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Originally Posted by daisym
My mother went to the same church for almost 50 years. the priest who was at that church for the last 15 years of my mother's life was someone who she did not agree with on many key issues.
In fact, I would go so far as to say that she disapporoved of him - and at times claimed "he was not a real priest."
I have no idea what things are like among protestants, but I keep hearing about "a personal relationship with God."
It shouldn't matter two hoots if Mickey Mouse is your local priest/pastor. Your attendance at a church is about YOUR relationship with God if you are a believer.
Isn't it?
It may well be true that Obama's attending this particular church does say something about him, but if his fellow christians expect him to engage in church swapping if he doesn't like the pastor, I'm not too sure why they want to keep telling me about this "personal" relationship with God.
Is your relationship with God really a threesome with your pastor?
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Anyone who understands what it means to be a member of a church will understand that you don't take such a decision lightly.
If you have to sit in a chapel and listen week after week to sermons that you don't agree with you'll stop attending. You don't have to agree with everything your pastor says but you should agree with some of his preachings.
These sermons are so despicable that any reasonable person who doesn't agree with them would leave. I can't see any difference between what Rev. Wright says and what you might hear at a KKK rally.
Anyone who attends church on a regular basis knows that although the subject changes the delivery and focus is always the same. When Obama said that this week was the first time he even heard rumors of Rev.Wright's sermons against whites he is obviously lying. The good Rev. has been one of Obama's most trusted advisers up until this story broke this week so Obama must value his viewpoints.