All of us should pray for Barack Obama

you need to pray for yourself, that god may heal you from your stupidity. and that you may one day develop into an intelligent human being

Hey Judy, you don't get much done around the house or on the job every day do you? All that praying, and praying, and praying, and.....well, as I said, you don't get much time to enjoy the flowers. Sheesh, get a life!

It's funny how the liberals can't carry on an intelligent conversation or write a comment with out using derogatory words like "idiot, stupid, fool, bigot, and worse for those who don't happen to agree with their point of view. I guess if they could get away with it in this forum, they would use profanity here too. Get an education, learn how to express your opinion without name calling. Yes realist, I know how to copy and paste my comments from the Rants forum to this one.

Great letter, Judy. This letter points out a glaring contrast between people of faith and those of the world. Had McCain won the election, do you suppose you would have read ONE such letter from someone of the world? Of course not. We would read letters like the first two above - mocking and insulting. People of faith are just that: faithful. When elections are lost we understand that there are much more important things in this life and (especially) the next. We can graciously lose because we understand that power is in the hands of God, not elected officials. The Founders of this nation understood that as well.

Interesting, but in the six states I lived in before moving here, no one EVER quoted the Bible in letters to the editor. Here, it happens all the time. ALL THE TIME. You know what? If you want to write a letter urging people to pray in a particular religious tradition, please send it to your church's newsletter or your denomination's national publication. I don't need your take on what "the Bible says" because the Bible is a book of literature to me and your letter is merely proselytizing. Now please do go pray...just as I do, by the way, just not on the street corner.

By the way, the Founders were Deists, not evangelical Christians, and that has profound implications. Look it up.

I pray at least once every day - not for our President-elect but about him. I pray that he is not really the anti-Christ....LOL.

Judy, please add me to your prayer list. I have applied for a bail out.

Midwest, we can use the Bible all we want. It's still a free country. We'll be praying for you.

So is she saying we should pray Obama goes to heaven real soon, or pray he will give up his unethical immoral ideology? Hee,hee,hee.

How many pro-life voters also supported the Bush Administration and their policies of torture, use of war as a foreign policy tool, use of lies to justify the start of a war, erosion of constitutional rights, politicization of the justice system? Being a one issue voter isn't as easy as it sounds, is it?

SCGal, please don't pray for me. Sorry, that creeps me out. I never said you couldn't "use [your] Bible all you want", I said that evangelical Christianity is shoved down everyone's throats here and many of your fellow citizens don't appreciate it. And Bizarro, is that a threat on Pres. Elect Obama's life you're making there? At least a wish that he be taken out? You're a psycho to think it, and an idiot to proclaim it on a message board.

Hey all you social conservatives out there, check out Kathleen Parker's
opinion piece today in the AC. She's a nationally syndicated columnist
well known for her conservative views. Today she writes that the Republican Party is doomed if it continues to pander to the Christian Right. Go ahead, read what she has to say. This is no "crazy" liberal
with a "socialist / atheist" agenda. She's a card-carrying, life-long Republican! The point is that all you Bible believers should be perfectly free to do and say whatever you want, and pray like heck for whomever you want, but the consequence of promoting your political goals using the rhetoric of religion is doomed to failure.

Mr. Obama is our President and I will support him however I do not believe in all his views. Especially aboutsharing the wealth. He needs prayers with the problems he is facing and I think he has promised too much and will not be able to deliver. We will have a great problem with the unions because he is in bed with them-not good for our country to let them have too much control.

I pray for Obama's salvation. No one with a realtionship with Christ can vote pro-death unless their have a hard heart. Has anyone ever wondered why the anti-God folks are mad all the time and the pro-God folks aren't. Could it be the peace of God living in them makes the difference???

midwestern...I don't believe a letter to the editor is shoving Christianity down anyone's throat (might it be you're choking on a little truth here). If the letter offends you, don't read it. Isn't it wonderful that Ms. Tatum can express her opinion through a letter to the editorial, something called free speak which this country is still known for.

Yes, Republicans, the only way you will win is by being like John McCain - no, wait . . . we tried that.

midwesterntransplant, You know, when I lived in Iraq there were no letters to the editor that quoted the Bible either. Kind of strange, huh?

Oh, and by the way, the Founders were believers in Jesus Christ.

"Deism is the belief that a supreme God exists and created the physical universe, and that religious truths can be arrived at by the application of reason alone, without dependence on revelation. It is in contrast with fideism, found in many forms of Christianity[1], Islamic and Judaic teachings, which holds that religious truths rely upon revelation in sacred scriptures and upon the testimony of other people as well as reasoning.

Deists typically reject most supernatural events (prophecy, miracles) and tend to assert that God has a plan for the universe, which he does not alter by intervening in the affairs of human life nor by suspending the natural laws of the universe. What organized religions see as divine revelation and holy books, most deists see as interpretations made by other humans, rather than as authoritative sources. Deists believe that God's greatest gift to humanity is not religion, but the ability to reason.

Yep, that's right: The ability to REASON. The name "Jesus Christ" is never mentioned in the Constitution, JIC. The founding fathers were NOT big believers in JC.

Yes, "JesusIsComing" your Founders were believers in Jesus Christ and they were also enslavers of millions of innocent human beings, and declared them 3/5 human. " soldout" writes "No one with a relationship with Christ can vote pro-death unless their have a hard heart." Millions of Christians are "pro-life" and in Christ's name they vote for the death penalty. What incredible hypocrites they are.

The first two early bird posts reminded me of how Boramir described Mordor as a place where "evil never sleeps".

what I love is that he was about change and he is appointing insiders left and right--some change so far. But then we all know that you have to have the insiders or nothing gets done.

I pray for all you people with your negative comments. Why can't you say something nice or keep your mouth shut.
TO everything there is a season
A time for every purpose under heaven
A time to weep,a time to laugh
A time to mourn. and a time to dance.
Ecclesiastes 3: 1-4
SusieQ

Great job Judy. I believe in the bible because I know what it says. It doesn't make sense to respond to some of these comments because it is clear that some of these people know not what they do. They just don't know. They are blind and of the world. I think that is a little extreme that we have these one issue voters. I am pro life but we all had a decision to make. THe people have spoken and the president is Obama. And no one is here to shove anything down anyone's throat. We are all entitled to opinion. However may nothing separate me from the love of God. I pray for all of our leaders. I have prayed for Bush for eight years. I do not have faith in elections or man but my trust- who I depend on is God. He will have the final say & a day will come when everyone will confess he is Lord. He will have his way whether you and I believe or not. I hope everyone here has a blessed day.