To White People: If You Do Not Vote for Obama, You are Racist
At least that is what I heard on the radio the other day. I was listening to the Scott Wilder show on 100.7 and a black man called in to convince the host that there was nothing wrong with voting for Obama. The caller went on to say that there was no way Obama could be for abortion since he himself has two kids. He also said that there was no way Obama could be "for" homosexual marriage since Obama is married, thus proving he is not gay. Scott was baffled and tried to convinced the caller of his flawed logic. He was not successful. The caller got so frustrated with Scott trying to help him realize the flaw in his logic that he told Scott that he needed to, "Man up and admit that you are not voting for Obama because he is racist."
I laughed so hard I almost peed on myself. But there was also a sense of frustration. I am sick and tired of blacks assuming that just because a white person is against Obama, that person is racist. It’s ridiculous and it is a sin. How is it a sin? Unless a person gives you or me crystal clear evidence of being racist, we have no right to pass that level of judgment on them. It’s okay to judge others, but it is not okay to judge their motives. Many believe that we are never to judge. But this is simply not true.
In 1 Corinthians 5:1-6 Paul rebukes the Corinthians for allowing a man who was having sex with his step mother to remain in the church. Notice his words in 5:3, "I … have already judged him." There is a form of judging that as Christians we are obligated to do and there is a form that we are not obligated to do. We are obligated to judge our brothers and sisters in Christ who are visibly engaging in sinful activities. However, we are not to judge when it is not clear any wrong doing is actually happening. We cannot judge someone’s motives. It seems to me that the caller was judging the motives of the host. Calling him racist because he will not vote for someone when there was no visible sinful racist act that the host was engaging in is not how Christians are to treat one another.
If one of the conditions that determine if someone is racist is whether or not they will vote for a particular candidate then I guess I hate all white people because I did not vote for Kerry during the last election.
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Robert
I love theology and the challenge of making deep teachings non-boring. Let's face it, most of the time we hear theological teaching, it really is boring. Does it really have to be that way? Nope.
