On Obama’s Religion & The Question of Qualified Black Candidates
September 9, 2008
Commenter John Paul Reeves left what Brandon & I felt was a thought-provoking comment on Brandon’s Obama Drops the Ball on Energy post. I was responding to the comment, but my response got pretty long, so I felt it’d be more appropriate to write it up as a full post for everyone to be able to read and respond to easily. This is my full response:
@John Paul Reeves,
On Obama’s Religion
As for how I as a Black Christian (not speaking for that entire demographic) feel, I have no “concern” about Obama’s religion. In fact, I bet most people don’t have any concern about Obama’s religion. Frankly, I don’t care what his religion is, and the people who say that he’s a Muslim in a derogatory way are actually not only insulting Muslims by implying that being Muslim is bad, but they are also note acting in a Christ-like manner by bearing false witness against another person. So there are two questions to pose to Christians or anyone else who has a problem with a candidate’s religion:
- What’s wrong with voting for a fellow Christian?
- What in your Christianity would stop you from voting for someone who was of a different religion if there was a non-Christian in the race?
On Qualified Black Candidates
As to your question on qualified Black candidates that could run for President and VP, the issue is not qualification. There are qualified people of every type: race, sex, gender, ideology, religion, sexual orientation, age, etc. The issue is actually one of prejudice and access. Read more
Hearing from God: Part II
April 10, 2007
I wanted to follow up on my series, Hearing From God. In Part I of the series, we touched on how Pharaoh’s heart was hardened as God showed His glory through the plagues via Moses’ successful efforts at convincing Pharaoh to let the Israelites go. Read more
The Weekly Dream: Symbols and Essence
April 6, 2007
Question of the Week: Is your life filled with symbols or essence?
Understanding Shia and Sunni Muslims
March 26, 2007
With the swirling debate concerning Iraq, there is often mention of the Shia and Sunni Muslims. Of course, it is easy for the media to portray these groups are monolothic groups but it is much more nuanced than that. I received an email from IslamiCity that gives a brief history of Shia and Sunni Muslims and how they have alot more in common than most are led to believe. Hopefully, this will help nuance our understanding of what is happening in the region.
Stay up fam,
Brandon Q.
