Honest Obama Question (From a non-supporter)

[caseysmom]

I have honestly never heard anyone call him the messiah.

[Edwina's Secretary]

I also have never heard Obama called The Messiah. Furthermore, messiah has a number of definition -- and whether used with upper case or lower case can change the meaning.

In any case, candidates are called many names. Hoepfully they have more important things to talk about than refuting every name they are called.

[Puckstop31]

I will give you a selection. Because I know you will not like most of the sources. LOL

http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/p-j...-obama-messiah

http://poligazette.com/2008/10/11/lo...a-the-messiah/

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/?pageId=77539


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OowxMcVTjTE


Now granted, Louis Farrakhan is not the best way to use this connection. But if we connect the dots... BO knows Rev. Wright. Rev. Wright has ties to Farrakhan. Farrakhan has ties to Muammar Qaddaffi. He even gave Qaddaffi a "human rights" award. LOL

Just a FYI.

[JenBKR]

I think I have heard something like that, but he was being compared to Jesus. I don't really know any details though, or if he responded. There's so many lies, on both sides, it can be hard to keep it straight sometimes! I have been checking www.snopes.com on the political page lately to try to sort them out.

[Pam]

Louis Farrakhan has called him the Messiah. Mr. Obama has an amazing group of friends and supporters.

[Karen]

I only know Louis Farrakhan said that, and elsewhere I had only heard it used in a mocking way, not seriously, by an anti-Obama commentator.

And I don't recall Barack Obama ever addressing it - but then again, politicians running for office would have to no time to eat, breathe, or sleep if they addressed every single thing someone said about them, good, bad or otherwise.

I do not hold it against Barack Obama for not commenting on it, nor do I hold it against John McCain for not commenting on it, either.

[caseysmom]

A local home had a big Obama display and somebody came and wrote racial slurs all over it...I am sure this is not the first place this is liberal California, I did not hear Obama speak on this so does that make him a racist...the logic is just not there.

[Catty1]

My only thought - if politicians or their staff had to keep track of every name they were called (good or bad) in coffee shops and bars and homes etc across the nation, they would have no time to do anything else.

You raise a good question - but that is one you should ask the people who call him that. They likely aren't particularly religious, and just use it as a figure of speech.

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It reminds me of a scene in the Monty Python movie "Life of Brian". It takes place at the same time Jesus was walking the earth and doing his stuff. Brian, while escaping from the Roman guards, falls onto a platform in the local market and launches into a ridiculous speech, pretending to be a prophet. When the guards run past him and he is safe, he stops his speech - at a point where many of the listeners are hanging on his every word.

He jumps down, and they ask him to finish what he was saying. He keeps insisting it was nothing, which is true - but they insist there must be some great secret. A chase ensues; Brian rushes away, losing his drinking gourd and a sandal in the process. His "followers" hold them up as treasured relics.

The mob gives chase. Brian runs up a hill, finds a deep hole, and jumps in - landing on a man who had been keeping a vow of silence for 18 years, and lets out a loud "OW!" Brian keeps trying to shush him up, but the man sarcastically says, "Oh, what's the point NOW?" - until they both see the mob and drop into the hole.

The mob has seen Brian. They cheer and roar until Brian finally comes out and faces them. They hail him as the Messiah.

"Look," Brian pleads. "I'm NOT the Messiah. HONESTLY."

There is silence. Then a woman declares, "Only the Messiah would deny his true divinity." This sets off another round of cheering and roaring.

"What kind of choice does THAT give me?" Brian exclaims. "All right, I AM the Messiah!" The roar of praise rises again, and Brian adds, "NOW F*** OFF!!!"

Again, silence. Then one prostate man raises his head and asks humbly, "How shall we f*** off, Master?"

When it comes to mob mentality, no public figure could handle this one.
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FYI: From the Oxford Dictionary of Current English, 2001:

messiah 1. (the Messiah) the promised deliverer of the Jewish nation prophesied in the Hebrew bible. 2 (the Messiah) Jesus regarded by Christians as the Messiah of these prophecies. 3 a leader or saviour. ORIGIN Hebrew, 'anointed'

[caseysmom]

This is just plain silly.