Comments on: Worth Reading, But Not Much To Talk About http://www.article6blog.com/2008/06/05/worth-reading-but-not-much-to-talk-about/ "Religion, Politics, the Presidency: Commentary by a Mormon, an Evangelical, and an Orthodox Christian" Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:15:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Lori http://www.article6blog.com/2008/06/05/worth-reading-but-not-much-to-talk-about/comment-page-1/#comment-12638 Lori Thu, 05 Jun 2008 23:21:45 +0000 http://www.article6blog.com/2008/06/05/worth-reading-but-not-much-to-talk-about/#comment-12638 In my experience, those who leave a church have stopped believing in the church's doctrine. They have lost faith in the church's beliefs. Its the exact opposite of joining a church. You join a church because you have come to believe its doctrine, you have developed faith. After 20 years, did Obama suddenly realize he had lost faith in black liberation theology? No, I think he joined it for the same reason he left it. Not because his deeply held beliefs lead him to the church. No it was for political expediency, both the joining and the leaving. --OR-- He could have had a faith strong enough to join the church and then his faith in it weakened ever so slowly that it took 20 years for him to realize he no longer had any faith in it (both he and Michelle concurrently). I don't think he would own up to the weak faith argument. Therefore, it must have been political expediency. In my experience, those who leave a church have stopped believing in the church’s doctrine. They have lost faith in the church’s beliefs. Its the exact opposite of joining a church. You join a church because you have come to believe its doctrine, you have developed faith. After 20 years, did Obama suddenly realize he had lost faith in black liberation theology? No, I think he joined it for the same reason he left it. Not because his deeply held beliefs lead him to the church. No it was for political expediency, both the joining and the leaving. –OR– He could have had a faith strong enough to join the church and then his faith in it weakened ever so slowly that it took 20 years for him to realize he no longer had any faith in it (both he and Michelle concurrently). I don’t think he would own up to the weak faith argument. Therefore, it must have been political expediency.

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