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webfarmerThe Wall Street Journal had several interesting to outright disturbing articles on Palin the other day. The Monty Python's holy hand grenade of Antioch skit comes to mine here. Disturbingly so.
I don't expect to see a Rev. Wright feeding frenzy among the "liberal press" on this stuff. That would be so wrong.
Palin's Faith is Seen in Church Upbringing - WSJ - 04 Sep 08
"David Gushee, a Christian ethicist at Mercer University in Atlanta, says he is troubled that a public official might presume that government action could be God's intent. 'I would never think it is appropriate to describe the actions of the United States military or the strategies of our commanders as a plan from God,' Mr. Gushee says.
Mr. Gushee says Gov. Palin should explain her beliefs concerning the inevitability of a cataclysm and the end of time. 'To me, it is highly relevant to someone who potentially has her hand on the nuclear button," he says. 'If that is her worldview, I would want to know about that.'"
And so on to the main event . . .
"The Rev. Ed Kalnins, pastor of the Pentecostal church, Wasilla Assembly of God, says he has told church members that God put President George W. Bush in office and that America is locked in a 'holy war' with terrorists."
"At Mr. Kalnins's invitation, Gov. Palin appeared on stage in June before a youth group at Wassila Assembly of God, where she reminisced fondly about getting baptized there, before asking the young people to pray for a proposed natural-gas pipeline in Alaska and for American soldiers."
"The Bible, Mr. Kalnins said in an interview, foretells world events. 'I don't think it's God's will to have a war,' he says. But in Iraq, America is fighting an enemy that has made it a war over beliefs, he said. 'I really think it is a holy war. It's a war of gods. ... When someone fights in the name of God, that becomes a holy war.'
Mr. Kalnins is an enthusiastic supporter of 'Governor Sarah,' as he calls her, and of President George W. Bush, who, he believes, was put in office by the hand of the divine. 'I believe criticisms come from hell. God has placed this man in authority. ... You criticize the authority, you're literally bringing in hell with the criticism.'
I don't expect to see a Rev. Wright feeding frenzy among the "liberal press" on this stuff. That would be so wrong.
Palin's Faith is Seen in Church Upbringing - WSJ - 04 Sep 08
"David Gushee, a Christian ethicist at Mercer University in Atlanta, says he is troubled that a public official might presume that government action could be God's intent. 'I would never think it is appropriate to describe the actions of the United States military or the strategies of our commanders as a plan from God,' Mr. Gushee says.
Mr. Gushee says Gov. Palin should explain her beliefs concerning the inevitability of a cataclysm and the end of time. 'To me, it is highly relevant to someone who potentially has her hand on the nuclear button," he says. 'If that is her worldview, I would want to know about that.'"
And so on to the main event . . .
"The Rev. Ed Kalnins, pastor of the Pentecostal church, Wasilla Assembly of God, says he has told church members that God put President George W. Bush in office and that America is locked in a 'holy war' with terrorists."
"At Mr. Kalnins's invitation, Gov. Palin appeared on stage in June before a youth group at Wassila Assembly of God, where she reminisced fondly about getting baptized there, before asking the young people to pray for a proposed natural-gas pipeline in Alaska and for American soldiers."
"The Bible, Mr. Kalnins said in an interview, foretells world events. 'I don't think it's God's will to have a war,' he says. But in Iraq, America is fighting an enemy that has made it a war over beliefs, he said. 'I really think it is a holy war. It's a war of gods. ... When someone fights in the name of God, that becomes a holy war.'
Mr. Kalnins is an enthusiastic supporter of 'Governor Sarah,' as he calls her, and of President George W. Bush, who, he believes, was put in office by the hand of the divine. 'I believe criticisms come from hell. God has placed this man in authority. ... You criticize the authority, you're literally bringing in hell with the criticism.'
