SC church: Obama tied to Osama?
A church in Jonesville, South Carolina -- 30 minutes east of Spartanburg -- has jumped into the 2008 election season with this contribution: a sign that asks, "Obama, Osama, hmm, are they brothers?"Of course, Pastor Roger Byrd of the Jonesville Church of God insists he means no harm in making the comparison:
Byrd said that the message wasn't meant to be racial or political.It would be easy to write this off as the questionable antics of a small-time Southern minister, but it's not like he's alone.
"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," he said.
When asked if he believes that Barack Obama is Muslim, Byrd said, "I don't know. See it asks a question: Are they brothers? In other words, is he Muslim ? I don't know. He says he's not. I hope he's not. But I don't know. And it's just something to try to stir people's minds. It was never intended to hurt feelings or to offend anybody."
Linking Sen. Obama to Osama bin Laden is something that's been circulating in the media for a while. Rush Limbaugh repeatedly called the Illinois Senator "Obama Osama" in a 2005 speech in Florida. There was CNN's bizarre piece driving home the similarities between the two names in 2006.
Then there are the curiously frequent "mistakes" and "gaffes" where the names have gotten switched, from numerous incidents by major media outlets to Clinton campaign phone-bankers in Ohio.
You can see how a pastor in South Carolina might get some ideas.
Labels: barack obama, cnn, hillary clinton, rush limbaugh, South Carolina
6 Comments:
<" Byrd said that the message wasn't meant to be racial or political.">
Possibly (???)
But it sure is a message that shows one's ignorance.... and a means of testing the "spirits".
In the name of the "ONE GOD", if one truly believes that....
We are ALL brothers and sisters.
We are ALL children of the "ONE GOD"....
The SAME God.... Just ONE.
If you believe in just YOUR God, then you lie to people. You teach falsely when you say:
There is only ONE GOD.
One means just that... ONE.
One God with many facets.
Just as the word "Man" means mankind... a multitude with many facets because we are created by the ONE God, in the likeness of God.
It's time to get your act together, in the name of the ONE GOD..
Amen --- So Be It --- Let it be so.
Let it be fulfilled in US.
John McCain and John the Baptist, are they brothers? You tell me. I think the congregation need to look at their pastor. Is pastor Roger Byrd related to Roger Brown who killed 10 peolpe last year?
The pastor makes us as a people look bad.
Byrd should leave the pulpit...people like Byrd sure give God a bad name. What a disgusting, irresponsible, bigoted thing to say. I doubt that Byrd has the intellect or insight to be ashamed and embarrassed. Too bad.
My name is Norman. Gosh, that sounds like Mormon. Hmmmmm, am I a polygamist?
Anyone who is outraged at this, as I am, should report it to the Federal Election Commission and the Internal Revenue Service.
The pastor's explanation is even more offensive than what was written on the sign. "I hope he's not muslim"!?!?! He DIDN'T mean to be prejudice?!?!? He proposes the question "what would happen if we got someone in the oval office that doesn't believe in christ?" I'd like to answer his question with another, "Could it be worse than what Bush's blind faith has done?" If I were a Christian, I mean a true Christian, I would be extremely enraged by how ignorant you make us look.
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