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Obama "appointed by God"
AmericanThinker ^ | September 19, 2009 | Thomas Lifson

Posted on 09/19/2009 6:34:47 PM PDT by Joiseydude

Obama was “appointed by God”, we are instructed by a man boasting academic credentials. Writing in the Orlando Sentinel, Jeremy Levitt, “associate dean for International Programs and a distinguished professor of international law at Florida A&M University College of Law in Orlando,” makes this case at the conclusion of a rambling attack on critics of ObamaCare and the right in general: I would remind the far right what the Apostle Paul wrote, " ... there is no authority except from God, and the authorities that exist are appointed by God." Hence, Obama is the U.S. president and leader of the Free World because he was appointed by God. I wonder how much criticism this statement will encounter on the left, from the militant atheists and church-haters?

How many Obama supporters actually believe this “distinguished professor”?

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1 posted on 09/19/2009 6:34:48 PM PDT by Joiseydude
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To: Joiseydude

Uh....the problem is Hussein thinks he is God.


2 posted on 09/19/2009 6:36:46 PM PDT by Jagdgewehr
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To: Joiseydude

He means the god of this earth: AKA Satan.


3 posted on 09/19/2009 6:37:00 PM PDT by SVTCobra03 (You can never have enough friends, horsepower or ammunition.)
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To: Joiseydude
There is so much wrong with what this fool Jeremy Levitt says, I can't go any further ....
4 posted on 09/19/2009 6:37:11 PM PDT by Ken522
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To: Joiseydude
How many Obama supporters actually believe this “distinguished professor”?

None, they think he is god.

5 posted on 09/19/2009 6:37:53 PM PDT by svcw (Legalism reinforces self-righteousness - it communicates to you the good news of your own goodness)
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To: Joiseydude

Thats just an ass hat manipulator trying to use religious language against the political enemies of The One... People that he rightly believes to be religious. But he says it with a smirk.


6 posted on 09/19/2009 6:38:08 PM PDT by DariusBane (Even the Rocks shall cry out "Hobamma to the Highest")
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To: Joiseydude

I am NOT an Obama supporter.

But the statement is correct.


7 posted on 09/19/2009 6:38:13 PM PDT by Safrguns
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To: Joiseydude

See my tagline.


8 posted on 09/19/2009 6:38:18 PM PDT by eclecticEel (The Most High rules in the kingdom of men ... and sets over it the basest of men.)
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To: Joiseydude

The lunatics are now officially running the asylum.


9 posted on 09/19/2009 6:38:30 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Americans! "Behaving badly" since April 19, 1775!)
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To: Joiseydude
By this argument Hitler was also appointed by God. No doubt as punishment for those who voted for him.

Gosh, maybe we should have just let them Nazis win. They could have continued slugging it out with that other ruler appointed by God, Uncle Joe, who brought such prosperity and joy to the Russians, not to mention their church.

10 posted on 09/19/2009 6:38:36 PM PDT by sionnsar (IranAzadi|5yst3m 0wn3d-it's N0t Y0ur5:SONY|Remember Neda Agha-Soltan|TV--it's NOT news you can trust)
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To: Joiseydude

Barf alert. If he thinks that’s the way it is, then why did this son on the devil not say that same thing about GW? Why did he not remind the left of the same thing, when they attacked GW everyday for 8 years?


11 posted on 09/19/2009 6:38:46 PM PDT by gedeon3
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To: Joiseydude

Goes to prove to what depth of hell these desperate idiotic morons will go to have people swayed to backing ObamaCare.....


12 posted on 09/19/2009 6:39:30 PM PDT by cranked
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To: Joiseydude
Is this guy saying that the founding of the U.S. is unbiblical?

And the Israelites should have remained in Egypt?

13 posted on 09/19/2009 6:39:55 PM PDT by sionnsar (IranAzadi|5yst3m 0wn3d-it's N0t Y0ur5:SONY|Remember Neda Agha-Soltan|TV--it's NOT news you can trust)
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To: gedeon3

Because Gore was actually appointed by God but Bush stole it away from him!! /s


14 posted on 09/19/2009 6:40:46 PM PDT by Humbug
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To: All

Just for the record, the “authorities appointed by God” were Kings.... the verses are very true of course. However, the situations referred to in the Bible were not those of a free republic where people went to the polls and elected their officials. Rome was a republic to begin with but after much battle, it was overtaken and although referred to as a republic it was in fact not one. We can’t go to the polls and elect a clown and say “God put him there to be our authority.”


