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On faith, I'd like to comment on President Elect Obama's faith. We get all these insane lies about Barack being a Muslim. I like what Colin Powell said about it, "...what if he was a muslim?, Is that wrong in America?"..I may have the quote wrong but the idea is absolutely correct. What if Barack was Muslim. does something in our constitution prohibit him from being President? All truly sensible people know that Barack is a Christian. I myself, don't even venture to call myself Christian. I am only a believer in Yeshua (Jesus). That's it. I'm far from being matured. I found and interesting piece on youtube at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myQx7JKM0ns&eurl=http://www.need4trth.blogspot.com/. I would encourage anyone to view it. Especially those who doubt Baracks Christianity. You will be amazed.

I LIKE THE FACT THAT BARACK IS ACTUALLY PREACHING ON A PARABLE......

the parable that says, you can look as religious as you want and when it comes down to it you will be shown to be faithless. Both of the religious people In this parable walked away from the need based on fear and prejudice. yet, the Samaritan who was looked down upon by the people of God did the Godly thing. What a reproof to the so-called religious of today. Dr. James Dobson should be silent and listen at the feet of Barack. The fact that he shares on what he learned at his church in Chicago. All the false condemning of Rev. Wright by the media is laid open for what it is.

In his words, of what his experience there taught him. LOVE. Yet, the President Elect ascribes once again to his faith in Christ. I love that. A Christian with a Muslim name. In our world that would seem like a Misnomer. Yet, in the world of Faith it fits right in with something the real God would do. Has He not said, "As high as the Heavens are above the Earth, so are My thoughts Higher than your thoughts". "My ways are above your ways.."

As I've said in the past, I am no Christian. Although I spent many years in church seeking after the Christian faith. I don't believe the Churches that exist really exemplify Christ or the Body of Christ of the Bride of Christ. On the contrary they seem to be houses of deception and money launderers. Houses of division. Yet, they are Churches and they house imperfect (immature) people who desire to be perfect (mature) people. So they on the outside of that mix are houses of imperfection (immaturity).

" splashpont
"The works selected to be a part of the Christian Bible were those books that inspired the majority of bishops at a council of the church catholic."

As in, you want me to obey your interpretation of your thirdhand translation of what an apostate Roman Emperor got through committee.

The works selected to be a part of the Christian Bible were those books that inspired the majority of bishops at a council of the church catholic.

Christian tradition asserts "the Holy Spirit guided" the community to set apart particular holy writings giving humanity a common vision of what God has done and hopes for us.

Because Jesus summed up the whole Law as love of self, others, and the Divine, Christians "new" understanding of the Law was to free humanity from enslavement to religious rules, norms and customs of this world. "Love one another as I have loved you," Jesus said during his final hours.

And as the Holy Spirit is still alive in the Body of Christ, the Church continues to discover those truths revealing humanity's freedom to love.

As God's gift of intellect, body and spirit continue to expand, so too, the revelation that the Law of Love--of which Jesus spoke--may just happen to include marriage between two people of the same gender.