As fellow Christians we ask you to stop bearing false witness against your brother Barack Obama. You recently made the insidious claim that Sen. Obama "...was palling around with terrorists." All unbiased observers have noted that the claim is patently false. We the undersigned ask you to stop these false attacks and rather to raise the level of discourse to discuss the issues that matter most to Americans: the economy, the environment, education, health care, the war.
As Christians, we must remember that Jesus told us to love our neighbors and more importantly our adversaries as ourselves. Your recent stump speeches enters territory that are not only adversely affecting our civil discourse as a nation, but diverge from basic Biblical teaching.
The Ten Commandments state the case clearly: “You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor."
Proverbs 6:16-19 states, "There are six things that the Lord hates, seven that are an abomination to him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that make haste to run to evil, a false witness who breathes out lies, and one who sows discord among brothers."
Proverbs 19:9 states, "A false witness will not go unpunished, and he who breathes out lies will perish."
Jesus affirms in Mathew 19:18 reiterating his commitment to the Ten Commandments, "You shall not bear false witness."
And since Obama is one of us as Christians and as Americans, Obama does think like us. We believe that each of the candidates, Barack Obama and John McCain, have the best interests of the country in their hearts and minds. We may agree or disagree with the positions of either candidate, but we should not question their patriotism or their character.
We call upon you to issue a retraction and an apology and to refrain from further instances of bearing false witness against your brother, Barack Obama.
You can go sign the petition here. I did.
*"In What Respect, Charlie?"
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IWRC can go Cheney herself.
I signed too I just hope that people sign this petition overwhelmingly because the bile she is spewing may cause people to be killed. Like the guy who was shot 3 times for wearing an Obama Tshirt.
Well, Matthew (7:16) does warn: "You will know them by their fruits."
And I daresay McShame/Paliban are looking to bear strange fruit.
I also signed it and left a comment. My prayer is that their strategy doesn't lead to violence. The press have already been attacked at a rally, an AA media person with racist remarks, voters are riled up in response to these false claims, shouting "terrorist" and "Kill him."
Could that be why Pres. Bush has commanded military personnel to keep peace here in the U.S.? Is he complicit in McCain's strategy? I wouldn't put it past him. (SCARY)
The problem with Christianity is it's salad bar attitude -- people pick and chose what they want from the bible and use it to their advantage. If one says that Jesus was a pacifist, then the other can quote the passage where Jesus says he brings a sword. If you quote love thy enemy, another will quote the "eye for an eye" passage. I just wish we could just keep religion out of politics.
I also signed and referenced Matthew 12:33-37 which basically says our words reveal our hearts.
After Palin was nominated for VP, Focus on the Family finally endorsed McCain. I wrote to them and asked how a Christian can reconcile himself with her acceptance speech which was filled with sarcasm, mockery, misleading statements, etc. Focus on the Family Action replied and said that one person's sarcasm is another's humor. Also her statements are "open to interpretation." Isn't that great?
Does that imply they also endorse that the means justify the end?
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