Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Hmmm. Just something to think about.

Usually, when I open my email account on Hotmail, I find a long list of mass emails sitting in my junk box that I can quickly skim through simply by looking at the name or the subject line. I save the ones that got caught in there that I actually want, and then I hit the "check all" box and delete them. Next, is the inbox. Here, I skim through all the emails from people I know, or have ever known in the past and they still have me on their contact list, and I try to determine which ones of the notorious circulation emails I really do want to read or have time to read. The ones that I usually don't pay much attention to are the millions of emails designed to simply slander certain people or to somehow enlighten us as to what some controversial person is REALLY thinking. However, one email made it through my screening process since it was a short video, and I ended up thinking about it a lot. I'll put it below if you want to watch it. I know that even the person who made the video is coming from an intent to discredit Obama and may have even taken Obama's statements out of context, but the simple fact that Obama would even talk in such a way about Biblical scripture raises serious flags for me--especially in light of the views of his long time pastor, which he has only recently tried to distance himself from after the pastor was exposed to public scrutiny. Regardless, I want to make sure that I am voting for someone who reveres the Word of God and does not view the bible as just a collection of harsh rules and regulations and pacifist ideals, which I am still wondering if this is truly how Obama feels.

2 comments:

Christy G. said...

Thanks for posting this, Jake. I find it all very interesting. I'll just be glad when all the campaigning is over and the country can get on with a new political agenda!

I wanted to let you know about our baby blog that I created. Check it out at:
babyghaffari.blogspot.com

We need to get together soon!
Christy

Chattyb said...

I was finally able to hear the video. Thanks.