This speech was made to a group of religious people in order
to show that religion can be apart of politics. Obama began making his points by first sharing an example of what a man he
ran against once said about liberals. That Democrats didn’t believe in faith
and didn’t understand religious people. This brought Obama to say that it was
time liberals address their faith rather
than avoid the topic like liberals typically do. Stats on the population of
America who believe in God, have an affiliated religion, and are committed
Christians were then shared, showing that belief in angels outweighs belief in
evolution in America. He went on to explain the he understood the assurance of
acceptance that belief gave. He then reached out to the audience by sharing his
story on how he became apart of a church and a religious community.
His story showed that all religions have the same set of
values in common, and they all have hope. Whether a person is secular or
religious, they have a common morality spread through, and then everyone could
work together and sacrifice in order to help those who need it. The poor and
underprivileged may not need religion, but they need to be provided with
influences with strong morals.
He then mentions that they need representatives of more
religions on capital hill to add morality to political debates. Conservatives
and liberals each have to bend and compromise in order to allow reconciliation
between faith and politics. The words and ideas behind all arguments must be
accessible to people of all faiths.
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