Hillary: “I Have Felt the Presence of the Holy Spirit”

[MadAndy]

Source: CBN

Hillary Clinton: I believe in the father, son, and Holy Spirit, and I have felt the presence of the Holy Spirit on many occasions in my years on this earth.
Reporter: Can I ask you theologically, do you believe that the resurrection of Jesus actually happened, that it actually historically did happen?
Senator Clinton: Yes, I do

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Mrs Clinton sucking up to the evangelicals. She goes on to say that she believes the whole bible is real.

[niyad]

1. and yet, obama saying he "prays to jesus every night" is okay?

[MadAndy]

5. He has to. Mrs Clinton's team keeps accusing him of being Muslim

[mrreowwr_kittty]

9. And yet the hypocrites who support Queen Hillary will give her a pass

On everything they excoriate Obama for.

When he goes on the 700 Club it's bad. When Her Majesty does it, it's smart campaigning.

When he associates with homophobe, it means he's worse than Hitler. When she has homophobes endorsing her and working in her campaign, it's hunky-dory because it only counts when the homophobe emcees a gospel concert for you.

[xultar]

2. I've felt the presence of bullshit on DU.

[Cant trust em]

3. Hillary Clinton's religion is none of my business

Since there hasn't been any history of her legislating based on religion, you can put this on top of the "I don't give an arse" pile.

[jgraz]

8. The fact that we may elect a president who suffers from delusions is totally my business

Would you feel differently if she made decisions by gazing at bird entrails instead of praying?

[LostinVA]

14. Obama prays, too

And, I haven't seen Hillary making religiously influenced votes or injecting religion into her politics.

[jgraz]

19. I don't like it any better when Obama does it

[Cant trust em]

16. it's a little goofy, but I'm more interested in the bottom line

did candidate X come to the right decision? That's all I really care about. I really don't like the anti-religious tone that usually comes from DU. Not like I'm religious, but I don't want us to be the athiest party.

[LeftyMom]

4. Just once can we have somebody running who isn't religiously deluded?

I want a President who makes decisions without the aid of their imaginary friend. Is that too fucking much to ask?

[Starbucks Anarchist]

6. Unfortunately, I am too young and lazy to run for the office.

[kestrel91316]

13. I'm too busy.......

and there WAS that matter of the artsy nude photos my freshman year of college........

[paulkienitz]

36. for the foreseeable future, it is indeed too much to ask

[Kittycat]

7. She must have heard that my fundy mom voted for Obama.

And knows how many hours a day she spends talking on the phone to her friends.

[DURHAM D]

26. Did you listen to the interview? Apparently not.

You also missed the fact the interview happened last July.

[JNelson6563]

10. In reality it was probably just gas.

But it's a common mistake.

[kestrel91316]

11. Politicians of ALL stripes need to keep their personal religious

beliefs to themselves. If they wanna SHOW me what a good Christian they are through their ACTIONS, that's fine. Just STFU about doctrine.

[Warpy]

22. The constant pandering by both Clinton and Obama

is displaying a certain tone deafness on their part. While most people will claim to be Christian, few actually attend church every Sunday and fewer still are particularly passionate about that belief system.

Fundamentalists have given all Christians in this country a reputation for intolerance and bullying, something that is deserved because mainstream Christians have not been particularly vocal at condemning heresies like Dispensationalism and Rapturism.

There was a recent study showing that young believers were loath to self identify as Christians because of that. They don't want to be lumped in with the fundamentalists.

What the two candidates need to do is reassure people that, while their personal faith is a moral guide in their personal lives, it won't be codified into law forced onto non believers and casual sinners among believers of different sects, alike.

[Judi Lynn]

12. Maybe she'll remove the Statue of Liberty and put up a statue of some dandy Praying Hands!

[DURHAM D]

15. I understand those "hands" are for sale.

Apparently they are falling apart and ORU doesn't have the money to repair.

[Judi Lynn]

21. Oh, jeez! Had heard their whole place is falling apart, but the "Praying Hands?"

I think they already have an idea where they might start looking to find out where all the money went, by now!

They'll not be able to get that back, either.

Someone posted photos here of places on the Oral Roberts campus showing the sidewalks and dormitories are falling apart in a big way. It almost looked like tornado damage!

Oral Roberts really SHOULD step in and try to "heal" the school.

[moggie]

38. High five! n/t

[OHdem10]

17. I thought Liberals are the open minded. Hillary has been a

practicing Methodist all her life. No one has the market cornered
on Religion. Each Candidate is free to express their thoughts
on Religion without it being considered a suck up.

IMO, we would be better off not harping about Religion. Almost
all Leaders on the Hill practice some form of Religion. Most
Americans practice some form of Religion. This is Life.

Carping about Religion and any candidate is a waste of time.

[WyldRogue]

27. Finally...

...someone makes a universal post that ACTUALLY contains substance.

Attacking candidates over religious beliefs is down-right wrong. What's next? Moan over the color of his TIE or the style of her HAIR?

Some people has got a lot of growing up to do during political monsoons. Both are viable candidates and both would steer our country in the right direction...so you 'kids' keep on rotting the Dem party from the inside out like a cancer with your absolute hatred for one another's candidate of choice.