15 posted on 09/19/2009 6:41:07 PM PDT by awakened (Remember -- There are no dead atheists.)
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To: Joiseydude

“” ... there is no authority except from God, and the authorities that exist are appointed by God.” Hence, Obama is the U.S. president and leader of the Free World because he was appointed by God”

Then the same logic applied to Pres. Bush. Was the good professor making this argument back then? I don’t think so. In fact, using this logic, George III was appointed by God, and the Colinists were apostates for rebelling against him. To go further, Hitler, Stalin, Pol Pot etc were appointed by God. Does he really believe this? He’s have to in order to make his case.


16 posted on 09/19/2009 6:41:33 PM PDT by mkmensinger
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To: Joiseydude
This from a man of God!
17 posted on 09/19/2009 6:42:28 PM PDT by rocksblues (Sarah and Joe, Real Americans!)
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To: SVTCobra03
He means the god of this earth: AKA Satan.

Also known as "the God of Lies"

18 posted on 09/19/2009 6:42:42 PM PDT by pray4liberty
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To: Joiseydude

Well, God HAS proven to have a sense of humor. In my life anyway, LOL! :)


19 posted on 09/19/2009 6:42:44 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (Save The Earth. It's The Only Planet With Chocolate.)
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To: Safrguns

So according to the Pauline tenet of leaders being appointed by God and of people in a nation being under obligation to obey those leaders, are you saying that Hitler was appointed by God and that the German people had to obey him?

I believe Dietrich Bonhoeffer has a far better theological interpretation of these Pauline principles.


20 posted on 09/19/2009 6:42:56 PM PDT by Ghost of Philip Marlowe (I'd rather be a teabagger than an ankle-grabber.)
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To: mkmensinger
Colinists=Colonists. (sorry)
21 posted on 09/19/2009 6:43:05 PM PDT by mkmensinger
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To: Joiseydude
“Obama was “appointed by God”, we are instructed by a man boasting academic credentials.”

Ok fine prove it. Have BHO release his academic records for all to see. Otherwise STFU.

22 posted on 09/19/2009 6:44:32 PM PDT by Polynikes (Viene una tormenta)
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To: Joiseydude

The difference between God and Obama is God doesn’t think he
is Obama.


23 posted on 09/19/2009 6:45:07 PM PDT by ully2 (ully)
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To: Joiseydude

Why is it that an idiotic column like this gets printed but the LA Times thinks that ACORN defunding is a bottom of A-16 story, a brief from the WashPost


24 posted on 09/19/2009 6:45:52 PM PDT by GeronL (http://libertyfic.proboards.com ............. http://tyrannysentinel.blogspot.com)
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To: Safrguns

As it was for Saul and for God’s servant Nebuchadnezzar. The point is, to what end? We are being sifted, and Obama is one of the tools God is using.


25 posted on 09/19/2009 6:46:05 PM PDT by naturalized
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To: Joiseydude
Yes God appoints the US Senator with the most radical pro infanticide voting record.

Do these people have any functioning neurons left?

26 posted on 09/19/2009 6:46:12 PM PDT by HereInTheHeartland (Just say no to Soylent Green health care)
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To: Joiseydude

Someone forgot to tell GOD, or GOD has bad days to. Or these idiots who are card carrying athiests talk about GOD who doesn’t exist as far as there concerend. Shows you what kind of morons we’re dealing with.


27 posted on 09/19/2009 6:46:39 PM PDT by ronnie raygun (spirit of 1776)
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To: Joiseydude

Well, the quotation from St. Paul is correct. And we should obey the “powers that be”—i.e., obey the law—as long as it is just.

But there is also a long, long Christian tradition explaining that Christians have a right to depose tyrants.

Again, the example is biblical. God chose Saul to be the first king of Israel, and Saul was anointed. But then Saul turned from God, and God chose David to replace him.

Most of the Declaration of Independence is dedicated to explaining why George III and England were tyrants, and therefore why God approved of revolting against them.

It’s arguable whether Obama is a tyrant. I would say, “Yes.” Not yet at the stage where a revolt is called for, but getting close. He is a liar, a Communist, a Muslim, and America-hater. He has repeatedly shown that he has no respect for the rule of law. And he has repeatedly shown that he has no respect for the Constitution he swore to uphold.

(But Muslims are allowed to swear such solemn oaths and break them. Mohammed set the example.)

Moreover, Obama has refused to release any of his records, and there are very good grounds for believing that he is a criminal usurper.

