Topic: Obama Omits God From Thanksgiving Message

[CatholicCrusader]

Obama Omits God From Thanksgiving Message
Friday, 25 Nov 2011 08:16 AM
Source: http://www.newsmax.com/InsideCover/obama-omits-god-thanksgiving/2011/11/25/id/419076?s=al&promo_code=D973-1

The president outlined the many ways that Americans were coming together and the various things he was thankful for, but not once thanked God.

And that caused a stir on Twitter among conservatives.

Among the comments were things like, "So sad!" and "God help us!" Republicans across the country retweeted the Fox News headline: "Obama Leaves God Out of Thanksgiving Address."

"To give thanks for luck is to deny God much less omit!" tweeted "PastorJeffBrown," whose Twitter account lists him as a rural Oklahoma husband, father and Baptist pastor.

Obama's message carried a tone of American unity and praise for those who serve others.

"We're especially grateful for the Americans who defend our country overseas," Obama said in his Thanksgiving Day address. "To all the service members eating Thanksgiving dinner far from your families, the American people are thinking of you today."

The video of the address is below: (Go here: http://www.newsmax.com/InsideCover/obama-omits-god-thanksgiving/2011/11/25/id/419076?s=al&promo_code=D973-1

[Pandora]

Of course he did.   

[CatholicCrusader]

Of course he did.   

Maybe thats because he thinks he's God, and he dind't want to give thanks to himself.
 

[Pandora]

Of course he did.   

Maybe thats because he thinks he's God, and he dind't want to give thanks to himself.
 

Tongue-in-cheek, maybe.

He appears to be a man who has placed his faith in other men of "superior intellect" to properly run things for the good of the collective; God is an unnecessary element, if he even believes in God.

[charlesoakwood]

Of course he did.   

Maybe thats because he thinks he's God, and he dind't want to give thanks to himself.
 

Tongue-in-cheek, maybe.

He appears to be a man who has placed his faith in other men of "superior intellect" to properly run things for the good of the collective; God is an unnecessary element, if he even believes in God.

heh.

[Sectionhand]

Of course he did.   

Maybe thats because he thinks he's God, and he dind't want to give thanks to himself.
 

Tongue-in-cheek, maybe.

The address WAS given in "first person" wasn't it ?

He appears to be a man who has placed his faith in other men of "superior intellect" to properly run things for the good of the collective; God is an unnecessary element, if he even believes in God.

heh.

[BigAlSouth]

Is there something that is just so wrong about reading a Thanksgiving message from a telepromptr?

Guess he was afraid he would slip up and say "praise be to Allah" or sumptin . . .

[CatholicCrusader]

George Washington's 1789 Thanksgiving Day Proclamation

WHEREAS it is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey His will, to be grateful for His benefits, and humbly to implore His protection and favour; and Whereas both Houses of Congress have, by their joint committee, requested me "to recommend to the people of the United States a DAY OF PUBLICK THANSGIVING and PRAYER, to be observed by acknowledging with grateful hearts the many and signal favors of Almighty God, especially by affording them an opportunity peaceably to establish a form of government for their safety and happiness:"

NOW THEREFORE, I do recommend and assign THURSDAY, the TWENTY-SIXTH DAY of NOVEMBER next, to be devoted by the people of these States to the service of that great and glorious Being who is the beneficent author of all the good that was, that is, or that will be; that we may then all unite in rendering unto Him our sincere and humble thanks for His kind care and protection of the people of this country previous to their becoming a nation; for the signal and manifold mercies and the favorable interpositions of His providence in the course and conclusion of the late war; for the great degree of tranquility, union, and plenty which we have since enjoyed;-- for the peaceable and rational manner in which we have been enable to establish Constitutions of government for our sasety and happiness, and particularly the national one now lately instituted;-- for the civil and religious liberty with which we are blessed, and the means we have of acquiring and diffusing useful knowledge;-- and, in general, for all the great and various favours which He has been pleased to confer upon us.

And also, that we may then unite in most humbly offering our prayers and supplications to the great Lord and Ruler of Nations and beseech Him to pardon our national and other transgressions;-- to enable us all, whether in publick or private stations, to perform our several and relative duties properly and punctually; to render our National Government a blessing to all the people by constantly being a Government of wise, just, and constitutional laws, discreetly and faithfully executed and obeyed; to protect and guide all sovereigns and nations (especially such as have shewn kindness unto us); and to bless them with good governments, peace, and concord; to promote the knowledge and practice of true religion and virtue, and the increase of science among them and us; and, generally to grant unto all mankind such a degree of temporal prosperity as he alone knows to be best.

GIVEN under my hand, at the city of New-York, the third day of October, in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine.

LINK: http://grove.ufl.edu/~leo/washington.html