Question: Was the hatred of Clinton so deep as it is now BEFORE she ran for the Nom??

Question: Was the hatred of Obama so deep as it is now BEFORE he ran for the Nom??



The supporters on both sides are too tempermental and immature. And by some of the attitudes displayed in the disgusting posts I have read attacking one another, these are the under 30 crowd who still have not achieved maturity in the political landscape. They are treating this like a god damn football game. Shame!

[LostinVA]

18. Hello everybody -- this is hardly a legitimate news source

It's a RW nutter fundy publication.

Not to mention, Obama certainly has never shied away from sucking up to Evangelicals.

[DJ13]

20. Its her new look for the campaign trail

She's trying to prevent Obama from trowing dirt back at her.

[Baby Snooks]

48. Sally Field she ain't...

And I doubt with the baggage she's carrying a mega-tornado would manage to get her airborne. Sally was the flying nun. Hillary is the crash-on- take-off nun.

[Fredda Weinberg]

23. I suppose you'll ridicule my religious experiences as well. I pity you n/t

[MadAndy]

29. I am not religious myself but have respect for true believers and wouldn't

ridicule them. I do not think Mrs Clinton is a true believer. My intention was to point out her pandering to the right.

[Fredda Weinberg]

39. I've heard her oldest friends say she is. So who knows better?

I recognize someone who shares my depth of faith. I judge her by her actions.

[Az_lefty]

24. as a Christian, she should denounce those trying to smear Obama as a Muslim

she know's it's a lie but won't denounce it. The "I take him at his word" crap isn't enough.

[MadAndy]

34. During her first senate run, didn't she claim to be Jewish? eom

[Hieronymus]

25. Just when we thought Hillary couldn't stoop any lower.

[DURHAM D]

31. Hello - that interview is 9 months old.

Did you listen to it?

I am agnostic but the interview is in no way offensive. It is not an appeal to fundamentalists or evangelicals - she is Methodist and rational.

[Hieronymus]

35. And that it's nine months old is relevant, how? You think she would ...

answer differently now?

[DURHAM D]

41. You didn't listen.

It is actually a very interesting interview. Bless you and your chosen ignorance.

[WyldRogue]

32. Jesus Christ!!

A daft response from a daft individual. And no, I'm not singling you out because you are an Obama supporter. If you had been a Clinton supporter, I would still have responded the same way.

So it's low for Clinton to invoke a religious thought or feeling??

Nothing but kids on DU as that is the most obscene and immature subject/topic to bitch at a candidate about. Both sides are really looking bad.

[LostinVA]

28. Methodists aren't Fundamentalists

They don't believe in the literal interpretation of the Bible.

I went to a Methodist college and had both religion and Koines Greek taught by Methodist clergy.

I call bull on both the quotes AND the illegit source.

Boo.

[RainDog]

33. they are in the south

maybe that's a diff. branch, like American baptists (not literalists) and Southern Baptists (literalists.)

I think the point is that all presidential candidates and nominees in this country have to suck up to the bullshit beliefs of the religious right or else the extremists will use it against them.

[LostinVA]

43. No, they aren't

I lived in NC for 17 years, VA for almost 8, and the Methodist school I went to was in the South. There may be some nutjob Methodists, but the Methodist Church does NOT believe in the literal interpretation of the Bible, and the Methodists have a hierarchy.

I personally don't care if candidates talk about their religion, as long as what they say isn't done on the backs on a group of people (women, gays, Muslims, Jews, et al), and as long as they don't legislate that way.

[Baby Snooks]

44. Did you go to SMU?

That's a fine Methodist University. Soon to house the George W Bush Presidential Library. And the George W Bush Institute of Fascist Government. Adjunct professors from A&M will teach there.

He felt the presence of the Holy Spirit as well and God of course talks to him. He told an Amish community that at one point. So now Hillary feels the presence as well. Really an encouraging thought.

Watch out. Next comes Hillary talking about our "Christian nation" thinking that might grab the attention of the conservative Republicans who really don't like John McCain. Good luck. All they see in Hillary is what a lot of other people see in Hillary. Bill and his cigar.

[melody]

30. Will everyone stop talking about their imaginary friends?

This is fucking embarrassing.

[Bucky]

40. FWIW, Melody, I am your imaginary friend, Mr Biggles, from when you were two

and I wish you would still talk to me.

[Bucky]

37. She's always been pretty religious, as anyone who's read her biographies knows

Even the attack biographies that the smear machines hire on her end up commenting on her religious beliefs. She's doubtlessly playing up her faith to help her image, but there's nothing wrong with hype in a candidate as long as they're being honest.

[AngryOldDem]

42. Just spare me.

Is there ANYTHING she won't do for a vote?

Got news for her. If McCain chooses Huckabee as a VP, she could claim she is the Virgin Mary Incarnate and it won't make a damn bit of difference.

[NMDemDist2]

45. how is an interview from last July "LBN'?? n/t

[LostinVA]

46. And one from a completely illegitimate source

[hatrack]

47. Obviously, she has not been touched by His Noodly Appendage!

Fie, fie, I say!

[maddezmom]

49. locking

Not Latest Breaking News. The interview is from last July, feel free to post in the General Discussion: Primaries forum.