Lest any of you think I'm now a hater of all things Obama because I've withdrawn my political support, let me share with you an excerpt from his speech last May at the Notre Dame Commencement that I couldn't agree with more:
"[T]he ultimate irony of faith is that it necessarily admits doubt. It is the belief in things not seen. It is beyond our capacity as human beings to know with certainty what God has planned for us or what He asks of us, and those of us who believe must trust that His wisdom is greater than our own.
This doubt should not push us away from our faith. But it should humble us. It should temper our passions, and cause us to be wary of self-righteousness. It should compel us to remain open, and curious, and eager to continue the moral and spiritual debate that began for so many of you within the walls of Notre Dame."
If anything ever needed to be said to Christians in America, it was this. Ironically, the majority of American evangelicals would not listen to Mr. Obama - they think he's secretly a Muslim.
I suppose my criticism of Obama's embrace of policies and practices that he once rightly denounced could be interpreted as an expression of self righteousness. So could my criticism of his character. The more I think about it, the more certain I am that my strongest feeling about Obama is utter disappointment.
Joe H.
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