tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post737414090841310083..comments2024-03-27T17:15:37.606-04:00Comments on Triablogue: Cotton Comes to HarlemRyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17809283662428917799noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-13922919630653734602008-03-22T12:13:00.000-04:002008-03-22T12:13:00.000-04:00I'm not saying I'm voting for Obama because I'm no...I'm not saying I'm voting for Obama because I'm not. I'm a black Republican.<BR/><BR/>However, with that said. I think we should be sober in our judgement of condemnation and guilt by association.<BR/><BR/><BR/>I just listenned to two of Rev. Writes sermons. The 9/11 one as well as the G.D. America one.<BR/><BR/><BR/>And I think Shawn Hannity took his sermons out of context.<BR/><BR/>The 9/11 one was clearly out of context. He was quoting an American Ambassador when he said that. <BR/><BR/>And the G.D. America one doesn't sound so bad when one saw how it was used ans why it was said in the way it was.<BR/><BR/><BR/>I have the links to the sermons at my blog. Or one can go straight to Anderson cooper's blog as well as Roland's blog of CNN.<BR/><BR/><BR/>You shouldn't allow some at Fox news shape the context of those sermons. Instead, listen to them for yourself and make up your own mind about the man.<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>Are his sermons political? Yes<BR/><BR/>Are they to the far left? Yes<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>But if we are going to judge Obama for the views of his pastor then all far right christians who run for office will also be judged by the views of their pastors.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Thus, one shold judge Obama on what he says and what he believes........not for what someone else believes.<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>JNORM888Jnormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06749159886390240183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-58048509903250470802008-03-21T17:04:00.000-04:002008-03-21T17:04:00.000-04:00Great post!Something interesting I found regarding...Great post!<BR/><BR/>Something interesting I found regarding the matter: http://www.antiwar.com/henderson/?articleid=12553<BR/><BR/>Alright Triabloggers, have a great Easter weekend, God bless.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08670718504912359537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-83096589293644065422008-03-21T12:19:00.000-04:002008-03-21T12:19:00.000-04:00Not to be a damper on how much praise this post ha...Not to be a damper on how much praise this post has recieved... but....<BR/><BR/>"No, we’ve only seen how appealing it is to a segment of registered democrats who vote in democrat primaries—mainly black voters, white yuppies, and college students." - That may be so, but tell me why your voice is not among theirs voting <I>against</I> Obama if you feel so strongly? Why do you rather sit here an criticize while not exercising the decision-making power you have?<BR/><BR/>"'As such, Reverend Wright's comments were not only wrong but divisive, divisive at a time when we need unity.'<BR/><BR/>I don’t object to his comments because they were divisive. I object to his comments because they were false." - Um... thats what Obama said too when he said: "were not only wrong." You focused only on the divisive statement, not the fact that Obama agreed that they were wrong. <BR/><BR/>"That no doubt explains a lot about Obama’s nominal Christianity." - This statement is incredibly judgemental and self-righteous. Who are you to make judgement of Obama's faith in this way? <BR/><BR/>"What about people who are ultimately defeated by their self-defeating lifestyle?" - What does that even mean? You seem to be opposing all of Obama's statements, but not arguing and real ideas for change. This doesn't do anything but create anger and division while not doing anything to help the problems Obama is at least calling for change in. Maybe Obama won't do what he says, but maybe his voice for a need for change is better than yelling at those who are calling for change. <BR/><BR/>"This is really rich coming from Obama. If he is opposed to racial segregation, why did he attend a black church rather than a multi-ethnic church—and not just a black church, but a black nationalist church? A church with a militantly Afrocentric theology? This is racial self-segregation, and proudly so." - What does your church look like on Sunday morning? Predominantly white? Isn't the statement Obama made true? Your statement may be true, but it smacks of a very misinformed or ignorant position on the issues social movements of the early 1900's and its continuation into the current day.<BR/><BR/>I could go on, but instead I'll say this: Obama is a politician. Politicians are always going to be criticized on anything they do, especially during the campaign season. We can't be looking to politicians to correct all social ills, the answer to racism, poverty, homosexuality or abortion. That should be the church's job. And when the only thing that the church does (or the church's people do) is sit and criticize politicians for the things they say, thinking that their candidate will make more of a change than another one, while never looking to be the solution to any of the problems, they are just as hypocritical as any politician I've ever known. Is it any wonder that the world thinks we hate everyone and are hypocritical and judgmental? We are.<BR/><BR/>Cummon Christians, you're better than this...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-7755822876696693502008-03-21T10:13:00.000-04:002008-03-21T10:13:00.000-04:00P.S. He posted personally about Obama's speech her...P.S. He posted personally about Obama's speech here:<BR/>http://purechurch.blogspot.com/2008/03/obama-drama-rama.htmlMarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01410144337505012175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-31103872363925604582008-03-21T10:11:00.000-04:002008-03-21T10:11:00.000-04:00Steve,Have you seen this interview with Thabiti An...Steve,<BR/><BR/>Have you seen this interview with Thabiti Anyabwile? <BR/>http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2008/marchweb-only/112-44.0.html<BR/><BR/>If it's understandable that Wright could say what he did, does this justify his words? Where is Christ in all of this? Wright compared his plight to Christ yet certainly did not provide the solution as being Christ and His cross. <BR/><BR/>I don't understand