Christian is as Christian does by Gary Fecto

July 18^th 2008

There is little doubt as to America's feelings of disappointment and frustration when observing our economic distress. Many of us feel the pains of depression every morning at the gas pump, or as we stay at home on that beautiful 80 degree day. Those of us that were frivolous prior to this juncture are learning to count our pennies. A good number of us look past our dysfunctional congress towards President Bush and pray his successor will bring some economic reprieve.

Barack Obama, to many, is the only viable solution for our financial discourse, for that matter, Obama's change mantra is touted as a cure all from social disparity to international policy and that may be. The fact that John Mccain's policy's are vastly different from George Bush's, accept in an Obama diatribe, doesn't matter.

Well for me and my fellow Christians out there, it matters. During the next presidential term, supreme court justices will be appointed. John Mccain is on the record as saying he hopes to see Roe v. Wade overturned, while Mr. Obama enthusiastically vows, "I made it equally clear that I will never back down from making sure that women have their reproductive rights here in this country -- that's what's at stake in this election."

“Reproductive rights” is a horribly misleading term, it makes it sound as if the argument is ones choice to reproduce, instead of ones accountability for ones choice. Abortion, is an atrocious reprehensible method for literally killing millions of innocent pre born babies, of which more than 40% can survive out of the womb at time of termination. This is a sin.

Mr. Obama has a 100% rating from planned parenthood. Planned parenthood battles for the abortion of any kind and at any term, they even debated avidly for abortions on teens without parental consent. If not for the disheartening research I have done, I would never,ever, believe the lengths planned parenthood will subject the pre born to. The most devastating of all is partial birth abortions, a baby is extracted almost completely from the female , late in her pregnancy, and to put it mildly, they are killed!

We as Christians cannot differentiate ourselves from whom we vote for, just as he cannot differ from his beliefs. We can't support sin and not be sin. John Mccain might overturn Roe v. Wade, Barack Obama will not, he is a supporter of abortion, at any term, 100%, ask planned parenthood. We as Christians need to show the world our values and integrity are not compromised by political justifications.How can we endorse Obama but not what he endorses?

Obama's Christianity

Contrary to the belief of my fellow bible thumping conservatives, I am convinced Barack Obama has done a great deal for contemporary Christianity. Usually when a politician exploits their religion for political gain, it satisfies their Sunday morning Christian's appetite. It wasn't so easy for Presidential hopeful, Barack Obama. He was plagued by an over abundance of negative exposure. The fireworks seemed to begin with his long time friend, mentor, and spiritual guide, Jeremiah Wright. Initially his ties with Wright were unwaivering, saying he would no longer disown Wright as he would is grandmother, I'm sorry, white grandmother. Here's the quote:

“ I can no more disown him than I can my white grandmother,”

Loyalty, even after the disparaging Fox snippets of the militant Reverend Wright blasted around the world, Obama stuck by him and his white grandmother. Unlike Obama's white grandmother, however, Wright continued to push the envelope. Here was an authentic Christian using language like “God Damn America” and among many other things, “We bombed Hiroshima. We bombed Nagasaki, and we nuked far more than the thousands in New York and the Pentagon and we never batted an eye." This as if the 9/11 victims tragedy should be negated in light of the enemy casualties in a military action, while our country was in a world war.

But soon all the hooplah was to subside, just like so many other Obama perplexities, swept away by the tides of change. Now while all the good little rank and file Christians continued marching to the beat of Marxism, Obama morphed into a conservative for the general election.

Forgotten, however, are his ardent beliefs on abortion and homosexual marriage. Two things which are in direct conflict with Christianity. I have recently seen an ultrasound of a baby boy with tiny little fingernails, much younger than the ones Obama believes should be extracted and butchered for being such an unwanted inconvenience in their mothers life. The ones Obama deems killable are almost old enough to call D.C.F on their parents for grounding them.

Yet, despite the fact that Obama and his blacker half Michele, will do an enormous amount of damage to the family, by advancing homosexual special rights and abortion, he continues to get avid Christian support.. How can you listen to the word of God, and all the beautiful blessings he's bestowed on us, then endorse someone whose social views contradict that? How can any priest or a pastor give a heartfelt sermon or homily on the importance of life and virtue, then cast a vote for abortion and the homosexual agenda? It's called hypocrisy, how can Christians be expected to change hearts and minds when they're losing keep theirs?.. Check your motives.