Thursday, July 31, 2008

Obama praying, to be seen of men?

Barack Obama, who's had his share of religious issues to fend off, has a new one. Why did his campaign orchestrate this big photo op at the Wailing Wall and then apparently make sure that the media got a copy the written prayer for publication? And then went back and forth in denial that this whole thing was planned.

He must not remember this scripture, even though it was in this same part of the world that the words were originally given...

And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.


Here's a video that is shocking in how clearly it shows that Obama's campaign was behind the leak.



And from the person who shot the video...

Seconds after Obama left the stones, some of his entourage stepped up to the wall (seen dressed in suits) while young men began gathering notes in their hands in what appeared to be the search for Obama's freshly placed personal note. He is joined by others who unwrap notes and read them.


This whole thing is absolutely ridiculous. What kind of person would go to these lengths to attempt to show their religiousness, only to show they are complete and total hypocrites?

1 comment:

StevenInBrooklynNY said...

I'm not sure the video squares with what you describe it as showing (and I wish I spoke more Hebrew).

In any case, this might be of interest:
http://blog.thejewishweek.com/post/Gods_mailbox.html