bustieone
I could swear to anything on the bible & it would mean nothing to me at all.It's just a book.
11 Answers
daren1
"You can sit in a garage all day it doesn't make you a car" nor can you read a bible and think your a christian, no matter what bible he is sworn in under he is what he is, only GOD knows where his heart lies as far as taking oath on a bible he's just following US tradition, I honestly think it would not matter to Obama if it were Mad magazine it's all about the power the office holds !!
| 11 years ago. Rating: 14 | |
Ann
I think its appropiate to honor MLK on his special day. His Bible is a symbol to our nation that change can happen by peaceful means.
It does not matter what Obama believes, its just to honor a great man who profoundly changed our nation for the better.
| 11 years ago. Rating: 14 | |
As I have walked among the desperate, rejected and angry young men, I told them that molotov cocktails and rifles would not solve theire problems.
I have tried to offer them my deepest compassion while maintaining my conviction that social changes come most meaningfully through nonviolent actions.
But they ask-and rightfully so- "what about Vietnam"?
They ask if our Nation was not using massive doses of violence to solve its problems to bring about the changes it wanted.Theire question hit home, and I knew that I could never again raise my voice against the oppresd in the ghettos without first speaking clearly to the greatest purveor of violence in the world today - my own government.He spoke the truth and it cost him his life.
jhharlan
doolittle
OK let's look at it from what MLK JR. stood and fought for...He may or may not have agreed with all of Obama's politics but I believe that he would be very pleased that a black man has been voted president for 2 terms. It represents equality.
| 11 years ago. Rating: 11 | |
Obama holding that bible with his history of taking the USA into war 3 times thus far is hypocritical to MLK's message of peace.
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Coleen, do really think the President can pull off saying he's white? or half. Mulatto sure but people consider him black. Why do you hate the President so much . Its like your obsessed.
bigben
Yes, he's a christian and has been for 20 years. That seems to be something that is hard for people to accept. There is absolutely no evidence that he is a muslim. As for the bible its symbolic and thats something that all politicians do. I don't have a problem with him on this issue because you wont be able to find a politician today that isn't making some sort of gesture in celebration of King. It seems to me to be rediculous to turn this into an emotional issue because you don't like the man. I didn't vote for him, but I'm also not going to have an emotional reaction about it either.
| 11 years ago. Rating: 10 | |
Colleen
He uses anything to try and fool the populace that he is a "good guy". The man is no more Christian than I am and just like he uses the graves of children for one agendas, he now uses the grave of MLK for the same agenda. The man is sick the way he attempts to play off the emotions of the socialist class.
| 11 years ago. Rating: 8 | |
Clonge
witchway
Bob/PKB
Obama doesn't do anything without a self-serving, ulterior motive. Using MLK's Bible was not to honor MLK and his memory, but to ingratiate himself with those who DO honor MLK's memory.
| 11 years ago. Rating: 5 | |
mycatsmom
No, he's not " using him " . He's honoring the memory of King. And it was an educational moment for his daughters.
| 11 years ago. Rating: 5 | |
queeendeb
there is power in God's word and since I personally know this, I think it's a blessing that our newly re-elected president can use it. I read the Bible and apply the wisdom it contains. I appreciated seeing the opportunity of it's inclusion on / and in the activities of this extremely important Event and since I do pray for him daily and others in authority; it is very mature and humbling that our country can acknowledge what has been a part of our success, Also, the Creator God said IF YOU acknowledge me;... and I will acknowledge you...jOHN 14:1 following, and II CHRONICLES 7:14. I AM A woman, mother, grandmother, friend, sister, called of God, helper, and a list of other important positions to God, so i Hope and pray my opinion can be pondered and others give God the glory HE IS DUE and pray for President Obama and vp.
| 11 years ago. Rating: 4 | |
