But in 20+ years, Obama never heard anything like this...never....
For the first time since his retirement last spring, Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr. returned to the pulpit of Trinity United Church of Christ this morning with two goals: glorifying God and vilifying the media.
...."Jesus said upon this rock I will build--listen to the promise--my church," he said."And the gates of Hell--listen to the promise--the gates of Hell--neither ABC nor CNN--the gates of Hell--neither Hannity nor O'Reilly--the gates of Hell--neither Time, Time magazine, Chicago Sun Times, Chicago Tribune ... the gates of Hell shall not prevail against it. Nothing will be impossible with God."At the 11 a.m. service, Wright belittled "baby milk believers," who, he said, suffer a delusion that politics don't belong in the pulpit. He pointed out that "Luke the evangelist, not Wright the radical" lambasted the oppressive policies of the Roman government in the Gospel story that recounts Jesus' life.
He implied that his previous use of derogatory language to describe Italians in a past sermon referred to the Roman oppression Luke condemned.
"Emperor Augustus in Rome--that's in Italy, dizzy blond on the View," Wright said, presumably referring to conservative television personality Elisabeth Hasselback, who has railed about Wright on the ABC daytime talk show.
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ZIP
When you inject politics into the pulpit you get....
....Islamania.
Posted by: Appalled By The World | December 08, 2008 at 10:48 AM
When this idiot injects HIS politics into the pulpit, my blood pressure goes up. This guy is as much a 'man of God' as Jesse Jackson is...
Posted by: GW | December 08, 2008 at 10:56 AM
Rev. Wright, long past his shelf-life of political interest, is desperate for another 15 minutes of fame.
Before he declares that politics belongs in the pulpit, perhaps he'd like to review IRC Sec. 501(c)(3), which exempts from taxation "[c]orporations, and any community chest, fund, or foundation, organized and operated exclusively for religious, charitable, scientific, testing for public safety, literary, or educational purposes... no substantial part of the activities of which is carrying on propaganda, or otherwise attempting, to influence legislation..."
Key word being "exclusively."
The Mormon Church might want to review that, too.
Posted by: Battlecat | December 08, 2008 at 12:58 PM
GW: "This guy is as much a 'man of God' as Jesse Jackson is"
Yup...
Posted by: ZIP | December 08, 2008 at 01:47 PM
Let it go... It didn't work before, and it won't work again.
He has every right to call you suckers out anyways.
You have no better things to do!
The DUMB Right is basically what you the poster, and those who comment about this pastor are!
Posted by: GET OVER THE WRIGHT ISSUE LOSERS | December 08, 2008 at 03:39 PM