Author (#1)February 2008 Archives

The concept of sin is one of the most unjust concepts of Christianity. The idea is that the things you've done, regardless of who they harm or not, are wrong simply on the basis that God dislikes them. In the documentary "Jesus Camp" one girl succinctly described the bias of the concepts of sin when she says, "Sometimes I dance for the flesh." She then lowers her eyes and mutters that she has to be weary of that.

Why?

It would appear that God doesn't wish you to dance unless it is for him. Though there doesn't seem to be much biblical basis for this (outside of over interpreting things to cherry pick such a concept) it is a meme that is spread pretty heavily within socially conservative Christians.

On a broader scope sin is all-encompassing of human nature and nobody can escape it. A Bible verse speaks volumes when it says, "For all have fallen short of the glory of God." Christians place a yoke of sin on every human and blanket all shortcomings and problems in a world as stemming from this sinful nature.

Where is the evidence that sins causes world problems? If one looks around the evidence, to a Christian at least, would be all around. The world has problems. There are wars, famine, death, and disease. Even the mortality of humans is drenched in dogma as a by-product of sin. A verse says, "For the wages of sin is death."

The Clinton campaign keeps insinuating that the Obama wins in all the states but Illinois don't really count. If it is a caucus they say it doesn't count because it is a caucus. If it is a primary in a southern state it is because it was a large African-American population.

Very stupid.

So I started this to protest. I'm going to gather images of Obama supporters in those states that don't count and show everyone who Senator Clinton is truly discrediting.

I'm no political scientist. Nor do I have exactly the best election expertise. However, the day before Super Tuesday I predicted well enough that I'm going to try and project who I think will win what in the coming primaries and caucuses.

So, here is where we stand currently:

Obama has taken more states, clearly, and about the same amount of delegates. Every news source is saying February is shaping up to be Obama territory. So here is how I think Feb 9th will play out.

(Obama is baby blue, Clinton is pink):

Feb 10:

Feb 12:

So that is how I think it'll look by the end of February. This is where it gets a bit tough. Do the wins in February propel Obama to make a clean sweep of the rest of the states? Does Clinton maintain some strength and continue to dominate. It's hard to say. The rest of these predictions go on momentum from Obama and Clinton continuing to be somewhat of a resistance to a complete sweep:

March 4:

March 8:

March 11:

March 22:

So, in a nutshell, I predict Obama will ultimately win the nomination (given current momentum) and Clinton will continue to put up a fight. I think Obama can easily win in the general election and I think you are going to see a major redrawing of the political map.

I honestly think I am being swept up into the Obama fever running wild in the country. I think I may actually vote for him come this election. This may seem odd coming from a Socialist. On the contrary, I think he can bring progressive ideas to the forefront and make them viable.

I honestly think he'll be good for the country.

After all, the central theme of his candidacy seems to be:

Yes we can.