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Old 08-21-2008, 08:43 PM   #1
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In Audacity of Hope he give clues on why he uses messianic language. He said that Lincoln and MLK knew that people wouldn't believe in getting the impossible accomplished unless they believed in a higher power. Hence when it comes to electing a black president, people needed faith in some providential hand.
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