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I'm sorry, I thought this forum was about the Presidential election??? Some of the right-wing crazies just GOTTA bring it back to Jesus somehow, though...
Confidence in oneself is essential to be a leader. I have not heard a boastful word out of the man. He says do not count your chickens before they hatch, just vote. Vote to change your own way of life, vote to sign on to the hard work that will be required to make this country strong and vibrant again. John McCain's statements of being tested and ready are his ways of showing leadership, Baracks statements of havng a different policy direction and being ready to do the work with us all are his ways of showing leadership. Both men love the country, both men deserve respect, and one man will win the responsibility to lead this nation through the next four years.
I think that is 100% false. Obama seems arrogant and like he feels entitled, and he seems very proud of himself when he has accomplished nothing. Not so with John McCain.
Please take off the "blinders".... Obama has basically run a clean campaign and McCain has not. Most people with an ounce of intelligence can see that Obama is far from being arrogant. He is grateful, not arrogant. You just seem to have a one-sided view of things.
Selfish pride can be defined as "excessive confidence or glorification in one's self, possessions or nation." The concept is found in The Bible, along with pride itself, in words such as arrogance, haughtiness and conceit, among others, all of which are opposite of Godly humility. The wrongness of self-centered pride is essentially twofold. On a spiritual level, it inevitably leads to disregard, disrespect and disobedience to God i.e. self-centered pride is primarily what transformed the once-righteous Lucifer into the wicked Satan after he became too impressed with himself: "I will make myself like the Most High" (Isaiah 14:14 RSV, see also Born To Be Wild?). On a worldly level, selfish pride very often results in self-destructive behavior because, while a form of self-delusion, it isn't necessarily as much an overestimation of one's self as it is a dangerous underestimation of others, hence "Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall" (Proverbs 16:18 RSV). The Bible also speaks of a good pride, but it differs greatly from selfish pride.
Hmmmm....who is this describing?
Bible thumpers?
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Obama has basically run a clean campaign and McCain has not. Most people with an ounce of intelligence can see that Obama is far from being arrogant. He is grateful, not arrogant. You just seem to have a one-sided view of things.
