Continually raking “hot coals into one’s bosom” is not a wise way to live and politicians are no exception. As the Democratic front runner, Barack Obama has finally decided to leave the church that he has belonged to for so long. Barack and Michelle Obama have opted to be free of the media oppression and close scrutiny that is routinely cast on religion. “We don’t want to have to answer for everything that’s stated in the church. We also don’t want the church subjected to the scrutiny that a presidential campaign legitimately undergoes.”

Obama said he and his wife, Michelle, began discussing a departure from the church after Wright spoke at the National Press Club on April 28. During the appearance, Wright said that Obama had “distanced” himself the fiery pastor for political reasons.

One thing that some Americans are hopeful for is that Barack Obama isn’t leaving God entirely on the sideline or his view of what is right before the God he professes. The world view of Christian religion is that God and religion are synonymous. More educated and knowledgeable Christians, as well as realistic human beings know that human religion in and of itself often uses the name of God as a counterweight. Traditions of men and human philosophy reign supreme in many churches instead of Biblical knowledge and teaching. Many churches wisely avoid politics and political battles in favor of the spiritual.

In this case, Barack Obama has been forced to depart from the heated political atmosphere of his former church so that the media will quit trying to tie him with everything that goes on at Trinity. This is likely a wise decision, considering the hot bed of debate that has circled around the church for so long. Barack Obama has been forced to distance himself from religion. What the media should be concerned with is whether Barack Obama is distancing himself from God. In an increasingly secular nation, perhaps the significance of the question is a mute point. Unfortunately, the media isn’t smart enough to ask that question.