How our media missed the real story of the Saddleback conversations with McCain and Obama. Yes, McCain was well rehearsed. That was evident to anyone who watched the program. I was bothered by the questions. It was brave of Obama to attend a national question and answer program anchored by a right leaning pastor. I wonder if McCain would attend a Planned Parenthood debate format? My guess is not.
American audiences have a tough time disseminating information. When a Pastor asks, "do you believe in evil?" and the candidate responds, "yes" and begins the usual rhetoric about Osama Bin Laden, then one has to wonder. Will the Pastor compare the lives lost on 9/11 - roughly 3000 to the 600.000 lives lost since then to American Aggression? Will he pose the question in context. He did not. Where was the response by the media to question the legitimacy of such a format?
Christians should be ashamed of this Pastor's lack of doctrinal analysis into thou shall not kill. Instead, I get a sense that they embrace his format. This is the challenge of 08 that fails to get media attention.
When will we embrace a format the digs deeper into human decency?
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