Saul of Tarsus, was infamous for brutalizing and persecuting
Christians. He was Jew (Hebrew) who went out of way to "catch" the
Hebrews who have converted into Christianity and inflict torture and
even death. However, one day during one of his "mission" to capture
the Christians, he was strike down with blinding light and voice of
Christ demanded to know why he was gloating over persecution of the
Faithful ones? Saul of Tarsus after that incident, he converted into
Christianity and became Paul the Apostle who wrote sevral letters
which are part of the New Tastement that we are using today.
Saul, who became Paul was redeemed and became a new man and joined his
fellow brothers to spread the Gospel of Jesus and his message was
received and embraced todate.
When I look at the Bill Ayers saga, his past life of being a rebel or
a domestic terrorist as Republican Party Vice President candidate
Gov. Sarah Palin alluded over the weekend, and his current life as an
educator who has championed several innitiatives to better education
of Children of State of Illinois, I am drawn back to the story of Paul
the Apostle.
We have embraced Paul as a hero, a convert, a redeemed and reformed
man and even take his teachings to heart without doubts or
hesitations, however we are refusing to embrace Bill Ayers for his new
life, his new spirit, his new faith to join us to act right and
responsibly by refer to his past life to define his personality.
Sad story out of this is his "association" with Democratic
Presidential candidate Sen. Barrack Obama.
Senator Obama is now being accused by Republican Party and its
candidates for Presidential election, Sen. John McCain and Gov. Sarah
Palin of his past association with Mr. Ayers of 1968 as measurement of
Sen. Barrack Obama character. Barrack Obama is being painted as unfit
and unworthy and has questionable character of who is the real Barrack
Obama, the most "liberal" Senator who is a pulse away from becoming
the 44th President of United States of America.
His encounter with Mr. Ayers and so is his association with Rev.
Jeremiah Wright are on neon billboards all over America scaring the
readers of this RADICAL LIBERAL American who "shares" values with
people who preached and demonstrated hatred to the mighty USA.
For Sarah Palin to call Mr. Ayers a terrorist today despite the
spiritual redemption of Mr. Ayers, it makes me wonder as Christian as
Sarah Palin and the Spirtual Faithful Republican party claim to be,
what is the really meaning of words forgivenes and redemption?
By contuinuing to label Bill Ayers as a Terrorist due to his past
transgration and completely ignore his redemption and repenting of his
past is unfair and un-christian!
What message are we sending for those who are behind bars for crimes
commited, who we are under assumption they are in jail to be
reformed? If these individuals upon their releases are to join the
community and help building a strong community and we continue to cast
labels to their past images, is there a possibility that we can make
progress as a nation?
If Blacks in America had to embrace the whites and so is the US
Government from past transgretions of colonialism slavery and racism,
how hard is it for Americans to forgive souls for past lives?
I hope that Obama-Biden and team rather than rushing to find the past
dirty laundry of John McCain (Keating) or even Sarah Palin (her
husband association with Alasaka Independent Party) and respond to
these negative fight back from Republican party and its ticket, they
should shape their message of what they are going to do to restore
prospertity in America, how are they going to better our education and
health systems, creation of jobs and conserving energy.