Wednesday, December 06, 2006

Warren and Obama

I was over at Josh's Blog (nice site) reading about Barrack Obama's invitation to the 2nd Annual Global Summit on Aids at Rick Warren's (of -A Purpose Driven Life- fame) Saddleback Church.

Josh says: I don't get this. Here we have a very influential leader in the church community who is going above and beyond his pastor calling to help those around the world who suffer from a devastating aliment, and he is criticized.

I assumed that Obama wasn't invited for his pro-partial birth abortion stance. And as a reminder to all the "Can't we just all get along" Christians out there - PBA is the procedure in which the abortionist delivers everything but the infant's head - and while the little legs are kicking - the "Doctor" cuts a hole in the baby's head and suctions out its brains.

Obama thinks this should be legal - which makes him a monster. Giving this man any kind of face-time before Evangelical Christians, regardless of the merits of the cause, perpetuates the myth that Obama is something other than evil, and strengthens his run for the 2008 Democrat Nomination - which I figure is the only reason why Obama chose to be there.

This was a bad idea, regardless of the cause, and Rick Warren should be taking some heat.
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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Thanks for the link Malott -

I agree that abortion is a terrible evil of American society, but I'm not so sure Warren is endorsing Obama (even though its likely, Obama hasn't even declared he's running yet). The fact is that there are 40 million people worldwide living with HIV (source). Aren't we as followers of Jesus called to love our neighbor? Remember the good samaritan? The Jews at the time of Christ hated the Samaritans (for religious and political reasons), and Jesus makes one of "them" the hero of the parable!

Shouldn't we those who are in need and partner with as anyone who is willing to lend their help and influence? Do you think the Samaritan asked the innkeeper if he was a believer before he left the wounded man at his inn?

12/06/2006 12:23 PM
Malott said...

Good points, as always, Josh.

We'll just have to agree to disagree about Obama's invitation.

But I do agree about the importance of helping in Africa's AIDS epidemic, especially when we have an opportunity to help through the Church.

12/06/2006 12:42 PM

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