There are numerous defenders of President Obama’s prayer breakfast
appeal for Christians to not “get on our high horse” about criticizing
Islamic violence and to recall the Crusades, Inquisition and American
racial segregation. These defenders seem not to understand that most
critics of the speech are not disputing wickedness by Christians but are
concerned about the context, timing, and implications of such comments,
especially in the present conflict with ISIS.
Some
defenders have likened Obama’s speech to appeals by Abraham Lincoln and
theologian Reinhold Niebuhr for national modesty, especially in time of
war, without fully considering their different context, timing and tone.
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