My Crazy Times

In the small, but don’t call us bitter, town of Jonesville, SC the Rev. Roger Byrd and his congregation at the Jonesville Church of God have decided to throw their, anything but intelligent, hat into the current political debate.

Last Thursday, April 18, the Rev. Byrd placed on the church sign the message, “Obama, Osama, hmm, are they brothers?” Either Byrd has missed the countless times Sen. Obama has discussed his faith as a Christian or Byrd is simply incapable of understanding a Presidential candidate that can actually speak intelligently. Perhaps, Byrd is so in tune to the Divine that he has been chosen to be the only human being with the ability to know a person’s heart.

In an interview with the local NBC affiliate Byrd said, “It’s simply to cause people to realize and to see what possibly could happen if we were to get someone in there that does not believe in Jesus Christ.” Now that makes me go “hmm?”, because for the last eight years we have had a President who claims to believe in Jesus Christ and he has continually made decisions that have killed thousands upon thousands of human beings. In that case I certainly hope Sen. Obama’s faith is in a different God than that of Byrd and the current President.

Now that I’ve gotten that off my chest, I begin to feel a pang of guilt. Are my words just as cruel as Byrd’s, am I refusing to show him the love of Christ that he all too brazenly withholds from Sen. Obama? Of course I would have to answer yes, and tonight I’ll ask for forgiveness and seek to understand how I should respond. But at this moment I’m just angered and sickened at this poor example of faith and intelligence.

Here’s the link to the original story:

Small Church’s Obama Sign Causes Big Controversy

Popularity: 8% [?]