Posted by
lobo1776 on Tuesday, June 05, 2007 12:54:14 AM
Last night, at a forum sponsored by the left leaning Sojourners/Call to Renewal, Hillary Clinton told the audience that " she probably could not have gotten through her marital troubles without relying on her faith in God. " and "I am very grateful that I had a grounding in faith that gave me the courage and the strength to do what I thought was right, regardless of what the world thought" Of course she didn't go on to mention that it was easier for her to get elected Senator as the First Lady then it would have been if she had been the ex-wife of the President.
John Edwards take on faith was "I have a deep and abiding love for my Lord, Jesus Christ," Edwards said, but also said ..."the United States shouldn't be called a Christian nation" and, are you ready for this, he said" he doesn't feel his belief in evolution is inconsistent with his belief in Christ and he doesn't personally feel gays should be married, although as president he wouldn't impose his belief system on the rest of the country".
Barack Bin Obama still isn't too sure about his religion. The audience last night learned nothing of his beliefs. Instead, Obama, the well-polished professional politician did a side-step of the issue by saying "The danger of using good verses evil in the context of war is that it may lead us to be not as critical as we should about our own actions" .
You can read more about last night's forum in the AP report : "Clinton: Faith got me past marital woes."
Ok good friends, with 17 months to go before the national elections, the war for the Christian vote is starting. The party of pro-abortion, pro-same sex marriage, and the ever popular sixties attitude of "do what you want as long as your happy" is now looking to align themselves with Christians.
Hillary tried to do her best to portray herself as the long-suffering wife of a womanizer who had her faith to sustain her during that difficult time. Which difficult time? The Monica Lewinsky affair or the eleven other affairs that Wee Willie Winkie was alleged to have had during their married years? Was it, as mentioned before, her faith that made her decide to stick with Bill, or her aspirations for higher office? As a Christian I know that only God, not humans, can look into the hearts of people to know what they are really thinking. Transparent people like Hillary do, however, make it easier even for us humans to figure out what someone's thinking.
The biggest cake topper of the night would have to have been John Edwards. Your remember good ol' John. He was the one who had the two daughters of Satan blogging for him. They used their time, talents and efforts to spew venomous slander at Christians, all in Barbie John's name. His efforts to defend them were miniscule compared to his effort last night to impersonate Jimmy Carter. In the 1976 campaigns Carter won the hearts of liberals everywhere when he told Playboy that he had had lust in his heart. Last night Johnnie boy told the crowd that "prays and sins everyday". Ok John here's a quick theological study for you: the Bible tells us it is the right thing to do to pray for forgiveness when you sin, but it also says that good Christians try to avoid sin as much as possible. (Unless, of course, you are an ambulence-chasing-lawyer-turned-politician running on a platform of ending poverty whilst getting $400.00 haircuts.)
As I have opined before the Democratic Party is after the immortal soul, and most importantly, the vote of Christians in the US. Whether they like it or not, after two failed Presidential elections, they know they need us. Yes I am talking about the Democratic Party. The same party that characterized pro-lifers as "right wing Christian fanatics", openly supported the ACLU attacks on the Christian church, and stated that if Americans would elect a true Christian to the office of the Presidency that we would revert to a theocracy is now trying to get the Christian voting bloc into their stable. They are willing to make a deal: if we throw away our core beliefs on abortion and homosexuality, they will give us every entitlement under the sun. We'll get universal health care, free education, over-inflated wages, and more Medicare/Medicaid Social Security benefits for all, including illegal immigrants. Sounds like a deal one would cut with the devil, doesn't it? Jesus said in Matthew 16:26: "For what is a man profited if he gain the whole world and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?"
Tonights debacle should remind all Christians of the wisdom that says: "That vocalizing your faith makes you a Christian about as much as standing in a garage makes you a car"