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Wright brought Obama into Christianity. In that respect he is a spiritual mentor.Beyond that - I see little difference in a candidate claiming a close friendship with a religious person (by which you imply agreement) and calling them a mentor. The difference is only one of degree and to ignore one and focus on the other is a bit hypocritical.For example - Obama's spiritual affiliations are focused upon but that of conservatives largely ignored.http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/03/21/mccain-spiritual-guide-ac_n_92757.html?page=4]After years of evangelistically oriented and vetted candidates I'm heartily sick of religion being a center-piece of a person's fitness for candidacy. I'm more interested in Obama's actual words and actions then that of the media's interpretations and obsessions.So far I like what I see and I like the way he has handled the issue of race by neither ignoring it nor playing it up. It's there, it's a fact and he does not agree with Wright's views on the unchanging nature of it.
Wright brought Obama into Christianity. In that respect he is a spiritual mentor.
Beyond that - I see little difference in a candidate claiming a close friendship with a religious person (by which you imply agreement) and calling them a mentor. The difference is only one of degree and to ignore one and focus on the other is a bit hypocritical.
For example - Obama's spiritual affiliations are focused upon but that of conservatives largely ignored.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/03/21/mccain-spiritual-guide-ac_n_92757.html?page=4]
After years of evangelistically oriented and vetted candidates I'm heartily sick of religion being a center-piece of a person's fitness for candidacy. I'm more interested in Obama's actual words and actions then that of the media's interpretations and obsessions.
So far I like what I see and I like the way he has handled the issue of race by neither ignoring it nor playing it up. It's there, it's a fact and he does not agree with Wright's views on the unchanging nature of it.
