Seth Udinski, FISM News
On Thursday morning, President Joe Biden spoke at the annual National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C.
Biden, who has garnered controversy as a self-proclaimed devout Roman Catholic and has also touted extremely secular policies, addressed the nation and urged a spirit of unity. He appeared to attempt to cater to religious and nonreligious people alike, mentioning the need to follow in the example of Jesus while also encouraging a generic spirit of “faith” that seems counterintuitive to the Christian religion:
In a moment of a great division, our democracy is at grave risk. I pray that we follow what Jesus taught us: to serve rather than be served. Rather than drive us apart, faith can move us together. Because all the great confessional faiths share the same fundamental basic beliefs: not just faith in a higher power, but faith to see each other as we should. Not as enemies but as neighbors. Not as adversaries but as fellow Americans, as leaders of this nation who work and pray together.
The president spoke of the belief that every person is made in the image of God, which would no doubt cause a stir among pro-life proponents. Many believe that Biden has hypocritically ignored the thousands of unborn children aborted in the womb who were also made in the image of God.
I pray to keep the faith (in) the very promise of America: believing that there’s nothing we can’t do, where every person is created equal in the image of God, no matter where we come from, who we are, what our color or how we choose to pray — or whether or not we choose to pray — (we) deserve to be treated equally throughout their lives.
The event also included several other high-profile Democratic leaders who have also claimed fidelity to Christ, including Raphael Warnock and Vice President Kamala Harris.
The ideas of “faith” and “justice” seemed to permeate the rhetoric of the breakfast, but it is questionable as to whether these themes truly reflected the biblical definition of faith and justice, or whether they were merely used to dress up liberal policies.