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Marxist slant in President Barack Obama’s alleged devotion to the person of Jesus Christ

Obama’s Good Works Based Initiative.



"The King will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.' - Matthew 25:40

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I have always had some reservations about the Marxist slant in President Barack Obama’s alleged devotion to the person of Jesus Christ, though I would not claim to have the supernatural ability to judge the true caliber of his innermost personal religious convictions. However, anyone superficially acquainted with some of the Christian faith’s distinct nonnegotiable imperatives may discern that no authentic fellowship can exist between Mr. Obama’s most recent social policy initiatives and his claim of fidelity to the historic Christian faith. Given this record of chronic, cognitive dissonance between the president’s sublime rhetoric on the subject and his unwavering commitment to policies which are violently opposed to the most basic tenets of the faith he has publicly professed, it is not unwise to view his endorsement of a new and improved Advisory Council on Faith with some measure of healthy skepticism. The very enterprise has a ring of crass hypocrisy to it, when you consider that among those whom its architect seeks to engage in dialogue are many he once derided as bitter folk who tend to "cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them" Still, in the spirit of Christian charity, we can all choose to let bygones be bygones, and focus instead on the stated purpose of this initiative, which at face value appears to have a noble end in mind. To wit, in Obama’s own words, the goal of this council is to help those organizations that - unlike bloated, impersonal government bureaucracies - are nearer to the communities upon which they are able to exert a positive influence. But this help comes with a very specific caveat to “…do so without blurring the line that our founders wisely drew between church and state…” Indeed, the Devil is in the details; and if we have learned anything from recent history, it is safe to assume that Obama’s reading of this oft conjured line (or wall) of separation - which incidentally, is nowhere to be found in the pages of the U.S. Constitution - is more or less the official interpretation that contemporary secular man has already rendered as authoritative. The latter dictates that a religious organization which provides federally funded services must abstain from any type of language that even hints at proselytizing. Additionally, it must abide by hiring practices which can accommodate those who may subscribe to ideologies or lifestyles that are diametrically opposed to the organization’s stated mission. Mind you, this directive comes from an administration that presides over a congress which sessions are launched with a judicious, daily supplication to the God of the scriptures; a quaint tradition that harkens back to the times when it was regarded as axiomatic that it is not Religion that should keep its hands off government, but rather Government that should keep its hands off religion. Still, Obama marches on, driven by a grandiose vision that some day - preferably within the next four years - “Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus -- and nonbelievers” will come together to the table and put aside their differences. And they may indeed be able to come together physically, but as long as they hold fast to their cardinal beliefs - as well they should - or in some cases their unbelief, they will always stand ideological and spiritual worlds apart, which is where it matters. It matters firstly because Truth - that intangible entity upon which all reality pivots, keeping those who hold firmly to it from drowning in a sea of relativism - is by its very nature - well, divisive. Thus Obama’s plan to recruit a force of healing agents by achieving spiritual solidarity between the different faiths fails to acknowledge this indomitable stumbling block, and any bridge that would deign to span the wide doctrinal chasm that exists between such wildly divergent creeds would soon collapse under the crushing weight of obvious contradictions. And secondly, it matters because by downplaying such contradictions, Obama’s caveat would require Christians to check their beliefs at the front door of public service, stipulating a conscious disseverance between charity and the faith from which it originates; a prearranged divorce between the “walk” and the "talk” as it were. So in a sense, Christians would be hamstrung by a government that is willing to fund their services, but only under the rather peculiar condition that they first dispense with the cornerstone - indeed the very engine - behind their willingness to serve. For those who possess an abiding faith in God this is an unrealistic compromise, since – as I alluded to earlier - their faith is inextricably linked to their desire to serve. As one whose faith he claims was kindled through engaging in public service, Obama should recognize that Christianity posits most of the problems in our society as being rooted in widespread spiritual emptiness; thus the Christian charity worker does not seek only to meet the physical needs of the downtrodden, but also to rescue them from a worse kind of deprivation, which is spiritual barrenness. The other alternative to sustain their sense of duty for helping those in need – which is almost on a par with abject indifference – would be merely the prospect of profiting from it. Indeed Obama should know better, since it is his own slightly disordered take on the gospel of Christ which motivates him to envisage this kind of Arcadian utopia in the first place. Yet in a way this vision from Obama may be more a reflection of his own spiritual kilter, blissfully unencumbered by a flagrant disconnect between the social causes he militantly espouses and the faith for which he claims to enlist his most fervent devotion.


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Miguel Guanipa is a freelance journalist.


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