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Rev. Jeremiah Wright

Rev. Joe Wright's Prayer

Humans say that religion should never be mixed in with politics. Rev. Joe Wright was give time to offer a prayer before the Kansas House of Representatives in which he said:

"Heavenly Father, we come before you to ask your forgiveness. We seek your direction and your guidance. We know your word says, "Woe to those who call evil good." But that's what we've done.

We've lost our spiritual equilibrium. We have inverted our values. We have ridiculed the absolute truth of your word in the name of moral pluralism. We have worshiped other gods and called it multiculturalism.

We have endorsed perversion and called it an alternative lifestyle.

We've exploited the poor and called it a lottery. We've neglected the needy and called it self-preservation. We have rewarded laziness and called it welfare. In the name of choice, we have killed our unborn. In the name of right to life, we have killed abortionists.

We have neglected to discipline our children and called it building self-esteem. We have abused power and called it political savvy. We have coveted our neighbor's possessions and called it taxes. We have polluted the air with profanity and pornography and called it freedom of expression. We have ridiculed the time-honored values of our forefathers and called it enlightenment.

Search us, oh, God, and know our hearts today. Try us. Show us any wickedness within us. Cleanse us from every sin and set us free. Guide and bless these men and women who have been sent here by the people of the State of Kansas, and that they have been ordained by you to govern this great state.

Grant them your wisdom to rule. May their decisions direct us to the center of your will. And, as we continue our prayer and as we come in out of the fog, give us clear minds to accomplish our goals as we begin this Legislature. For we pray in Jesus' name, Amen"

If you were given the same opportunity would you have prayed for similar things? What are your thoughts? The history of this ended with a contention among those present who chose to focus on the prayer rather than the business of the day.

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Isn't it wonderful that in our houses of representation in our government a preacher chose to make it his personal stance on everything he considered moral. Instead of a general prayer to help these people make the best decisions they can, he chose to make it his personal platform.

This is the reason that preachers should not be praying before sessions because its no longer ok to be generic, it has to be a speech against everything your religion stands for. Its simply mind boggling that its ok for this to happen, but if it was an atheist saying his views at the beginning of a session, it would not be allowed.

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If they don't want to be offended by non-political correctness to kick off their legistlative sessions, then they shouldn't have prayer. Dare I say that most preachers/pastors/ministers/priests would enumerate the same ideals? I think any person who is standing before and invoking the name of their Almighty, Omnipotent God shouldn't worry about offending the devil - no matter where that person happens to be.

And he did pray for them to make good decisions:

Given the rare opportunity of freedom of expression on the floor of the State Legislature, I think this man did it just right. Of course, I agree with him so I'm biased.

In my opinion, of course.
Roz

Edited: FarSeer on 31st Jul, 2006 - 4:49am

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The Return of Rev. Wright

After weeks of silence, Sen. Barack Obama's controversial former pastor is speaking out, and once again, making headlines. The Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr. appeared at the National Press Club in Washington this morning, where he reiterated comments that the U.S. government was guilty of terrorism and that it may have created AIDS to destroy minorities. Wright also deflected his critics, explaining that their attacks are really assaults on the whole black church, not on him.
Ref. ABC Nightline

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My views of Rev. Wright is that he is trying to make it look like everyone is out to get the black man in the USA. Many of his comments I believe are attacks launched at whites whom he considers the power mongers. I believe that he is going to cause more tension in the USA tan helping ease all the injustice going on around. His prayer before the Kansas house has many interesting items in it. I believe in the separation of church and state. A prayer before the start of the session is all well and good but when it becomes a political stance then it should not be allowed.

Rev. Jeremiah Wright

That is the most ridiculous take on government activities I have ever heard of since the 9/11 controversies over them planting bombs in the WTC. Why would the government focus on "creating" AIDS to destroy minorities when everyone else is just as susceptible to the disease if they have unprotected sex or transfusions? Obama supports the views of this guy? If so, he certainly isn't even an option for me!

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From what I have read and saw on the news this guy is Obama's mentor and used to be his preacher.

By the looks of it it is not getting any better now he says it is the black church that is under attack by the campaigns

https://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/04/28/wright.npc/index.html

Edited: KNtoran on 29th Apr, 2008 - 6:11pm

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The Politics of the Rev. Wright Controversy: A Debate with Melissa Harris-Lacewell and Adolph Reed, Jr.

As the Reverend Wright controversy continues to dominate media attention, we host a debate with two guests. Melissa Harris-Lacewell is associate professor of politics and African American studies at Princeton University. A Barack Obama supporter, she was a member of the Trinity United Church, and Reverend Wright was also her pastor. And Adolph Reed, Jr. is professor of political science at the University of Pennsylvania. He makes the case against voting for Senator Barack Obama in the latest issue of The Progressive magazine.
Ref. https://www.democracynow.org/2008/4/30/the_..._the_rev_wright