Saturday, July 19, 2008

"Reverend" Jesse Jackson

In an aside to another guest after a Fox News Channel interview on Sunday, "Reverend" Jackson had said Obama had been talking down to black people and added: "I want to cut his nuts out."

He said on CNN: "I was in a conversation with a fellow guest at Fox on Sunday. He asked about Barack's speeches lately at the black churches. I said it can come off as speaking down to black people."

Let's look at the word "Reverend". The Old Testament uses it (revered) twice and it means to fear.

Websters defines it as: Worthy of reverence; entitled to respect mingled with fear and affection; venerable.

Worthy of reverence? You have to be kidding.

Let's remove the title from our language altogether. The "reverends" are just like the rest of us.

We should never elevate a man, even by title, to a position that God alone should have.