Interesting 2004 interview - do read the whole thing, but this is striking:

GG: Do you believe in sin?

OBAMA:
Yes.

GG:
What is sin?

OBAMA:
Being out of alignment with my values.

Errrr...no. The definition of sin:

Sin is an offense against reason, truth, and right conscience; it is failure in genuine love for God and neighbor caused by a perverse attachment to certain goods. It wounds the nature of man and injures human solidarity. It has been defined as "an utterance, a deed, or a desire contrary to the eternal law."

Being in alignment with your values can be as much a sin as being out of alignment with them - because values created by a human being are, well, worthless...any one of us can think up anything we can to justify whatever it is we wish to do...but in the adherence to God's values - to truth, that is - we do the right thing, always...and any time we stray from God's values, we sin.

This does explain a lot - especially how Obama, after accepting Jesus Christ as his Lord, could attend for 20 years a racist, anti-American church and think, apparantly, nothing of it...Obama was adhering to Obama's values. Time for a bit of a radical change Senator - time to kneel down and ask God to guide you. It'll work a lot better - and you'll never been entangled in a place like Trinity again.

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