Petition to Gov. Sarah Palin: Stop Bearing False Witness | CrossLeft (liberal/progressive Christian

[Shallah Kali]

If you wish to sign please go to the link below:

http://www.crossleft.org/node/6557

Dear Gov. Palin,

As fellow Christians we ask you to stop bearing false witness against your brother Barack Obama. You recently made the insidious claim that Sen. Obama "...was palling around with terrorists." All unbiased observers have noted that the claim is patently false. We the undersigned ask you to stop these false attacks and rather to raise the level of discourse to discuss the issues that matter most to Americans: the economy, the environment, education, health care, the war.

As Christians, we must remember that Jesus told us to love our neighbors and more importantly our adversaries as ourselves. Your recent stump speeches enters territory that are not only adversely affecting our civil discourse as a nation, but diverge from basic Biblical teaching.

The Ten Commandments state the case clearly: “You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor."

Proverbs 6:16-19 states, "There are six things that the Lord hates, seven that are an abomination to him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that make haste to run to evil, a false witness who breathes out lies, and one who sows discord among brothers."

Proverbs 19:9 states, "A false witness will not go unpunished, and he who breathes out lies will perish."

Jesus affirms in Mathew 19:18 reiterating his commitment to the Ten Commandments, "You shall not bear false witness."

And since Obama is one of us as Christians and as Americans, Obama does think like us. We believe that each of the candidates, Barack Obama and John McCain, have the best interests of the country in their hearts and minds. We may agree or disagree with the positions of either candidate, but we should not question their patriotism or their character.

We call upon you to issue a retraction and an apology and to refrain from further instances of bearing false witness against your brother, Barack Obama.

[Metta]

1. Great post. She does what phony Christians do. That's their hallmark.

:toast:

[johnnypopulist]

2. Amen.

Amen I say. You know I am a Christian. I have a deep faith, I love the Lord, and I pray daily (at least I try). A lot of the reason I am on the left side of the spectrum is because I believe that social justice is laid out very clearly in the Bible. I also grew up in a small town and lived in a small town for the vast majority of my life, I am a military veteran, a white male, and the son of a "hockey mom," basically you're typical stereotype of a GOP voter, however I am not. Let me just tell you, I resent that McCain and Palin parade around the nation saying they speak for people like me. Also as a Christian I take exception to the fact that Sarah Palin lies (about various things such as saying "thanks but no thanks on that bridge to nowhere, saying she was "cleared of all wrongdoing" in the troopergate report, etc), and then lies about lying about them, and abuses her power. Some of small town Christians don't think that is very Christian behavior. Nor do we believe that behavior is
patriotic or "pro-America" as she so proudly proclaims to be.