Welton Gaddy
Leader of the Interfaith Alliance

Welton Gaddy

Pastor for preaching and worship at Northminster (Baptist) Church in Monroe, LA, Gaddy has written more than 20 books and hosts the weekly radio show, State of Belief.

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A Vision of Change That Leaves Out No One

With wisdom, President Obama challenges us to engage breathtaking changes with enduring values. With courage, he links raging storms, gathering clouds, greed, bad decisions, threats of terrorism, and old politics to the transforming capacity found in humility, global citizenship, sacrifice, trust, service, and fidelity to the constitution. With appropriate devotion to religion, appreciation for inclusion, and insistence on compassion, our new president praises diversity, stresses equality for all people, expresses desire for friendship with all nations, and calls every individual to activist citizenship that is local, national, and global. And, remarkably, the president's speech, like his vision of change, leaves out no one!

By Welton Gaddy  |  January 25, 2009; 12:43 AM ET
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It's the blind leading the blind. And regarding "wisdom" in Obama's speeches, we've found none so far, ... but instead we do hear propaganda like in old communist godless regimes.

Posted by: scherf_com | January 26, 2009 1:14 AM
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It's been obvious to me from the time that I knew of Obama and his beliefs that he's an atheist. His lying about his "faith" is of no concern to me because I know, as a fellow "non'believer", that one can get a lot done from the inside of a closet than from proclaiming disbelief in ghosts, spooks, ethereal beings and . . . gods.
You see, folks, anyone running for high public office knows that if he or she does not profess belief in a god--preferably the CORRECT god--that he or she has absolutely no chance of becoming a representative of the people.

(Before I go any further, I dare anyone reading this comment to deny what I have just said in the preceeding sentence--and give proof).

Obama is just too intelligent and has spent too much time in introspection to believe in fairy tales. So he's adopted this persona of the closed-eye, prayful politician to convince the boobwazee that he's religious enough to represent them.
He's now in a position to accomplish great things, some of which are in direct opposition to beliefs of religious, anti-choice, anti-birth- control fanatics. And, of course, he wouldn't be in this position if "they" knew of his true relationship to organized religion.
So, go for it, Barack! Keep fooling the True Believers into thinking that you're one of them--and use your power of the office to bring about needed change in domestic and foreign affairs that will profit all of us, not just some Bronze Age throwbacks who spend their time cherry-picking their holy text to justify their existence.

Posted by: hyjanks | January 25, 2009 9:03 PM
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