Obama And The Pastor

Here we go again.

I read about this last week, but honestly, I haven't had a lot of time to write.

So I'll keep this short and blunt.

What the heck does Obama have to do with his FORMER Pastor's apparent affair?

Not a blasted thing!

The Pastor apparently has some moral failings, in the area of marriage and relationships.

But what does this have to do with Presidential candidate Obama?

Not a darn thing!

I would hope that most Americans are smart enough to know that just because someone you know, whether your Pastor, boss, neighbor or friend, cheats on his/her wife or husband, it doesn't have a darn thing to do with your own morality.

Unless, of course, you knew all about it and helped cover it up.

Which is not relevant to the Pastor's latest media uproar.

AND

While I'm ranting about this, yes, Pastor Wright was all wrong if he had an affair.

And so was the woman.

It takes one to sin, but two to tango.

Pastor Wright sinned the minute he conceived the seduction. (Or maybe it was Elizabeth Payne, if she seduced him.) But the other party still had the opportunity to say NO.

Just like Adam and Eve.

Eve sinned not by being deceived but by disobeying God's instructions. She could have been deceived but then chose to obey, just because God said so. She could've chose to wait and ask God what He had to say about Satan's deceptions.

But Adam then quadrupled the problem, because he chose to sin. He CHOSE to take the forbidden fruit. And then he CHOSE to blame Eve for his own failure, even though he was equally guilty of the sin. He disobeyed God. Instead of saying, "hold up here, let's take this back to God and see what He says about this situation" Adam just went ahead and ate that forbidden fruit anyway.

And didn't repent.

Didn't take it right to God and say "We screwed up Lord."

Nope, tried to hide themselves, tried to hide the sin, tried to blame everyone else but themselves.

It took two to get kicked out of the Garden.

The same as Wright and Payne.

Whoever started it, well then, the other STILL had the CHOICE to not participate.

So I return to the question: What the heck does Pastor Wright's alleged affair have to do with Obama?

Not a darn thing.

Oh, yeah, and I have little sympathy for her crying now about her ruined marriage and being banned from her church.

Like, duh!!

The wages of sin are death.

But not all deaths are physical.

Death of a marriage. Death of a relationship. Death of her church membership. A high price to pay for an empty promise.

So what was it I was saying?

Oh, yeah, what does all this have to do with Obama?

Not a darn thing.

It's "just" another failed attempt by the media to make Obama look like he condones bad behavior.

Ummmm, yeah. Right.

Obama led his Pastor to sin? Really?

Ummmm, so do you blame your own bad behavior on the Twinkies you had with lunch? Or on the guy down at 7-11 that sold you the Twinkies? Or the food company that makes Twinkies?

Yeah, it's the same.

Obama doesn't have a thing to do with his FORMER Pastor's inability to follow marriage vows.

So move along now, let's get back to the issues.

Don't be distracted (and yes, this is deliberate distraction) from the issues.

Don't believe the hype. Don't believe everything you read.

A + B does NOT equal Z.

Wright plus Payne does NOT equal Obama.

NOPE, sure doesn't!!