Holy Scripture Confirms that what Reverend Dr. Jeremiah Wright said was RIGHT & JUSTIFIED in respect to Christ's commandments.
Holy Scripture is a defense regarding the statements of Reverend Dr. Jeremiah Wright Jr., that were labeled unpatriotic & racist.

Reverend Dr. Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr. (born September 22, 1941) is a former pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ, a largely African-American megachurch in Chicago with 10,000 members. He retired on February 10, 2008, after 36 years as the senior pastor of that congregation. His career has been controversial, and in 2008, he became the focus of national attention when several sermons criticized as racially-inflammatory and anti-American were publicized by the media in connection to Barack Obama's presidential campaign. Source, Wikipedia
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UPDATE: 04/25/08; on Bill Moyers Journal, Rev. Wright was Moyers' only guest, the Reverend is vindicated in what he said.
Watch the full program before making any judgments concerning what Rev. Wright said & what he preaches. Had all the other religious leaders stood on the Word of God there would have been NO invasion of Iraq!
Bill Moyers interview with Rev. Wright  - Listen to or Watch the program
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Yes, the false perception is that the statements were outrageous, however, Reverend Wright stated in the video, that it is in the Bible, - and therefore let us go to the New Testament and to the words and commandments of Jesus Christ to clarify and explain what Revr. Jeremiah Wright said, were not unpatriotic statements, but his Scriptural conclusions.

Concerning the invasion of Iraq: "Well, I can understand the theory of wanting to free people," President Ford said, referring to Bush's assertion that the United States has a "duty to free people." But the former president said he was skeptical "whether you can detach that from the obligation number one, of what's in our national interest." He added: "And I just don't think we should go 'hellfire damnation' around the globe freeing people, unless it is directly related to our own national security.

JUST WAR DOCTRINE: The strict conditions for legitimate defense by military force require rigorous consideration. The gravity of such a decision makes it subject to rigorous conditions of moral legitimacy. At one and the same time:

• the damage inflicted by the aggressor on the nation or community of nations must be lasting, grave, and certain;
• all other means of putting an end to it must have been shown to be impractical or ineffective;
• there must be serious prospects of success;
• the use of arms must not produce evils and disorders graver than the evil to be eliminated. The power of modern means of destruction weighs very heavily in evaluating this condition.

These are the traditional elements enumerated in what is called the "just war" doctrine. The evaluation of these conditions for moral legitimacy belongs to the prudential judgment of those who have responsibility for the common good.

Take your Red Lettered Bible and read the Words & Commandments of Jesus Christ from Matthew through Revelation. In Revelations' Christ speaks to the church concerning its WORKS Rev 2:26 "And to he who overcomes, and keeps My WORKS until the end, to him I will give power over the nations--" We have to DO the WORKS of His Word to reap the blessings & fruits thereof.

We will be judged most harshly & suffer the most consequences & damnation due to our Cardinal "Sins of Omission."

I will take the first statement which was: "not God bless America, but God damn America."

First, we need to go to the dictionary and look up the definition of damn damnable and damnation. 1 a) to condemn as guilty 2 to condemn as bad or inferior: often used in the imperative as a curse 3 to criticize adversely 4 to cause the ruin of; or to make fail. Now take a good THESAURUS & look up CONDEMNATION [TO SEND TO PUNISHMENT] Syn. damn, condemn, convict, sentence, find guilty, punish, etc.

Using Biblical Commandments what are the consequences of violating or failure to do the WORKS of His WORD in His commandments, could it be condemnation or damnation? Read Christ's Words & Commandments & tell me how our elected leaders justify invading & destroying a sovereign country & its citizens futures without suffer any condemnation/damnation, rather than Christ's Blessings. We can NOT ask our Lord to bless us when we are unwilling to do the WORKS of His Word. Injustice spawns hatred that fuels revenge, resulting in mad deadly terrorist acts.

