In the category of "Please, Lord, gouge out my eyes and rupture my eardrums, strike me dumb and tell me I didn't just read that." comes the story of African bishops stopping just short of calling President Barack Obama the second coming of Christ. Ghana Archbishop Charles Parker-Buckle said "It's like the biblical story repeating itself.", though he was referring to the story of Joseph who was sold into slavery and came out of it to be an important person. Look closely at the language being used about unification of the races and the divine plan behind his election, however. I would make the case that this borders on idolatry. Luckily, the domestic bishops still seem a bit ambivalent.
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