Comments on: Tony Ojeda : Please Pray for Him http://www.unodemocrats.com/blog/2005/09/07/pray-for-tony-ojeda/ Sat, 22 Nov 2008 08:32:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 By: john owens-ream http://www.unodemocrats.com/blog/2005/09/07/pray-for-tony-ojeda/#comment-3067 john owens-ream Thu, 08 Sep 2005 18:42:30 +0000 http://www.unodemocrats.com/blog/2005/09/07/pray-for-tony-ojeda/#comment-3067 ok- I know this is going to be seen as a weird comment coming from me, but it's in earnest. Yes, asking people to pray for your political campaign is crass. He should take that down, it makes him look dumb. But praying for a campaign is not a waste of time or a waste of "God's energy" or anything like that. For an infinite God there is no waste of energy, much less, energy to be used up. In scripture we learn that God has numbered the hair on our heads. God watches each sparrow sitting in each tree at each second, and knows both where each has been and where each will go. There is no prayer too tiny and there is no prayer to great for God. If the number of hairs on your head is of God's concern, certainly a political campaign is. It is ok to pray for rain tomorrow, for World Peace, for an 'A' on a test, to win the lottery, and for Hurricane survivors all in the same breath. That's part of the beauty of an infinite and loving God. /evangelism. The reason his prayer request is odorous is because I don’t think faith and politics should be mixed in that type of way. It implies that religious constituents (read Christians, or even, evangelical conservative Christians) have some special role to play in his campaign/public life, that non-believers don’t get to play. It makes me question whether he would represent the needs and wants of believers and non-believers/agnostics with the same willingness, and that is antithetical to democratic government. Plus he’s playing politics with his religion in a way which stinks heavily of Pharisees, Sadducees and moneychangers in the temple. ok-
I know this is going to be seen as a weird comment coming from me, but it’s in earnest. Yes, asking people to pray for your political campaign is crass. He should take that down, it makes him look dumb.

But praying for a campaign is not a waste of time or a waste of “God’s energy” or anything like that. For an infinite God there is no waste of energy, much less, energy to be used up. In scripture we learn that God has numbered the hair on our heads. God watches each sparrow sitting in each tree at each second, and knows both where each has been and where each will go. There is no prayer too tiny and there is no prayer to great for God. If the number of hairs on your head is of God’s concern, certainly a political campaign is. It is ok to pray for rain tomorrow, for World Peace, for an ‘A’ on a test, to win the lottery, and for Hurricane survivors all in the same breath. That’s part of the beauty of an infinite and loving God. /evangelism.

The reason his prayer request is odorous is because I don’t think faith and politics should be mixed in that type of way. It implies that religious constituents (read Christians, or even, evangelical conservative Christians) have some special role to play in his campaign/public life, that non-believers don’t get to play. It makes me question whether he would represent the needs and wants of believers and non-believers/agnostics with the same willingness, and that is antithetical to democratic government.

Plus he’s playing politics with his religion in a way which stinks heavily of Pharisees, Sadducees and moneychangers in the temple.

]]> By: Lee Clausen http://www.unodemocrats.com/blog/2005/09/07/pray-for-tony-ojeda/#comment-3068 Lee Clausen Thu, 08 Sep 2005 18:50:49 +0000 http://www.unodemocrats.com/blog/2005/09/07/pray-for-tony-ojeda/#comment-3068 On the subject of prayer, President Bush has just declared Friday Sept. 16th a national day of prayer and rememberance for the victims of Hurricane Katrina. On the subject of prayer, President Bush has just declared Friday Sept. 16th a national day of prayer and rememberance for the victims of Hurricane Katrina.

]]> By: Diane Hayes http://www.unodemocrats.com/blog/2005/09/07/pray-for-tony-ojeda/#comment-3077 Diane Hayes Sun, 11 Sep 2005 18:34:10 +0000 http://www.unodemocrats.com/blog/2005/09/07/pray-for-tony-ojeda/#comment-3077 was this before or after he awarded the largest clean up contract for Katrina to Halliburton? this guy OUGHTA be prayin.... was this before or after he awarded the largest clean up contract for Katrina to Halliburton? this guy OUGHTA be prayin….

]]> By: Dr. Pamela Owens http://www.unodemocrats.com/blog/2005/09/07/pray-for-tony-ojeda/#comment-3353 Dr. Pamela Owens Wed, 28 Sep 2005 22:17:49 +0000 http://www.unodemocrats.com/blog/2005/09/07/pray-for-tony-ojeda/#comment-3353 he has changed it to being an "Ojeda Family" and the url is different now -- it's http://www.voteojeda.com/ojedafamily.html But what you really need to do is go to his regular website for his "business" In his campaign blurb he says this about his working life: "For the past 11 years, I have helped individuals, families, and businesses grow in financial security and success. I manage investments: helping my clients save for the future; plan for education, ensure a successful retirement, and grow their family businesses. My work as an investment advisor is challenging and fulfilling. I currently work for a Nebraska based company called the Armour Center." But The Armour Center website is just plain scarey, at least to me, and if his has to do with investments and education, they aren't what most people would think when they hear those words. See what I mean http://www.armourcenter.com/ojeda.html The kind of businesses he advises are not your regular businesses. I hope the voters of his district will at least know who he is before they vote for him, but they won't learn it from his campaign site. And if he thinks this is the first time a candidate or any public figure has found the site with their name unavailable, he doesn't know much about the domain name business. That's probably not all he doesn't know much about. he has changed it to being an “Ojeda Family” and the url is different now — it’s http://www.voteojeda.com/ojedafamily.html
But what you really need to do is go to his regular website for his “business”
In his campaign blurb he says this about his working life: “For the past 11 years, I have helped individuals, families, and businesses grow in financial security and success. I manage investments: helping my clients save for the future; plan for education, ensure a successful retirement, and grow their family businesses. My work as an investment advisor is challenging and fulfilling. I currently work for a Nebraska based company called the Armour Center.” But The Armour Center website is just plain scarey, at least to me, and if his has to do with investments and education, they aren’t what most people would think when they hear those words. See what I mean http://www.armourcenter.com/ojeda.html
The kind of businesses he advises are not your regular businesses. I hope the voters of his district will at least know who he is before they vote for him, but they won’t learn it from his campaign site.
And if he thinks this is the first time a candidate or any public figure has found the site with their name unavailable, he doesn’t know much about the domain name business. That’s probably not all he doesn’t know much about.

]]> By: Phil Gosch http://www.unodemocrats.com/blog/2005/09/07/pray-for-tony-ojeda/#comment-12024 Phil Gosch Sun, 07 May 2006 15:42:02 +0000 http://www.unodemocrats.com/blog/2005/09/07/pray-for-tony-ojeda/#comment-12024 You are all looking a bit foolish with your negative comments. Niave, yes. You are all looking a bit foolish with your negative comments. Niave, yes.

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