This is another area I'm reluctant to jump into as
there is little likelihood of emerging unscathed.
Nevertheless, I can't help myself.
© Reuters/Ashlee Espinal
Democratic strategist Maria Cardona went after White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders about “election interference” of a much higher order, arguing over God’s plans for Donald Trump.
CNN’s OutFront became the unlikely platform for a debate on divine will on Wednesday, when guests were asked to discuss Sarah Sander’s stated belief that God himself had chosen Trump to become president.
Cardona was not happy with Sanders’ interpretation of God’s design, responding that if Trump’s victory was preordained, “it is because he wanted to punish us for taking our democracy for granted, and for not ensuring that every person got out there to vote.”
Despite having personally chosen to work on Hillary Clinton’s campaign, Cardona was unable to figure out why God would choose someone "who doesn’t understand the words truth, honesty, integrity, honor, forgiveness.”
“I could go on and on about how this president is actually the antithesis of Jesus Christ’s teachings and anything that real Christians [...] would believe in,” she continued.
Astonishing!
Commentators were quick to criticize her authority in making such a statement. While Cardona describes herself as a Catholic, her liberal positions on abortion rights, gay marriage and divorce are not exactly in keeping with the religious canon.
David Brody
@DavidBrodyCBN
.@CNN has meltdown over @PressSec comments about God wanting @realDonaldTrump to be president. Having CNN do a smart segment about biblical truth is like me doing a segment on weight loss. We both have no clue! https://youtu.be/3M2Sy6pcgBE @CBNNews @WhiteHouse @MariaTCardona pic.twitter.com/JfMJg7HZiV
While many who engaged in the debate agreed that a “higher power” had influenced the elections, not everyone thought that power was other-wordly.
mj.h
@hagen_mj
Replying to @CloyesVictoria and 2 others
God doesn’t choose our leaders. Putin does.
Cardona quickly hit back against her “hypocritical” haters, even dropping some paraphrased bible quotes to get her point across.
Maria Cardona ✔
@MariaTCardona
So misguided @DavidBrodyCBN! This wasn't abt biblical truth. It was abt the HYPOCRISY of @PressSec, & ALL Trump supporting Christians (you) who wld believe God put a corrupt, immoral @POTUS in WH. 'Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord', & DT has the lyingest lips all time!
Cardona is not the first to try to defeat Sanders on her own terms. Just last week, Democratic rising star Ocasio-Cortez quoted the bible in the course of an argument with the press secretary about the role of humanity in combating climate change.
Aside from the obvious hypocrisy here, the idea that anyone on CNN could speak for God or even come close to understanding Him is so utterly absurd as to be hysterical. As someone who believes in abortion and gay rights, she has no basis for calling anyone but herself the antithesis of Christ's teachings. As Jesus said, "let him who is without sin cast the first stone".
That doesn't mean that I am without sin, but I'm not casting the first stone, or even the second.
Her statement about God punishing us for taking democracy for granted is ludicrously stupid. Jesus said nothing about politics anywhere in the Bible, "except render unto Caesar that which is Caesar's". Jesus was entirely concerned with spiritual matters.
The Old Testament, when we were under the Law rather than grace, has many examples of God placing people in authority. Sometimes they were godly people, sometimes they were heinous men, as God prepared His people for punishment. Those people were never punished for political reasons, but always for spiritual adultery or abandonment.
When people place the rights of women to have an abortion as opposed to having a righteous and healthy sexual life, that is an abandonment of anything resembling the fear of God. I could go further on this theme but it would not make it through the sensors.
Hurricane Sandy was an obvious act of God that resulted in Barack Obama winning the 2012 elections. So, whether you are a Republican or Democrat, whether you think Trump or Obama is evil, God placed them in the White House for His own purpose, which will become obvious in due time.
Meanwhile, the apostles wrote that those in authority require our respect and our prayers, not our criticism.
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