Comments on: Louis Farrakhan Calls Barack Obama the Messiah

By: lgc65

lgc65 — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 15:27:55 +0000

RH, do you know what the definition of “herald” is? one definition is this: “harbinger: something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone .” how is that blasphemous? you have your opinion that the “phenomenal” rise – as min. farrakhan said – of barack obama, a black man at the door of the US presidency, is not a “sign” of something, but min. farrakhan’s opinion and view is that such a reality is a big sign of something. just like he views the unusual weather patterns tearing america up as a sign – or herald – of something.

it’s clear that you, like so many others who chime in on that which they don’t understand, do not have enough knowledge of what the minister teaches to be able to give balanced responses or comments to little sound bites that manipulative media personalities pull out of context.

By: JB

JB — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 16:03:26 +0000

The video abruptly ended because Farrakhan’s words in context would have contradicted the right-wing spin cycle:
“Sen. Obama is not the Messiah for sure, but anytime, he gives you a sign of uniting races, ethnic groups, ideologies, religions and makes people feel a sense of oneness, that’s not necessarily Satan’s work, that is I believe the work of God.”
-FinalCall.com News, March 5, 2008

By: RH

RH — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 02:31:24 +0000

Herald or Messiah, doesn’t matter to me whether Farrakhan was calling Obama a Herald or the Messiah. He is clearly neither, and to call him either seems awfully blasphemous to me. I would expect a Herald to conform much more closely to Biblical teaching than Obama has. I’m not terribly surprised, though, because we are talking about Louis Farrakhan here. This isn’t the first (nor will it be the last) time he has said something controversial.

By: J.R.

J.R. — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 18:14:34 +0000

"Highly controversial Muslim leader in the United States Louis Farrakhan, leader of the Nation of Islam, called Barack Obama the “Messiah” in a sermon recently." Interesting. I wasn't aware that LAST FEBRUARY was considered "recent."

By: lgc65

lgc65 — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 12:37:47 +0000

as someone who has listened to min. farrakhan’s address 2-3 times, i can assure you that he did not call obama the messiah. in fact, he specifically said obama is not the messiah. for decades now, min. farrakhan has referred to the honorable elijah muhammad as the messiah and that is who he is referring to whenever he uses the term "messiah."

so, him saying obama is the "herald" of the messiah means…. well, look up the definition of herald and then it should be clear what he was attempting to get across, to those who have ears to hear it.