Obama’s Minister
I have to say I am uncomfortable with the discussion in the conservative blogosphere about the beliefs of Obama’s minister. As someone who supported Mitt Romney, I did not think that attacking Mormon beliefs in order to hurt his candidacy was an appropriate form of political discourse. I think that we as conservatives should focus on Obama’s own political positions, and not what his minister believes.
I listened to a recording of Senator Obama\’s minister on a local religion discussion radio show this morning, and he has not, in my opinion, done anything wrong. In fact, he doesn\’t know it, but he pretty well mirrors how the Book of Mormon prophets called the Nephites to repentance, and how they are calling us to repentance today. We are told that this is a blessed land, and that whether or not it remains a blessed land, or a land of damnation, is pretty much up to us.
Senator Obama\’s minister has called this nation to repent, and the indignant response is a good measure of how unwilling we are to be called to repentance at this point in time.
I\’m only sorry that Senator Obama feels any need at all to distance himself from the remarks made by his minister. The Book of Mormon makes it clear that Lord would not always suffer us to take happiness in sin, and the message of Senator Obama\’s minister wasn\’t much of a deviation from that line of thinking at all.
One difference is that I doubt Governor Romney\’s minister ever stood in front of his congregation and said, \”G– d— America.\” That\’s no call to repentence. It deserves considerable scrutiny; and, yes, probably considerable distancing.
The Book of Mormon was given to us as a warning. We have not heeded it. The Lord, through Joseph Smith, has told us to renounce war. Instead, it’s a vital essential in keeping our economy moving.
The damning is coming. Count on it.
Oh, I’m not saying it’s not … in fact a lot of evidence shows that we are quite willingly damning ourselves. The question is whether it’s better to avert it or hasten it, whether to be constructive or not in one’s criticism.