Palin: God will do the right thing on election day
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In an interview posted online Wednesday, Sarah Palin told Dr. James Dobson of “Focus on the Family” that she is confident God will do “the right thing for America” on Nov. 4.
Dobson asked the vice presidential hopeful if she is concerned about John McCain’s sagging poll numbers, but Palin stressed that she was “not discouraged at all.”
“To me, it motivates us, makes us work that much harder,” she told the influential Christian leader, whose radio show reaches tens of millions of listeners daily. “And it also strengthens my faith because I know at the end of the day putting this in God’s hands, the right thing for America will be done, at the end of the day on Nov. 4.”
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/10/22/palin-god-will-do-the-right-thing-on-election-day/
audio:
http://www.citizenlink.org/clspecialalert/A000008476.cfm
Dobson asked the vice presidential hopeful if she is concerned about John McCain’s sagging poll numbers, but Palin stressed that she was “not discouraged at all.”
“To me, it motivates us, makes us work that much harder,” she told the influential Christian leader, whose radio show reaches tens of millions of listeners daily. “And it also strengthens my faith because I know at the end of the day putting this in God’s hands, the right thing for America will be done, at the end of the day on Nov. 4.”
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/10/22/palin-god-will-do-the-right-thing-on-election-day/
audio:
http://www.citizenlink.org/clspecialalert/A000008476.cfm
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I hope he does too, GOVERNOR Palin!
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my .02
I want to go to your church.:)
Yeah... but god works in mysterious ways
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Thank you!
Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
VIC 07
EV LA1 08
Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
Columbus 10
EV LA 11
Vancouver 11
Missoula 12
Portland 13, Spokane 13
St. Paul 14, Denver 14
I would love for you to come to my church!
Your welcome.
How can this be??! This has to be a joke!
If you believe the wackos on this board, all Christian churches and pastors are out there threatening their congregations to vote Republican.
I guess that's what you get when you live with your head in the sand.
...are those who've helped us.
Right 'round the corner could be bigger than ourselves.
I wish more churches would feel the same way and stop feeling like they have to be mouthpieces for the Republican party, or any political party for that matter.
Have you ever tried to replace part of the biblical readings with pearl jam lyrics and see if anybody notices?
Just to make a point, I'm not speaking for my congregation, which is most likely overwhelmingly Republican. However, I do not know one theologically educated Christian pastor that is a rabid partisan either way. Most theologically trained people see too big of a "picture" to be extreme partisans (and I would assume this to be the case for most people who have studied any type of history in depth - for us seminary grads, we've studied Church History, giving us a big picture of the Christian Church).
I'm also a bit of a U.S. history buff...I'm currently 50 pages from completing Sean Wilentz's MASSIVE tome "The Rise of American Democracy", which has helped keep me grounded during the election season.
Theologically speaking, I'm a bit puzzled by many people's insistence that our President be a Pastor-in-Chief. If we can learn anything relevant from the history of Israel and the history of the Roman Empire, it is that a quasi-theocracy administered by radicals DOES NOT WORK.
no...but that would make for interesting sermon construction...one springs to mind immediately:
"he still gives his love, he just gives it away, the love he receives is the love that is saved"
or
"I've got memories, I've got shit"
whichever
"I never sucked Satan's dick"
touche
Hahahahaha
I want to start a religion based on pearl jam and live tax free!
"God. Can't find a better man."
And if Obabma wins the Election... isn't that God 'Doing the right thing'? Or is it God.. forsaking Sarah Palin and all the Christians?
Hail, Hail!!!
I thought the same thing, I want to see his church.
Peace
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I think the notion that God has picked the side of the Republicans in this race, as Palin may or may not hint here (I'm not touching that one) would anger and irritate Obama's Christian supporters.
She didn't hint at that at all. She said she thinks God will do the right thing. She believes the right thing to be picking McCain. But, that doesn't she means she knows the right thing according to God.
I don't get the argument against what she said unless it's an argument against having faith in God. Therefore, I don't get this thread.
I wish my brother thought like you. He is also a United Methodist Minister and very well educated. However, I don't think he is as open minded. Maybe I'm wrong. We don't communicate about God, religion, politics, or social issues so maybe he has moderated in the last few years. We don't talk about those issues because we disagree. I am the "black sheep" in our family because I stopped attending church several years ago, I don't blindly follow the Republican party, I don't have children, I'm divorced (but married to current husband for 10+ years), and I do animal rescue instead of evangelizing.
I understand that Dr. Dobson is not a reverend for a particular church, but I believe those folks who are clergy members and who do offer endorsements from the pulpit should have their church's tax-exempt status rescinded.
There's no point to an argument such as this one. I must say, though, that I'm pretty surprised that you feel there is not even a "hint" of that, however inadvertently. I wonder if you're reading
Speaking personally as a Christian supporting Obama, I'd be pretty annoyed at someone who intimated that my position is "ungodly." I think political position and support should be supported through reason; the notion that "God is on our side" has led to an awful lot of violent, disturbing arguments throughout our nation and our world's history. If you really think there was no hint of that in Palin's remarks, than I guess it wouldn't bother you. While it's possible that Palin did not mean that, I think it's a bit wild to think that a conclusion like the one I reached is ridiculous.
That being said, this is the same person that just a few days ago said I wasn't a "real American", so is it that surprising that she would consider those who do not support her candidate anti-religion as well?
Just to make it clear: I'm not speaking for my church, nor am I speaking for my denomination, nor am I speaking for the Christian faith. My church is a small-town, warm, loving, conservative church. I would venture a guess that 85-90% of my people would label themselves Republican and would be disappointed to learn that their new pastor (I've been here four months) is not voting for McCain.
I also want to be clear that my 'lens' (hermeneutic, if you want to get all fancy) is primarily informed by Scripture, followed by reason, tradition, and experience (the so-called Wesleyan quadrilateral). My reasons for not supporting McCain are in part Scripturally based (it actually stems from a reading of Matthew, see 7:1-5 in relation to the scurrilous attacks on Obama, and Matthew 25:31-46 for my support of democratic economic policies).
In my current church, I have to be very careful simply because I'm in the process of building relationships and trust with my new parishoners. My commitment to being their pastor outweighs my commitment to seeing Barack Obama win the presidency. BUT, in my previous job (youth minister in a VERY conservative church for 5 and 1/2 years) I was all kinds of radical Christian with the youth. One goal was to create subversive, critical thinkers who would think for themselves. I taught a lesson one time where I explained to them why I wouldn't say the Pledge of Allegiance. Still won't. I also taught them several lessons based on my opposition to the Iraq War. They also knew upfront that I did not support George W. Bush.
Anyways, all that to say on a Sunday morning, my church doesn't look much different from any other southern United Methodist church. But if you stopped by my office for coffee on a Monday morning, our conversations would probably not be typical...