Posted by
Tom G. on Tuesday, August 19, 2008 12:00:00 AM
When you listen to Liberals and, more recently Obama himself, during the Saddleback event, you see that their moral compass is stuck...stuck on Relativism.
When Warren asked Obama about America's moral failure, Obama answered..,
Obama: I think America's greatest moral failure in my lifetime has been that we still don't abide by that basic precept in Matthew that whatever you do for the least of my brothers you do for me. And that notion of -- that basic principle applies to poverty. It applies to racism and sexism. It applies to, you know, not thinking about providing ladders of opportunity for people to get into the middle class.
I mean, there's a pervasive sense, I think, that this country, as wealthy and powerful as we are, still don't spend enough time thinking about "the least of these."
This is so endemic of Liberals...not seeing the forest through the trees. They (Liberals and Obama) often speak of Civil Rights and the causes of the poor, less fortunate as a motivating catch all for Liberal Policy's moral necessity. Yet, they are stuck on Relativism, they fail to see the order of things, the primordial nature of life.
One cannot be eight before one is seven, nor can one climb to 27,000 feet before 26,999...simple enough for a child to understand, eh. However the importance of this Primordial nature of things fails the gravity of Democratic, Liberal and, in particular, Obama politics.
One cannot begin fighting for the causes of the poor, the less fortunate, the class struggles, the weak or as the Gospel of Matthew offers, the "least of these" without first fighting for the least of us, the unborn child! We cannot pick up this fight after they are no longer 'the least of these".
For, the goal is to protect those 'least' able to protect themselves, 'least' able to to fight for themselves, 'least' able to express their natural rights as granted by our creator. Our Declaration of Independence is clear on this fact, this Primordial nature of things.
Obama wishes, as most liberals do, to by-pass the 'least' of us and move to those 'most' likely to vote based upon their current condition.
This 'by-passing' is a decision based upon the relative nature of power. The threat to this power is the Creator himself. IF the unborn (man) is created in his image, then killing that unborn child is killing him. The power obtained by committing this act of killing, is an act of power over those who believe in the Creator. This is truly a fight for the soul of America.
Obama professed a faith in a Christian belief while holding the most preciously vulnerable hostage.
Warren also asked Obama about his most glaring Moral weakness...to which he replied..,
Obama: Well, in my own life, I'd break it up into stages. I had a difficult youth. My father wasn't in the house. I've written about this. You know, there were times when I experimented with drugs, I drank, you know, in my teenage years. And what I trace this to is a certain selfishness on my part. I was so obsessed with me and, you know, the reasons that I might be dissatisfied that I couldn't focus on other people. And you know, I think the process for me of growing up was to recognize that it's not about me. It's about --[Warren: I like that. I like that.]
Absolutely. But look, you know, when I find myself taking the wrong step, I think a lot of times it's because I'm trying to protect myself instead of do God's work.
Again Obama is failing to see the work God asks us to do...help the 'least of these'...the unborn child. IF we cannot start by protecting them, how could they justify this to God himself...how could they really believe that God would find killing the weak, the innocent the powerless an act of his will. They do not believe this is O.K. at 3 weeks of age, or 27 years, why is it OK to do so a conception plus 90 days? Or, anytime?
Abortion is the Slavery issue of our day and for an African American candidate to fail to see the primordial nature of life is a failure of our educational system. Few people have the unique vantage point and nearness to the issue of having the law deem you unworthy as do African Americans. The remarkable, sometimes frustrating, empathy the Israeli Jews show to the Palestinians’ who are in Settlements is a living example of this perspective in use.
Today, too many Catholics, Evangelicals, Protestants and other Christians fail to place proper order, fail to see the primordial nature of life, and thus allow themselves to be manipulated by those who only aim to weaken their relationship with the Creator. The Polar North of the Moral Compass is not negotiable and is not Relative, it is singular and precise--it is the Truth.