What does Obama believe?

garland
Thu, 07 Aug 2008 14:52:44 +0000

From the website of my mainline denomination (United Methodist):



The United Methodist Church believes God’s love for the world is an active and engaged love, a love seeking justice and liberty. We cannot just be observers. So we care enough about people’s lives to risk interpreting God’s love, to take a stand, to call each of us into a response, no matter how controversial or complex.



Also, this:



We believe that Jesus is our Savior. In Christ we receive abundant life and forgiveness of sins.
We believe that Jesus is our Lord and that we are called to pattern our lives after his.



Belief leads to action. Many people think the two have to be linked. I would be surprised if that isn’t the message of UCC, Obama’s denomination. I don’t think we can find “telling” faith messages from his interview.