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Obama omits Jesus from Easter
I realize that President Obama refuses to regularly attend church because he says “Michelle and I have realized we are very disruptive to services,” (despite the fact that he had no qualms about disrupting New York City when he took Michelle to a Broadway play).
And I know Obama has a history of editing Jesus out whenever it suits his political ambition, as he did in his speech at Georgetown University but what he did yesterday really takes the cake. The Associated Press described it thus:
“The president struck a universal tone in his weekly audio and video address, embracing both believers of all faiths and non-believers.”
But, as usual, the mainsteam media is omitting some crucial details. Kinda like what Obama has done. In this case, he has literally omitted Jesus Christ from an Easter Sunday sermon he quoted which was originally given by a military chaplain on Iwo Jima in 1945. Vince Haley posted the details at Renewing American Leadership.
Below is the relevant paragraph from Obama’s holiday greeting today:
The rites of Passover, and the traditions of Easter, have been marked by people in every corner of the planet for thousands of years. They have been marked in times of peace, in times of upheaval, in times of war.One such war-time service was held on the black sands of Iwo Jima more than sixty years ago. There, in the wake of some of the fiercest fighting of World War II, a chaplain rose to deliver an Easter sermon, consecrating the memory, he said “of American dead – Catholic, Protestant, Jew. Together,” he said, “they huddled in foxholes or crouched in the bloody sands…Together they practiced virtue, patriotism, love of country, love of you and of me.” The chaplain continued, “The heritage they have left us, the vision of a new world, [was] made possible by the common bond that united them…their only hope that this unity will endure.”
Their only hope that this unity will endure.
Now read below the same paragraph again, but this time note the additional bolded language that comes from the original audio of the 1945 sermon and its context, but which President Obama decided not to include:
There, in the wake of some of the fiercest fighting of World War II, a chaplain rose to deliver an Easter sermon, consecrating the memory, he said:
He has risen. With all due reverence, we apply these words to our beloved dead.There are too many air call wings encrusted with the stain of their owners’ life blood, too many marine trousers upon the graves, too many symbols of American dead – Catholic, Protestant, Jew. Together,” he said, “they huddled in foxholes or crouched in the bloody sands under the fury of enemy guns here on Iwo Jima. Together they practiced virtue, patriotism, love of country, love of you and of me. Together they stand before the greatest soldier of them all – Jesus Christ, to receive the token of our triumph. For Christ has said: “Greater love than this no man hath then that he lay down his life for his friends.”
And so our beloved dead have gone from the world of hate to the world of eternal love.
The chaplain continued, “The heritage they have left us, the vision of a new world, [was] made possible by the common bond that united them in the drudgery of recruit training or here in the chaos of bursting shouts. Their only hope: that this unity will endure.”
And so our dead have risen to glory.
Why quote a sermon, only to edit out the most essential element? Why give an Easter greeting and delete all references to Jesus Christ? As Vince Haley reminds us, “[t]he American President is president of all the people, believers and non-believers alike,” but why the need to sanitize Christ from a Christian sermon? Why not simply deliver a non-religious message? There are plenty of other historical speeches from which to draw, and no shortage of speechwriters to craft a non-denominational greeting.
It should come as no surprise that Jesus was removed to make room for Obama to campaign (yet again) for government-run healthcare.
“All of us value our health and the health of our loved ones. All of us have experienced an illness, a loss, a personal tragedy. All of us know that no matter what we’re doing or what else is going on in our lives, if the health of someone we love is endangered, nothing else matters. Our health is the rock upon which our lives are built, for better and for worse.”
No, Mr. President. For Christians, our lives are built upon the the rock of Jesus Christ, and that is the reason for Easter celebration. For someone who claims to be a Christian, you seem to be sadly ignorant of that. And distressingly eager to co-op Christian verbiage on our most holy day to promote your expansion of government.
Luckily, no angry mobs will burn storefronts to show their outrage and nobody will be beheaded from this affront to Christianity. Let’s hope our president doesn’t give a speech on a Muslim holy day and remove all reference to Muhammad.
Posted by FullMetalPatriot
12th gen. American, Constitutionalist, Harley-riding Texan, gun owner & NRA member, blogger, illustrator, Florida Gator alumnus. #TCOT
12th gen. American, Constitutionalist, Harley-riding Texan, gun owner & NRA member, blogger, illustrator, Florida Gator alumnus. #TCOT
Amen