The best synonym for damn or damnation is condemn or condemnation. Now in accordance with the Words and Commandments of Jesus Christ in Holy Scripture let us see how Holy Scripture would condemn America for our elected leaders (possible unjust & unrighteous) foreign-policy actions. (This is also true for domestic-policy actions.) Many Republicans & media pundits are damning & condemning a life long Doctor of Divinity that knows more about the Spiritual Realm then they could ever begin to comprehend! Judge NOT that ye be Not judged!
They waved their flags a shout absentees at those that marched for peace & called them Peace Nikes, etc.

Many super patriots sanctioned & supported the invasion of Iraq, which was a violation of the Words & Commandments of Jesus Christ & of all Universal Moral Principles!

Therefore, "Who is RIGHT & JUSTIFIED," Rev. Dr. Jeremiah Wright, for saying that America will be damned for disobeying those eternal Sacred Commandments; or those that wave their flags & condemn & damn those who follow & support eternal moral based Scriptural Truths?

By the way, no one can demand or command that God or Christ condemn, damn, or bless anyone or any country.

It is my overwhelming belief that your country as well as all of we human beings are either blessed or damned (condemned to suffering of varying degrees) depending on whether you do the works of the Holy Scriptures or are guilty of many Cardinal Sins of Omission or are guilty of doing many commissioned sins.

To the degree, that Holy Scripture is violated will be the degree of our own country's & our individual “degree of suffering damnation.” That may not sound good to you, however, I firmly believe those are universal moral realities that no one can change.

Christians & others, I want you to turn to Matthew in the New Testament and read the words and commandments of Jesus Christ. When you read Christ's Holy Words and Commandments you must first realize that many of those words and commandments are actions and works that we are commanded to carry out in all of our relationships, be they personal or corporate, state or national in origin.

Begin reading the Red Letter Words of Christ at Matt 4:4. Matt 5:39 "but I tell you not to resist an evil person but who ever slept you and your right cheek, turn the other to him also. Matt 5:43 - 48. Read the entire book of Matthew to gain insight and discernment concerning right & wrong, good and evil, sins of omission and commissioned sins.

Our nation will suffer the greatest consequences due to our “sins of omission,” by not doing the works of the Word and Commandments in Holy Scripture. Therefore, our nation and all of us automatically receive the condemnation and damnation to the degree that we do not do the works in accordance as Christians with the words and commandments of Jesus Christ scribed in Holy Scripture.

There are also devastating commissioned sins that our country and we have been guilty of, for example, unjust foreign-policies both by our government, also because of the character and greed of multinational corporations. All forms of injustice and unrighteousness in our relationships with other nations and the human beings that live in those nations can spawn hatred separatism and division, which leads to terrorist acts. Therefore, the problem in our world will reside within the spiritual realm and can only be made worse by using deadly and destructive military force such as the invasion of a sovereign country known as Iraq. Identifying the core enemy is the first step in eliminating that enemy.

Therefore, the resource that has the potential to save trillions in trillions of dollars in millions of lives and he changed a hell on earth to heaven honors resides in the spiritual realm and not in the military realm. Therefore the most important skill of a president and those who deal in foreign-policy is a skill of effective communications using the only resource that has the legitimate potential to reduce injustice and unrighteousness in all human relationships thereby, help reduce the hatred that must be purged from the thoughts and minds of all of humanity.

On a national basis the church has finally come to the defense of the Rev. Dr. Wright and Trinity United Church of Christ.
Additionally, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King made similar true statements concerning race & the Vietnam war. It behooves all of us to speak truth to reality & to power in high places. Finally, I am not alone & am vindicated in my defense of the most Rev. Dr. Jeremiah Wright. 04/04/08

"SUPER PATRIOTISM" is extremely COSTLY in over a MILLION SACRED HUMAN LIVES LOST & TRILLIONS of SELF-DEFEATING IMMORAL TAX EXPENDITURES.
In defense of Rev. Wright; this article applies to the Illegal invasion of Iraq: Mutual Assured Damnation
"Morning Joe" on MSNBC, 03/19/08:
Quoting, Rev. HUCKABEE: “I mean, those were outrageous statements (by Rev. Wright), and nobody can defend the content of them.”

  Darrell Udelhoven
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Posted: 03/20/08; Copyright ©: 2008
Revised: Easter Sunday, 03/23/08; 04/11/08; 04/25/08