Sunday, September 11, 2011

I Guess President Obama Did Not Get The Message About No Religious Speakers At The 9/11 Memorial In NYC - But I Bet Islamists Appreciated His Message

So, the mayor of NYC forbade religious representatives, such as priests, rabbis, pastors, ministers, imams even nuns, from being allowed to say words during New York City's remembrance of 9/11 today. Then, our fearless leader, President Barack Hussein Obama (aka: Barry O, aka: The Chosen One), rises up at the podium and what does he do? He apparently recites religious verses. He did not say one word about  9/11, just seemingly got very Judeo-Christian, all of a sudden. So, while religious leaders were not allowed to speak because it might offend someone, our government was allowed to substitute itself for the religious! By itself, that was okay. One would expect politicians to get religious at such a memorial but the fact that he suddenly got religious was not all he did in what was very probably a well orchestrated perfromance.

Mind you, I think it would have been totally appropriate for someone, including government officials, to have spoken religious words during the remembrance but I also think such should have been allowed for religious leaders, that they too had been allowed to do so and that had such a big stink not been made about assuring no religious could take part in the memorial. So why would President Obama do so? Do you think that he saw it as appropriate to suddenly become religious, when in fact he is not usually particularly so? Do you think that he thought that as president he represents all religious groups in this country and just had to give a religious quote in case no other speakers would do so? Do you believe that he felt it important that a prayer or other religious words be spoken and thus he bravely and selflessly took it upon himself to do it regardless of any criticism that would be sure to follow? Or do you think it was just the president campaigning for the 2012 election? Or maybe it was something else, maybe it was actually God speaking through him! I mean, after all, while he was reading a quote, reportedly Psalm 46 from the biblical Book of Psalms, he quotes a line saying "...I am God...". If I did not witness it myself, watching it and listening to it on live TV, I might have doubted it actually happened, this sudden utterly religious outpouring by President Obama.

I wondered, what had he quoted,. I saw it reported by the media that it was Psalm 46. A little quick research confirmed that the Psalms are not only part of the Judeo-Christian tradition but are accepted by Muslims as noted in the Quran and are represented by Zabur in the Quran. It is amazing that Psalm 46 and Zabur 46 are so similar. In fact, now, I am wondering from which did he quote! So, up above, when I said President Obama seemingly got very Judeo-Christian all of a sudden, I guess I was wrong. He seemingly was making darned sure he was getting all sorts of Judeo-Christian-Islamic all of a sudden while ignoring all other religions of they who perished.

To have included a prayer, a song to God, that is found in both Judeo-Christian tradition but that is also found, almost word for word, in the Quran was, in my estimation, outrageous! Remember, the Quran is the religious book held so sacred by the Islamic extremists who attacked us on 9/11 and who continue to seek our destruction, it is the basis for their seeking to destroy us and they remind us of this fact with an almost daily frequency. I am thunderstruck as to the implications of the president having used that quote. I think that this performance by the president was a disgrace and was a slap in the face of religion and of America and a show of support for Islam even though the attacks took place in the name of Islam and its god. I am sure though, the president's ultra leftist supporters will find it to have been entirely appropriate despite the calls on the left for religion to be completely removed from anything at all to do with government. I see it as little more than him playing politics, bowing to Islam, and him exploiting the moment and the memory of 9/11.

Being it is 9/11, I almost hate myself for having written this today because it may be misconstrued as disrespect for the victims and survivors of 9/11 but as of late I have had a candor that goes way beyond even my usual bold frankness. Let me say this clearly, I mean no disrespect to the victims or survivors of the attacks on those days nor to their loved ones or families. I do believe though that one of the most arrogant displays of disrespect that could have been shown was shown to them and to the United States of America by our president today.

(Edited, at 1247PM on 9/11/2011, from this point on to further explain why this particular religious quote, by President Obama, was so inappropriate.) 

That disrespect came through most glaringly when the president quoted this line:


"Come behold the works of the lord
who has made desolations in the earth..."

Whether you read it that way or the way it appears in the Quran as:

"Come, see Allah's works,
What desolations he has made in the earth."

What did Islamists think when he said it! The Islamic Extremists are sure to interpret it as him saying that 9/11 was the work of Allah, the desolation of Allah, heaped upon the enemies of Islam!
 
 
It almost seems he was saying: "Here is the place my Muslim brothers and sisters, come see what Allah has accomplished". You certainly cannot justify or even explain him quoting that line, at the 10th anniversary 9/11 memorial, from any Jewish or Christian perspectives, can you? I think not especially in light of the facts that there are no major movements by either Jews or Christians to annihilate Muslims but there certainly has been an ongoing and united major effort by Islamists to destroy and lay waste to the non-Muslims of the world - especially America. If, in so doing, they destroy themselves and die in the battle - well then they think 'so be it'. Remember they believe they go to Paradise for destroying the enemies of Islam all in their god's name. At the very least, I think, President Obama's words at the 9/11 memorial were a disgrace and an insult to all Americans and a boon to those who seek to destroy us in the name of Islam.

9/11: Never forget, never forgive.

All the best,
Glenn B

3 comments:

Irish said...

Glenn, nice catch on that and thanks for posting it. When I read this I, in now way, thought at all that it sounded direspectful to the memories of the victims.

Obama is stupid as a fox and your post proves it. How many of the people that listen to him would make the connection that you did. You should be the investigative journalist that holds his feet to the fire... NOT like the MSM lapdogs.

THanks :)

Becca said...

In this "post-modern" world, I'm not surprised that no "religious" speakers were allowed to speak at the event commemerating the 10th anniv of 9-11 as there is this notion that 'truth does not exist' or that 'truth is relative'.

Of course, that is nonsense, as how can there be multiple truths in the world?!? Either Jesus died on the cross & rose again or he didn't. Fullstop.

Anyway, as an American, I never expect any public official to understand faith issues, let alone the Christian faith. I suppose I have low expectations of them and hardly expect them to be consistent with regards to such things as they are living in a post-modern world and most probably have taken on post-modern beliefs themselves....which are especially adverse to biblical beliefs.

But, of course, everyone has a belief system (world view) whether it is a formalised one like Islam or secular humanism or Chrisitanity or the Golden Rule. Some, like Obama, are rather wishy-washy and flop around all over the place with their world views. I'm not sure half the time such politicians really can articulate their belief systems. Plus, vote-getting is important to all politicians, isn't it? So, flip flopping is pretty par for the course and accelerates nearer to an election.

Living here in South Africa for 21 years, one doesn't have a very high view of politicians! There are a couple who are an exception to the rule, but not many. Some are so atrocious (have you ever heard of Julius Malema....I will say no more!) that you think they are complete idiots but then they have a sizeable following and you just say "go figure" and shrug your shoulders. This is not even touching on their faith persuasion, no, this is just on being a decent human being...rather than a racist, obtuse, impulsive & verbally aggressive individual who incites others to follow.

On a different note, hope your cancer treatment goes ok and you have minimal or no side effects.

Cape Town, South Africa

Stilton Jarlsberg said...

The comparison quote to the Quran is jawdropping! Thanks for sharing.