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(s)Elections See other (s)Elections Articles Title: Pay Attention to Barack Obama's Theology "Appearances deceive but can be changed. Reality is changeless. It does not deceive at all. And if you fail to see beyond appearances, you ARE deceived." ~ Jesus Christ (Modern revelation) Barack Obama would love the American public to believe he is somehow spiritually advanced or at least a devotee of Christianity. Nothing could be farther from the truth. Barack Obama's "Christianity" is Marxism restated using Christian terms, a particularly deceitful expression of the leftist slogan: "the end justifies the means." Except for the hijacked terminology, there is nothing Christian about Obama's heresy. Obama is a long time champion of what is known as "Liberation Theology," an attempt to redefine Christianity in Marxist terms. In Liberation Theology, lip service is given Jesus Christ as our redeemer and savior, but first priority is given to the myth that the Christ taught liberating the poor and oppressed through political activism. Obama is hoping nobody has really read the Bible, because the Gospels clearly indicate that Jesus was not interested in using politics to gain his ends: Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight.... (John 18:36) The disciples of Jesus understood that they had no obligation to pay taxes because taxation is not God's way, but Jesus used an encounter with pharisees (lawyers attempting to trick him) to indicate what was really important: "Tell us then, what is your opinion? Is it right to pay taxes to Caesar or not?" But Jesus, knowing their evil intent, said, "You hypocrites, why are you trying to trap me? Show me the coin used for paying the tax." They brought him a denarius, and he asked them, "Whose portrait is this? And whose inscription?" "Caesar's," they replied. Then he said to them, "Give to Caesar what is Caesar's, and to God what is God's." (Matthew 22:17-21) Obama's agenda is embodied in the communist slogan: "From each according to his ability, to each according to his need," which translated into Obama's political language becomes: "Use government force to rob producers, then redistribute the booty to non-producers (with politicians and bureaucrats receiving a handsome cut)." The utter evil of such an agenda is spelled out in detail in Ayn Rand's novel, "Atlas Shrugged," but can also easily be inferred from the Gospels. Jesus never levied a tax on anyone, nor robbed anyone. Nor did Jesus ever teach his disciples to tax anyone or rob anyone. What Jesus actually taught, what Obama is not satisfied with, is voluntary sharing and charity. There is great spiritual benefit, "treasure in heaven," from voluntarily giving, voluntarily helping those in need: Jesus looked at him and loved him. "One thing you lack," he said. "Go, sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me." (Mark:10-21) What Jesus did not do, but Barack Obama craves to do, is hold a government gun to the head of the rich young man and say: "I am forcing you to give to the poor." Could it be that Barack Obama has never read Christian Scripture? Or is it more likely that the Marxist indoctrination of his young years has rendered him thoroughly blind and deaf to true justice? Poster Comment: I read that Obama came to the church as an adult, so, I'm not exactly sure how this author characterizes the 'young years'.
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#2. To: Peppa (#0)
So, I'm supposed to sell everything and give it to the poor, or am I supposed to sell everything, give some unspecified portion of it to the poor and bring the rest to church? Or, did some or all of that only apply to the particular person supposedly being addressed there?
It applied to the individual being addressed. Or others like him. He had an obsession with money. That is my take on it anyway.
Was Jesus forcing anyone to do something, for example with their money, when he physically and notably unsuccessfully attempted to give a temple meaning and activity that it did not have? Is that the act of someone who's "kingdom is not of this world"?
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