how, in any way, Wright's words from the pulpit invite reconciliatory Christian dialogue. <BR/><BR/>MarkMarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01410144337505012175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-22310207379255194002008-03-20T23:32:00.000-04:002008-03-20T23:32:00.000-04:00This is an incredible post and commentary. Thank y...This is an incredible post and commentary. Thank you! From Day One I didn't like Obama or his wife Michelle, since hearing an interview in which she started talking about "her husband's experience as a black man in America." <BR/><BR/>America truly IS the land of opportunity, for people who choose to take advantage of it. My other emigrated to America in 1971 with three young children in tow. <BR/><BR/>She worked hard to make something of herself and provide for her family...with VERY FEW SKILLS. She did whatever she could, without welfare, food stamps, etc, and raised three intelligent kids who are all successful in their own right. <BR/><BR/>I worked in healthcare for 12 years and unfortunately there was a huge gap in the work ethic of American blacks and those from the islands. As a result, both groups hated each other despite the similarity of their skin color. <BR/><BR/>As Obama and Michelle show, it IS possible to get ahead as a black person. As with ANY RACE, in order to be successful one must work hard, have a positive attitude, and take responsibility, something that many in the American black community don't do.<BR/><BR/>When I worked in hospitals as an administrator, the American blacks hated the folks from the islands. Why? Because the latter "made them look bad." As with Rev. Wright, a lot of American Blacks are racists themselves, hating anyone that doesn't have the "woe is me" attitude that will keep them repressed.<BR/><BR/>We are all masters of our own destiny, regardless of our race.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12919356561311472352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-6491177061074131232008-03-20T19:31:00.000-04:002008-03-20T19:31:00.000-04:00When law enforcement tries to crack down on inner ...<I>When law enforcement tries to crack down on inner city crime, it’s accused of police brutality and racial profiling. </I><BR/><BR/>And the communities themselves look down on those who report crimes and identify the suspects. Instead of supporting them, they label them "snitches" and villify them. <BR/><BR/>The Black Community in America is divided between those who would do the right thing and those who follow after the minstrel show put on by Flavor Flav and his harem on VH-1.<BR/><BR/>What Wright's speech actually illustrates is this simple truth: The Gospel and ONLY the Gospel can heal this divide,and the Gospel transcends race. Rev. Wright is a race worshipper.<BR/><BR/>That said, it is a pox on our own house that we have "Black" churches and "White" churches far too often. As one AME pastor here in my own community said, it's a great shame that the only exposure many white Christians have to black Christians here happens when the blacks leave their neighborhoods to work in the white part of town; and it's a shame that black churches don't invite white congregations in joint worship in their part of town. We have systematically excluded each other and created the "most segregated hour in America." There's plenty of blame to go around.<BR/><BR/>Indeed, it can be, IMO, well argued that whites have often times left blacks behind in the area of good theology. Look at the Word of Faith Movement on TV these days. There's real racism in the church for you. White preachers are fleecing black audiences, and they're appealing to the perception of racial and economic disparity to do it. They tell them that they can activate their faith and receive a (material) blessing. That keeps people in ignorance, so that, not knowing better they wind up lining the pockets of these whites. <BR/><BR/>We whites, quite frankly, could, IMO, do more to call out such false teachers for what they are. Likewise, maybe I'm wrong, and perhaps a Brother of Color will correct me here, but I don't see black ministers' conferences as very committed to doing that in their own ranks either-but perhaps they have less public ways of calling out false teachers than I think they should have. Instead, I see in them a sense of racial solidarity that would seem to overlook some things for the sake of "being in this together." The solution isn't in sticking together for the better of our race(s) but sticking together @ the foot of the cross and outside the Empty Tomb. There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave or free, male or female in Christ.GeneMBridgeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10504383610477532374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-12890165609620200462008-03-20T18:26:00.000-04:002008-03-20T18:26:00.000-04:00Thank you so much for this post. I have been talki...Thank you so much for this post. I have been talking with a former German exchange student of mine regarding Obama and his double standards regarding racism. Sadly, the young Europeans think Obama is a wonderful candidate for president. I have been posting in my little blog and I am grateful to send them posts that I am not the only one to see the inconsistencies. I am praying for our Black brothers and sisters to speak out.rosemariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12650494026412824392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-83658819507534148552008-03-20T17:50:00.000-04:002008-03-20T17:50:00.000-04:00I wish all Triablogue posts were printed on the fr...I wish all Triablogue posts were printed on the front of every newspaper.Claudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16705428441316701050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-52036574411000567432008-03-20T15:32:00.000-04:002008-03-20T15:32:00.000-04:00I wish this post was printed on the front of every...I wish this post was printed on the front of every newspaper and homepage in the U.S. Sheesh so many people vote not based on Character and substantive arguments but rather, race, gender or groovy IPOD color of the candidate... God help us!Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17403629782193984120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-56895355133215476362008-03-20T13:56:00.000-04:002008-03-20T13:56:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.dogfreidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13751614375780546890noreply@blogger.com