Politics
As you probably have, I’ve been getting a ton of Obama bashing email forwards. Usually I just delete them. Today I received the one of his supposed quotations taken directly from one of his books. Putting politics aside, I question if it’s disingenuous and untruthful to advance an email of supposed quotes that are taken out of context, misleading, or non existent? Have people actually read the book or are they just blindly forwarding on an email because it supports what they feel?
Since Obama is the leading Democratic candidate, it seems to me that the truly Christian response is to pray for him as well as the leading Republican candidate, that God's will be done regarding the upcoming presidential election in this country, not attack and smear whichever candidate we feel is not worthy to be president. Should we even be engaging in what appears to be unscrupulous and suspect email campaigns obviously motivated by partisan politics? Should it be that we Christians set the example to the rest of country during these months leading up to the election by taking the high road and helping people make an intelligent, informed decision on the candidates?
posted by John M. Hanna @ 1:53 PM
2 comments
2 Comments:
Interesting comments, Pastor. A few weeks ago I forwarded an email to a friend. She quickly replied: "This is untruth. Go to..." I did check out what she said and realized I'd been caught in the worst kind of gossip. Not spoken or whispered, but sent on by email. Scary.
There is no way to recapture the whisper to a co-worker that gets passed around the office and never can you retrieve an email once you hit the send button.
I apologized to my friend, but sorry didn't get the job done.
Kat in Omaha
Kat,
As a believer, you did the right thing! I think all of us need to do a better job of investigating the truth for ourselves while avoiding gossip, and if it's discovered that we messed up, own up to it and seek reconciliation. By the way, it was nice talking to you on the phone the other day!
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