asks: Obama, Osama, Are they Brothers?

A church in South Carolina recently had a sign up that said: Obama, Osama: Are they brothers? The pastor apparently thought it was a good idea:

Pastor Byrd said the sign was not meant to be racial or political but rather to make people think. "His name is so close to Osama I feeling might be Islamic therefore he doesn't recognize Christ," Pastor Byrd said.

Yes, this makes me think that some people in this country are not shy about publically announcing their political and religious ignorance. Why are people so incapable of reading even the most basic biography of Sen. Barack Obama? Why are people so quick to make judgements based on their superficial knowledge of Obama? Let's hope there can be something positive to come from this. Perhaps more people will learn more about Obama in a less prejudiced way.

The Social Justice Christians at ObamaNation.com

At ObamaNation.com there apparently is a group of Christians who are interested in social justice. But they are not Obamians. They define a nation under Obama as "country that supports wicked, immoral actions."

The political divisions among Christians in the US are dramatic and seemingly incomprehensible. How could Christians interested in social justice fail to see the Christian social justice message at the heart of Obama's politics? Are some Christians so blinded by the abortion issue that they simply refuse to see anything Christian about Obama's politics?

Obama's Standard Evangelical Theme

From Barack Obama's evangelicals close the God gap in Presidential race -Times Online:

Obama's call for change and renewal, itself a standard evangelical theme, has resonated. “I visit a lot of evangelical colleges and what I see is Obama stickers and Obama T-shirts all over the campuses,” says Campolo. “His is a voice that can inspire.”

About one-fourth of American voters are evangelicals. Out of these, I believe it is realistic to predict that about one half of them could be potential Obama voters. It will depend on how effective Obama and his supporters are able to sell his message as something appealing for the evangelically minded. The anti-Obama forces will try very hard to paint Obama as someone who is not a serious Christian. It will be up to Obama to insist that he is indeed going about doing Jesus' work, but without turning off the non-Christians.