The Colvin Report: Trinity United Church of Chicago

In all likelihood Obama will be the Democratic nominee, unless something drastic happens. So, I wanted to look a little deeper into Obama's church because it will receive attention in the national election.

I have heard many say that the sound bytes were a few stupid things cherry picked from 40 years of sermons and that they in no way reflected upon Obama himself. But, I wanted to look a little deeper into the foundation of the church, who they are modeled after, and what their vision really is. So here it is.

Wright has said that a basis for Trinity's philosophies is the work of James Cone, who founded the modern black liberation theology movement out of the civil rights struggles of the 1960s. Particularly influential was Cone's seminal 1969 book, "Black Theology & Black Power."

Here is a tidbit of James Cone: "Black theology refuses to accept a God who is not identified totally with the goals of the black community. If God is not for us and against white people, then he is a murderer, and we had better kill him. The task of black theology is to kill Gods who do not belong to the black community… Black theology will accept only the love of God which participates in the destruction of the white enemy. What we need is the divine love as expressed in Black Power, which is the power of black people to destroy their oppressors here and now by any means at their disposal. Unless God is participating in this holy activity, we must reject his love.”

Yes... that is what Cone, the inspiration of Obama's church foundation, thinks about religion. Coincidentally, be believes white church's are the antichrist.

In an interview, when Cone was asked which church most embodied his message, he responded "I would point to Trinity first." Cone also said he thought that Wright's successor, the Rev. Otis Moss III, would continue the tradition.

Cone is cited on the Trinity website and his visions follow the posted "black value system."

So now i ask, if these sound-bytes we have heard follow the vision of the church, then how is it that Obama didn't know and how is it that Obama didn't quit this church.

You have to question a mans judgment when he makes such a bad decision. Extremism is bad on every spectrum and it is not something our politicians should embrace.

Even if we accept the argument that he joined the church for political reasons, that still shows bad judgment.

We can get some insight from Dwight Hopkins, a Trinity member and liberation theology professor at the University of Chicago's divinity school "As a community organizer, would people join Trinity? Yes!"

However, "someone who wanted to run for public office would think twice about intentionally using Trinity as a leverage," Hopkins said. "When it's Election Day, all the politicians come to Trinity. But not every day."

Again, I am not saying Obama follows these views, but it does cast doubt on his judgment and his integrity as he continues to play off of plausible deniability.