Ignorance is a killer. I recently asked a friend if mine, who is also a minister, if he thought the president is a Christian. He said he knew that he, the president, went to church as a child and that he attended church now, across from the White House. In reality, it is said that Obama attends church more than Reagan did, but less than Bush. But the bigger point is, that going to church no more makes you a Christian, than walking through a medical university makes you a doctor. Now dont get me wrong, I may be one of the few followers of Christ who doesnt think he, Obama, is a Muslim. And by todays definition, he may be a Christian. But he certainly, without a doubt is not a follower of Christ. Oh, and about his attendance of church as a child, in his own book, he explains that on Christmas Day my mother might drag me to church, just as she dragged me to the Buddhist temple, the Chinese New Year celebration, the Shinto shrine, and ancient Hawaiian burial sites.In sum, my mother viewed religion through the eyes of the anthropologist; it was a phenomenon to be treated with a suitable respect, but with a suitable detachment as well. Dear friends, let us not be ignorant.
Posted on: Tue, 12 Aug 2014 04:04:14 +0000
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