https://wthrockmorton.com/2008/08/16/obama-and-mccain-at-saddleback-church/ A [retired] college psychology professor's observations about public policy, mental health, sexual identity, and religious issues Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:22:29 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://wthrockmorton.com/2008/08/16/obama-and-mccain-at-saddleback-church/#comment-18941 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:22:29 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com//?p=1055#comment-18941 I agree with David in that being a Christian is not a requirement for being president. I also suggest that those interested in the question of Obama’s relationship with Christ dig a little deeper than his words at Warren’s forum, because we ought to know enough by now to understand that words mean different things to different people. For a fuller look, might I suggest Stephen Mansfield’s new book, The Faith of Barack Obama, published by Thomas Nelson. I read the “money chapter”, entitled “Faith Fit for our Age”, and suffice it to say that I’m quite unconvinced that what Barack Obama means by “Christian” and what I understand the term to mean, as an evangelical, are one in the same.

]]> https://wthrockmorton.com/2008/08/16/obama-and-mccain-at-saddleback-church/#comment-18940 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:15:47 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com//?p=1055#comment-18940 Being a Christian is not a requirement for being president…that is, it is not a required experience.
Valuing life and protecting the weak, I think that is a necessary requirement for anyone who holds that much power…Since power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Allowing the powerful, in complete privacy, to harm the powerless…sometimes repeatedly; is a legitimate concern for all who wish for the just and compassionate use of power.

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