The head of Obama's denomination speaks on the Wright controversy

[BL611]

He is by the way white, as are the vast majority of UCC churches, which is a break off denomination of other mainline predominately white liberal sects like the German Lutherans, home of Obama's favorite theologian and philosopher Reinhold Niebuhr.

Some of the more interesting snippets:

"Many of us would prefer to avoid the stark and startling language Pastor Wright used in these clips. But what was his real crime? He is condemned for using a mild "obscenity" in reference to the United States. This week we mark the fifth anniversary of the war in Iraq, a war conceived in deception and prosecuted in foolish arrogance. Nearly four thousand cherished Americans have been killed, countless more wounded, and tens of thousands of Iraqis slaughtered. Where is the real obscenity here? True patriotism requires a degree of self-criticism, even self-judgment that may not always be easy or genteel. Pastor Wright's judgment may be starker and more sweeping than many of us are prepared to accept. But is the soul of our nation served any better by the polite prayers and gentle admonitions that have gone without a real hearing for these five years while the dying and destruction continues?"


"How ironic that a pastor and congregation which, for forty-five years, has cast its lot with a predominantly white denomination, participating fully in its wider church life and contributing generously to it, would be accused of racial exclusion and a failure to reach for racial reconciliation."

http://www.ucc.org/news/responding-to-wright.html

[crispini]

1. .

:kick:

[Melissa G]

2. !

"How ironic that a pastor and congregation which, for forty-five years, has cast its lot with a predominantly white denomination, participating fully in its wider church life and contributing generously to it, would be accused of racial exclusion and a failure to reach for racial reconciliation."

[jobycom]

3. Beautiful. nt

[rocktivity]

4. It is now a moot issue anyway

link

:headbang:
rocknation

[BL611]

5. So I guess none of the

"progressives" on this site who have been harping on this story want to respond?

[TooBigaTent]

7. Scratch only a little below he surface and most "progressives" are only marginally so.

I found NOTHING that Wright has said to be out of line.

For disclosure - my wife is UCC while I am an athiest. Our own little family feud, but we do not disagree on many issues.

[ms liberty]

6. K&R n/t

[BL611]

8. Kick

People need to see this and put this whole situation into some much needed context...