I think Sirs made the statement that "there must be a lot of churches in the community." The notion of "church hopping" until you find a church you agree with is a modern (primarily Protestant Christian) idea. It is born from individualism where a moral philosophy must be acceptable to the individual and not where the individual must be challenged by a moral philosophy. The problems are these: #1 is simply false logic. If XO is silent about CPUSA, it doesn't mean he automatically is a member. Nor does it mean the opposite, i.e. that he hates everything about them. Neither is a logical conclusion without more detail.
Let me put it this way, Js. If a person attends a particular church, they attend largely because of the spiritual connection & growth they believe they're getting from it. (yea, yea, and maybe the wife makes you go) Point being if a pastor is presenting exceedingly hyperbolic, when not racist rhetoric, one has a choice.....leave to find a new congregation or not. To Denounce said over-the top rhetoric, or not
Now, what would be the reasons for leaving and/or denouncing? Already apparent, the leader of "your" congregation (read; NOT some minister from some distant state who you know nothing of) is facilitating racist dialogue, and injecting politics within the realm of what's supposed to remain spiritual
Now, what would be the reasons for staying and/or not denouncing? There are many, and wideranging
- You agree with his rhetoric
- You don't wish to anger the pastor you chose to preside over your wedding
- You don't wish to anger your wife, who's making you go to church
- (add your own)
In any case, the latter staying scenarions demonstrates (to me) some serious problems Obama would have, as my President. That he actually supports the racist and Ant-american mindset would be the worst case scenario. But that he doesn't have the fortitude and conviction to face his pastor and tell him that his comments are wrong, that a segregated society is wrong, that advocating a Black value system over a more general moral value system is wrong
Yes, Wright isn't running for President, and if there weren't such an overt double standard in the MSM, this would not & should not be an issue. But since we all know that if this were a Republican, the fit would be hitting the shan. So as such, I'm going to be throwing this up from time to time