Much has been said in the media over the few days about Barack Obama's pastor, the Reverend Jeremiah Wright, and his "God Damn America" sermon. While there has been an uproar over a few select snippets, many taken out of context, when you view the sermon as a whole, you realize that it is even more sinister than it initially appeared.
Aside from taking a decidedly erroneous revisionist view of history, the most disturbing view of the sermon is the Reverend Wright's continuation of one of the greatest pitfalls facing society today: the inability of a people to be accountable for their own circumstances. Even scarier, instead of lauding those who are successful, he proceeds to lambaste them.
What kind of society do when live in, when those who rise above their circumstances are spoken of derogatorily and those who wallow in quagmires of their own making are pardoned of their sins?
What the Reverend Wright gave was a political speech from the pulpit, decidedly blurring the line between state and religion, yet no one has called him on this. He spoke of people, using words that were decidedly unfavorable, yet no one has taken him to task for this. Had he been a politician, his career would have been over, yet no one has held him accountable because he was a preacher supposedly preaching a sermon, though the context of the sermon was decidedly political.
Amazingly, the media is making a bigger deal out of snippets taken out of context. That's like pointing out the smoke while ignoring the fire.
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