Posted on 02/05/2015 12:34:21 PM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
Walker's views disturb Annie Laurie Gaylor, co-president of the Freedom From Religion Foundation.
"It is frightening that the highest executive in our state suffers from the delusion that God dictates his every move," she says. "Consider the personal and historic devastation inflicted by fanatics who think they are acting in the name of their deity."
The dogmatic unwillingness of Wis. Gov. Scott Walker to negotiate or to compromise with Democrats or unions has surprised many people in the state. One explanation for his attitude may be found in his religious convictions.
In a talk to the Christian Businessmen's Committee in Madison on November 13, 2009, Walker, who was raised by a Baptist preacher, spoke about his personal relationship with God, his "walk to Christ," and his belief in the need to "trust and obey" the Lord.
He told the group that when he was thirteen, he committed himself to Jesus. "I said, 'Lord, I'm ready ... not just in front of my Church and the world but most importantly at the foot of your Throne, I'm ready to follow you each and every day.... I have just full out there said, 'I'm going to trust in you Christ to tell me where to go. And to the best of my ability I'm going to obey where you lead me,' and that has made all the difference in the world to me, for good times and bad."
Walker said that God has told him what to do every step of the way, including about what jobs to take, whom to marry, and when to run for governor.
When he had first met his wife, he said, "That night I heard Christ tell me, 'This is the person you're going to be with.'"
He said he was trusting and obeying God when he took a job at IBM and then at the Red Cross. ""Lord, if this is what you want, I'll try it," he said. It was all about "trust and obey."
Then he recalled how he got into the race for governor in 2006, only to withdraw, which he said was a difficult decision.
"My wife and I prayed on it," he said. "I remember feeling so torn: I just didn't want to let people down. I said, "Lord, I can't do this. I can't let people down."
But he says he found divine guidance from the daily devotion, which "was about a guy who was a sailor. One of his buddies came along, they were in choppy waters, and the guy was throwing up. He was told, stop looking at the waves, find a point on the horizon. And he did this and it worked."
Walker explains the meaning: "I was focused all too much on the choppy waters of my life, about how uneasy it would be to look people in the face. I wasn't trusting and obeying my Savior. That morning Christ said to me through that devotion, 'This is what you're going to do. Look at me. Find that point on the horizon, and you're going to be just fine.'"
He added: "God had a plan further down the road. Little did I know I just had to trust in Christ and obey what he calls me to do and that was going to work out."
He then qualified that statement a little: "I don't mean that means it's going to work out for a win.... I don't believe God picks sides in politics. I believe God calls us to be on His side."
He urged everyone in the room "to turn your life over 100 percent to what Christ tells you what to do."
Once you do that, he said, your life will be complete:
"The way to be complete in life is to fully and unconditionally turn your life over to Christ as your personal lord and savior and to make sure that every step of every day is one that you trust and obey, and keep looking out to the horizon to the path that Christ is calling you to follow and know that ultimately he's going to take you home both here at home and ultimately far beyond."
Fourteen months later, at his inaugural prayer breakfast, Walker said, "The Great Creator, no matter who you worship, is the one from which our freedoms are derived, not the government."
Walker's views disturb Annie Laurie Gaylor, co-president of the Freedom From Religion Foundation.
"It is frightening that the highest executive in our state suffers from the delusion that God dictates his every move," she says. "Consider the personal and historic devastation inflicted by fanatics who think they are acting in the name of their deity."
Obama condemns those who seek to 'hijack religion'
".....Obama had a more non-denominational message for the audience that also included prominent leaders of non-Christian faiths. The president said that while religion is a source for good around the world, people of all faiths have been willing to "hijack religion for their own murderous ends."
"Unless we get on our high horse and think that this is unique to some other place, remember that during the Crusades and Inquisition, people committed terrible deeds in the name of Christ," Obama said. "In our home country, slavery and Jim Crow all too often was justified in the name of Christ.
"So it is not unique to one group or one religion," Obama said. "There is a tendency in us, a simple tendency that can pervert and distort our faith."
Obama called for all people of faiths to show humility about their beliefs and reject the idea that "God speaks only to us and doesn't speak to others."....
Scott Walker jumped ahead 20 points in my personal opinion poll.
>> suffers from the delusion that God dictates his every move
What if it’s not a delusion, Annie? Wrap your narrow atheist mind around *that*.
Better than following orders from allah
Matthew 7:15 “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves. 16 You will know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thornbushes or figs from thistles? 17 Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. 18 A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit. 19 Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 20 Therefore by their fruits you will know them.
“The Progressive” makes me believe the Left is very frightened of this man, and they are now laying the groundwork to establish him as some sort of right wing religious zealot WAY TO RADICALLY EXTREME to be our President.
I do believe they will make some headway on this tack, but his track record should prevent their total success. Perhaps I’m hoping more than anything, but I see him as a great candidate, and leader for this time in history. Him, or Ted Cruz.
And they will twist it like this “Following orders” interpretation (journalism) headline.
Western history must seem to be a total nightmare to such an ingrate.
No doubt Ms Gaylor brought this story to Matthew Rothschild's attention at The Progressive. before it was published on March 7, 2011.
Here we go again. They see the threats and take the lying page out while they secretly want Bush as he;s useless and even if he won they know they could still advance their liberal agenda
I believe Dr. Carson feels the same way. This is interesting.
How refreshing.
A few counter-examples:
1) “It is frightening that the media of [what was once] the most powerful nation on Earth suffer from the delusion that moral relativism and anti-theism (and hysterical misrepresentation of opponents) is not only normal, but a requirement for good journalism.”
2) “Consider the personal and historic devastation inflicted by anti-theists who think that obliteration of religion is a moral imperative.” (Care to compare body counts, anti-theists?)
“I know who Obama’s God is.”, See
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moloch
You should listen to the audio of his talk to the group (linked in article).
The Left finds this threatening!?
I’ll take Scott Walker over ANY lib-O-crat felon. (Sorry, but I repeat myself with that description.)
Journolistas have been on Walker’s case big time today.
Perhaps if Walker’s God ordered him to kill infidels the MSM would be more supportive.
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