I read through the transcript of Senator Obama's speech on race and give his rhetorical skills high marks, and his courage (he goes much further than most politicians would go). I'm still of the opinion that he wants to associate with a church body that espouses serious hate towards others. (It's not a race issue, in my mind, but about hate and anger towards others.)
Let me draw your attention to one section:
"In the end, then, what is called for is nothing more, and nothing less, than what all the world's great religions demand - that we do unto others as we would have them do unto us. Let us be our brother's keeper, Scripture tells us. Let us be our sister's keeper. Let us find that common stake we all have in one another, and let our politics reflect that spirit as well." (Italics mine)
It's curious to me that no one challenges this statement -- the Golden Rule is uniquely Christian, and not universal across "all the world's great religions." This is not found in the Koran, or in Hindu texts, or in Buddist thought. Some say that Confucius wrote a similar admonition, but not all agree. Jesus died for people. Mohamed, Moses, and Confucius did not.
Perhaps this is another sign of biblical and religious illiteracy and ignorance in contemporary culture?
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