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No Christian candidate, what are we to do?

09 Sunday Sep 2012

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Black Liberation Theology, cults, LDS church, Lutheran Satire, Mormonism, Obama, Presidential Election, Romney

As November nears, and now that the Republican and Democrat national convention are over, the United States presidential election is in the minds of many. And, this election is a bit of a different animal from past elections.

Americans, Christian Americans especially, are facing a different situation this time around. Neither of the candidates are Christians. (Not that there haven’t been elections with no Christians before, some were nominal only at best.)

President Obama, the incumbant, claims he is Christian, though his beliefs seem universalist, and his values are far from those of Christians. Obama’s faith seems closer to that of black liberation theology that Jeremiah Wright taught him over the years he spent in that church, though, just as Wright said in 2008, Obama would have to distance himself from Wright and his teaching as it would hurt his chances in the election. Obama won’t state that his black liberation theology is different from Christianity, but it plays out in his speeches and legislation.

Governor Romney is a Mormon. Not only a Mormon, but a Mormon’s Mormon. He comes from a family that traces its roots back to founding of Mormonism, as his ancestry traveled with Brigham Young and possibly even Joseph Smith. Along with his family history, Romney’s taxes show a large amount of donations to the LDS church, and he was the leader of the LDS church in his state for some time. He is more Mormon than Paul was Pharisee. Continue reading »

God told me to Run

10 Saturday Dec 2011

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Cessationism, Continualism, God speaks to me, Herman Cain, Presidential Election

That’s when I prayed and prayed and prayed. I’m a man of faith — I had to do a lot of praying for this one, more praying than I’ve ever done before in my life. And when I finally realized that it was God saying that this is what I needed to do, I was like Moses. ‘You’ve got the wrong man, Lord. Are you sure?’

These are the words of former presidential candidate Herman Cain. Cain stated, and assuming he is honest, believed that God told him to run for president.

To me that presents a problem. While I won’t go so far as to say that God does not speak to people today, though I do think there is evidence to support that. But, I will say that it seems that most people who think God is speaking to them often say or believe things that contradict a clear reading of Scripture, or otherwise are proven wrong.

Given the recent news of Cain dropping out of the running I think we could question why God wanted Cain to run. If God really wanted Herman Cain to run, was it so he would drop out? Or, maybe he didn’t really hear from God.

I think that often times when people, even well meaning Christians, believe they are hearing God speak to them that it is instead their own emotions and expectations leading them to believe that they are hearing from God. And, when some rather charismatic leaders are involved and the right atmosphere it is even easier for people to be fooled.

With all of that said, seeing as how it is unlikely that I’ll be posting about Herman Cain again, I thought I would share a clip of him singing. The man has an amazing God given talent for music. Enjoy.

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