Diogenes argues that Obama's Christian identity (along with just about every other liberal politician's) is a long-term fraud. Perhaps today's news that Obama has formally excommunicated himself from his church shows that to be true.
It certainly has been a case study on how foolish radical leftist Christians look when people are actually paying attention.
But why is Obama rejecting his church?
Is it because after careful study he has concluded that it's not biblical? Did he just discover that a flaw in their adherence to the Nicene Creed? Did he discover that apostolic succession matters and Rev. Wright wasn't in that succession?
It seems that he left for the same reason that he joined: it was for his political expedience.
Now, I think it would be daft to assume that expedience is a pure explanation for his membership. I don't think Obama can explain away his 20 years of membership and the depth of his relationship with Wright simply by saying he was disingenuous the whole time. Rather an ideological kinship must have been present. It may not have displayed itself in kook comments about the government and AIDS. But it does rear its head in Obama's "Rodney King" rhetoric where he effectively says that we should all just get along, have an open dialogue and agree with me.
It will be fascinating to see where Obama places his church membership going forward.
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