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When it comes to how Barack Obama presented his thoughts and ideas on the topic of church and state he was able to use many different strategies in his speech. I believe that he uses a large amount of emotion in this speech. His deep feelings towards the church and faith truly do come out. His stories of how he became a part of the church much later in life than most people had a lot of heart put into it. I personally love when people speak from the heart instead of just saying what they think everyone wants to hear. He never seemed like he was doing this so people would like him, he was doing this for himself while he wanted to put himself out there and show exactly how he felt so that if people chose to vote for him they knew exactly what they were voting for. He is a very emotional person which also shows that when he cares about something he will put every bit of his effort into it. He also puts his personal character into his work. He doesn't go to work pretending to be another person. He is who he is and thats exactly who Obama wants to be. The combination of character and emotions go hand in hand with each other. When someone is speaking to you about feelings or personal topics their own character will show through every time. Obama knew this when he wanted to give this speech and that is what he wanted. He wanted to show people his true character through topics that mean very much to him. He used both of these strategies very well in this speech. He was able to show exactly what he wanted the listeners to see. These types of speeches are the best in my eyes. When a man such as Barack Obama can come up and speak about his own life and his own thoughts on faith and state together is a great sight.

Entry #1

Barack Obama's speech was very well done and straight from the heart. His outlooks on how faith and politics have a very strong connection is very interesting. His outlook of how our government is acting as well as being run needs to change in order to better our country. he states that these changes can't just happen. It needs to be a change in the heart and minds of our government. The idea that church's are doing so much with the little that they have to help as many people as possible is astonishing. They are feeding the hungry and clothing the homeless, yet our government is barely doing anything to help these people. Another large point he makes is that no matter what religion someone follows or even if they don't follow one at all, that we should all still be abel to coincide together in everyday life with no problems. We have to many problems having to do with people fighting over faith and what one believes compared to another. Obama believes that if we can all come together while still fallowing our own faiths but at the same time being on the same page as one another than we can fix a lot of problems. Another large aspect that he thinks more people need to look at is how the separation of church and state has played a critical role in many aspects of our government and our societies. He also states that if we were ever to expel all of the non-christians in the United States than which direction of faith would be go. There are many times of christianity and we need some non-christians in order to keep the balance in our societies. Throughout his whole speech he seems to be speaking from the heart. Not just saying what he thinks people want to hear which shows a lot about his ideas. He wants to show them exactly how he feels and hopefully this will show people how they should start to view the church and faith when it comes to our government.