{"id":36,"date":"2008-08-02T10:06:49","date_gmt":"2008-08-02T10:06:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/progressiverevival\/2008\/08\/new-mccain-ad-implies-obama-is.html"},"modified":"2008-08-02T10:06:49","modified_gmt":"2008-08-02T10:06:49","slug":"new-mccain-ad-implies-obama-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/progressiverevival\/2008\/08\/new-mccain-ad-implies-obama-is.html","title":{"rendered":"New McCain Ad Implies Obama is the Anti-Christ?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I don’t know about you- but I found this McCain campaign ad “The One” to be one of the most offensive ads we have seen in American politics to date. \u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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At best, this ad implies that those who plan to support\u00c2\u00a0Senator Obama<\/span>\u00c2\u00a0are looking for a new savior or a replacement\u00c2\u00a0Messiah. \u00c2\u00a0But many\u00c2\u00a0are reading it even more darkly as an attempt to portray Obama as an anti-Christ figure.\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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A vote for\u00c2\u00a0Senator\u00c2\u00a0Obama is a vote for the man we think will make the best President, not for a new Messiah. \u00c2\u00a0As Christians, we have one Lord And Savior. \u00c2\u00a0Jesus Christ. \u00c2\u00a0It is\u00c2\u00a0blasphemous\u00c2\u00a0to suggest otherwise.<\/span><\/div>\n

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And it is beyond offensive to suggest that Senator Obama is a false Messiah or the anti-Christ himself. \u00c2\u00a0How low can we go? \u00c2\u00a0It shows the McCain campaign is willing to make a mockery of our faith to feed people’s fears. \u00c2\u00a0Christians need to reject this out of hand.<\/span><\/div>\n

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We will be calling on the McCain campaign to repudiate this ad and take it down immediately. \u00c2\u00a0If you would like to add your voice to this effort, please email me at mara@matthew25.org.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n
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