Rev. Pfleger: "America is the Greatest Sin Against God"

Give it a break! Who cares what this guy said? Since when is a candidate held responsible for everything a pastor says, even when he is not in attendance?

And let's also face reality: pastors many times have said controversial things. Pastors serve their vision of God, not the country.

And let's stop acting as if criticizing America is the greatest sin. It's not, in fact, it is distinctively American.

And in fact, sometimes those who serve the poor and downtrodden the most get the most critical in their view of America.

Grow up people!

To me leaving the church over the priest statements seems odd, maybe Obama knows there are more tapes that are going to come on from all of them.

There sure seems to be various audio clips and videos hitting the net now, maybe Obama got wind of it and thought it was better to distance his self from all this, but its kind of late I feel the damage is already done.

If Obama wins the nomination - to vote democrat just to vote against a repub will be a gross mistake. All that we will hear about is hate, hate and more hate. We will also be in grave danger of losing respect for the office of the presidency with all these hate mongers hanging around and spewing hate and crying race at every turn!

Why can only whites be racists? I live in a majority black city and I can feel the hate every day. I never owned anybody, nor have my ancestor's. BUt his priest says I am still responsible? Great--I am being accused of a crime my family never committed. These are very dangerous times. Things are being redefined to suit a socialistic agenda...history has seen this before.

Condemnation, as OxyCon notes, is definitely in order here. As a Catholic, it is astonishing to hear a priest talk like this. In all of my years sitting in the pews, I've heard the message of peace, forgiveness, and redemption. I've heard a little 'fire and brimstone' at times, but more of the usual "Catholic guilt" to look inwards and strive to right personal wrongs.

The separation of Church and State was definitely a great idea by the founding fathers of our nation.

I still cannot understand why Obama all of a sudden left this church, if all that Wright said about this country never made him leave, you really want to tell me Obama left the church because a white catholic priest made fun about Hillary.

Nope I don't by that something is not right here.

McCain says he's both episcopalian and baptist. Which is it? And where does he practice his faith. Report rather than recite.

Yet further proof that Pfleger and Wright are phonies who are wolves in sheep's clothing. For Pfleger to condemn America because we fail to love, then he must be among those condemned because neither his sermon nor the sermons of Wright showed any love. None. What a shame that the central point to all of this is in Chicago. The greatest sin is pride. I think Pfleger might have confused that with the greatest commandment followed by the command to love one another. But, perhaps he hasn't turned to that chapter recently...

America is the only place in the world where bad exists. Yeah, right. If the U.S. is so horrible why do so many people want to come here?

Hate for America is so consistent among Obama's friends and people want him to be POTUS! What a shame for America to have some on like Obama leading her!