Africa bishops speak of Obama in religious terms: "If the election of a black as head of the United States of America was a divine sign and a sign from the Holy Spirit for the reconciliation of races and ethnic groups for peaceful relations ... this synod and the universal church would gain from not ignoring this primordial event of contemporary history which is far from being a banal game of political alliances,' he said in his speech.
'Obama has the authority to talk straight to our bad leaders and tell them they are messing up our countries,' he said. Besides, he added, 'In Africa we are always happy when our brother is big.'"
There is an irony here.
While the intent of the poster and ofr the article on the bishops (from Bright Bart) was to denigrate BHO, why would it be such a bad thing if Obama is a messiah in the Jewish sense?
In Judaism, "messiah" has nothing to do with man as God. Previous messiahs have come and been recognized as people who did good things for others. The great example being Cyrus, the King of Persia, who allowed the Jews to return from Babylon.
Would it not be enough for religions if the "messiah" is just a good person?
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