Looking at this article about a secret meeting that Obama held with religious leaders, I felt a little queasy. To put it bluntly, I don't like when a political candidate feels that he has to seek out the endorsement of a cabal of religious leaders. (Which gives you a pretty good idea of my impression of the worth of most of them. Certainly, the ones that a presidential candidate would feel he needs to impress.) When he tries to keep such meetings secret, that gives me cause to worry. What deals is he making? Who else is he meeting secretly with? What agendas are being pushed but not publicized? Why?
I still strongly support Obama, and I trust him, but it's a little discouraging to see him acting like a regular politician.
2 comments:
I recommend a book and movie called "The Rise of the Religious Right in America". And how the separation of church and state is now only lip service at best, and the result is sort of debatable.
Interestingly, I read Washington's Farewell address, and he suggests that only organized religion (Anglican I believe) has the cajones to decide what is right and wrong, and that they should be given the mandate. I believe that he differed from the other founders of your country rather violently on this issue.
Its certainly more tightly integrated than I'd like. I have no problem with having a leader who's religious; I have a great deal of problem with having a religious leader.
Generally, I think that well-known preachers and the like are bogus, self-serving Elmer Gantrys, and the good that they do is overshadowed by the wealth that they produce for themselves.
I don't doubt that he thought Anglicans had 'the word'. Personally, based on Eddie Izzard's Cake or Death, I think he was on to something.
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