Christian Newswire: "Barack Obama is anything but an Evangelical Christian!"

[Bluebear]

How is that 'reaching out to evangelicals' going, Senator Obama? Is this not beyond sad....


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Evangelical Leader Examines Obama's Religious Beliefs


Contact: Dane Rose, Faith and Action, 202-546-8329, ext 106, [phone], [e-mail]



WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 /Christian Newswire/ -- Rev. Rob Schenck, President of the National Clergy Council and head of it’s affiliate, Faith and Action, a Washington, DC-based Christian outreach mission to policy-makers on Capitol Hill has released an in-depth examination of the religious beliefs of Sen. Barack Obama titled: "Barack Obama: Sheep or Goat?" The Illinois Democrat is being touted as a 2008 presidential candidate due in part to the perception that he can win the support of values voters. Obama has openly discussed his faith in his writings and media appearances, suggesting that it will guide him in policy decisions.

Rev. Schenck traces the development of Sen. Obama’s religious views from being the son of a Muslim father and a secular humanist mother to his current close association with a liberal United Church of Christ denomination. Through the Senator’s own written and spoken words, Schenck discovers that Obama is anything but an Evangelical Christian. Schenck is a board member of the Evangelical Church Alliance, America's oldest association of Evangelical clergy and chair of its committee on church and society.

Schenck points to Obama’s positions on key issues that are at variance with Evangelical beliefs, in particular:

- Rejection of the plenary authority and centrality of the Bible

- Support for abortion in all its forms including partial birth abortion

- Support for same-sex unions

In November 2006, Rev. Schenck criticized mega-church Pastor Rick Warren’s invitation to Sen. Obama to speak at his church. Schenck warned that Obama’s appearance in an Evangelical pulpit would be seen as an endorsement of the politician’s “liberal religiosity” as well as his ambitions for higher office.

Rev. Schenck discusses how quickly “Obama-mania” has penetrated the Evangelical community. His article hopes to determine whether Sen. Obama is the “real deal” or yet another cynical attempt by a political party to woo Evangelicals, asking for their votes without supporting their values.

Rev. Schenck can be reached for further comment through his assistant Dane Rose at [phone], Ext. 106, [phone] or via email at [e-mail].

http://www.earnedmedia.org/FAA0108.htm

[baldguy]

1. People who support Bush and the GOP are anything but Evangelical Christians.

No matter what they say.

[liberalEd]

2. anything but an Evangelical Christian!

That sounds like a good campaign slogan to me! :)

Sort of like "Anybody but Bush."

[Bluebear]

4. ...

:spray:

[LiberalinNC]

3. And so it begins....n/t

[rpgamerd00d]

5. Arent Evangelicals an irrelevantly small percent of population anyway?

Who gives a rats ass about Evangelicals.

[Bluebear]

6. 23% of white Americans identify as evangelicals.

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/week733/results.pdf

Hardly "irrelevantly small". The trick is sifting them down into those who display Christ-like behavior and those who are batshit rapture-ready crazy.

[rpgamerd00d]

9. 80% US Christian - 23% Evangelical = 57% non-Evangelical Christians

[stranger]

15. they sunk kerry in ohio

so hell yes they matter.

give the idiots their 4 wedge issues and we will absolutley never lose another election,

remember they are generally lower middle class and economically struggling. So, they are basically with us on universal single payer healthcare, peace over war, using tax money to help the less fortunate( instead of making their lives miserable)and they are are with us on practically most economic fairness issue.

BUT they will never vote for us if they perceive us, (rightly or wrongly) as being fiends who want to crack the skulls of babies in the final month of the third trimester, stop little kids from praying in school, confiscating their flippin guns, saying their marriage is no more "holy" than a gay union.

Thsoe four stupid "issues" are simply not worth losing elections over at this point in time.

1. Let them have their prayer ammdement-it wil never be ratifed by 3/4 of the states anyway

2. Tell them we are not for gay marriage. 1/3 of gays are closeted repubs who wont vote for us anyay.

3. Let them have assault riflers and shoot each other

4. and above all, tell them we are absolutely not in favor
of so=called "partial birth abortinons" -whether they exist or not.

theres no future of us if we continue to let stupid inconsequential emotional issues dominate the polictial debate.

[liberal N proud]

7. These same people would have been at the head of the pack to crucify Jesus

They are the holy ones and no one will meet their standards. It blows my mind these people proclaim Christianity is for all people then they slander others for their beliefs.

[sinkingfeeling]

8. Thank goodness that Obama isn't an 'Evangelical Christian'!!

[rebel with a cause]

10. This should tell the liberals something

At this stage of the game, the one they attack the most is the one they fear the most. And they have been attacking Barack for the last two months - from all angles.

They know the democrat people, at least they think they do. According to them - The dems get afraid and think that the candidate being attacked is too easy a mark for the reps and media. Look at Dean, Clark and there are quite a few more from 2004. If they fear them, they tear them up and down before the primary. Then the dems pick who the reps want them to and then they really go to work on the official candidate, using all the material they have stored up for just this time.

We have got to be smart this time people. I am not pushing Barack, but I don't think we can discount him just because the republicans and their henchmen/message carriers are attacking him.

[kestrel91316]

11. Insufficiently fanatical = not a Christian at all, according to the

FREAKS otherwise known as Christofascists.

[Bluebear]

12. 'Insufficiently fanatical = not a Christian'

Perfectly put. nt

[tigereye]

13. ok

:boring:

not your post, but the fringies.

[frylock]

14. good

[raysr]

16. That's GOOD to hear!

I would very disappointed if he were one of "those".