Therefore, it can very plausibly be argued that Obama is a tyrant and a usurper, and that Christians have NO duty to obey him.


28 posted on 09/19/2009 6:47:40 PM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: Joiseydude

God appoints ALL rulers of the world... including Hitler... including Obama.

God appoints them to carry out His will which includes judgment against a nation or people.

It does not say that those leaders whom He appoints carry God’s approval for what they wish to accomplish.

Just as God allows us to sin, and reap the consequences of that sin, He also allows (appoints) leaders to gain power in a sinful nation to do Satan’s will.


29 posted on 09/19/2009 6:49:16 PM PDT by Safrguns
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To: Joiseydude

You know, I seem to recall that God occasionally appoints people to authority in order to put them in position to execute judgment on them.


30 posted on 09/19/2009 6:49:43 PM PDT by RichInOC (No! BAD Rich! (What'd I say?))
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To: Safrguns

Lets evaluate:

Romans 13
Submit to Government
1 Let every soul be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and the authorities that exist are appointed by God.

The plural would indicate more then just the singularly elected president. It would include the conservative senators and congressman that I have voted for. Should they not be included as governing authorities? How about my conservative governor, state senator, or state rep? Should we ignore them to the benefit of King Obama.

Maybe we could consider that the governing authority is the US constitution, which acknowledges God as sovereign. I prefer that.

With that having been said, Jim Wallis and his buddies will run with this and we will see it in next weeks talking points.


31 posted on 09/19/2009 6:49:55 PM PDT by Til I am the last man standing
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To: Joiseydude

Under this theory any person who achieves an appointed office by fraud is “appointed by God.” That would mean that God sanctions and approves fraud. Yet it was not God who was born lying. Does that answer the question. Does a fraud have authority? Some in the military seem to doubt it. It wasn’t the princple we applied at Nuremberg.


32 posted on 09/19/2009 6:50:14 PM PDT by AmericanVictory (Should we be more like them or they more like we used to be?)
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I try to overlook people like Jeremy Levitt. It helps keep my blood pressure down and is easier than giving up Cheetos.


33 posted on 09/19/2009 6:50:33 PM PDT by KarinG1 (I'd love to tell my boss to kiss my a**, but I can't because I'm self-employed.)
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To: Joiseydude
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34 posted on 09/19/2009 6:50:58 PM PDT by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: Safrguns
I am NOT an Obama supporter. But the statement is correct.

Before the election, my constant reminder and consolation in prayer was this: we're either gonna get what we need, or what we deserve. I guess we got what we deserve. And now, it's surreal what we're seeing every day. I often ask myself if I'm on the same planet I grew up on.

35 posted on 09/19/2009 6:51:39 PM PDT by Migraine (Diversity is great... ...until it happens to YOU.)
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To: Joiseydude

My name is John...

the Bible says John means Gods gift.

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I guess Obama must be from the Koran?


36 posted on 09/19/2009 6:52:22 PM PDT by Nitro
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To: Joiseydude
Higher Authority would disagree.


“ACORN's Recent History With Prostitution (who'd have thought..)
Perhaps we shouldn't have been completely surprised by the videos we've seen of ACORN workers offering assistance to prostitution rings.

I mean, there was Cincinnati . . .
Shari Bell, 41, of Walnut Hills was arrested Wednesday night by Cincinnati police, reported WCPO, NewsChannel5's Cincinnati sister station.
Bell allegedly approached an undercover officer's car in Evanston and offered him sex for money. Police also said they found a crack pipe in Bell's coat pocket.
Bell told police she works for the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now at the time of her arrest.

And then there was Cleveland:
An Ohio man who cast an illegal early ballot after being caught registering to vote several times with ACORN is a longtime scammer who was arrested last year — as a woman.
The bizarre tale of Darnell Nash — a k a Serina "Sexy Slay" Gibbs — came to light after Cuyahoga County election officials charged him with voter fraud and this week turned him in to prosecutors.
It turns out that Nash, 24, who has a criminal record as a man, is now a transsexual escort who claims to make $150 an hour turning tricks as the self-proclaimed "Queen of Cleveland Gender Benders."
Maybe this really is just another day at the office for the folks at ACORN . . .

UPDATE: Then there's Milwaukee:
At least seven felons convicted of crimes including cocaine possession and robbery were recruited by a liberal group to register voters in Milwaukee,
raising fears they may have committed voter fraud . . .
Along with the seven felons, court records show one special registration deputy has a pending felony charge for heroin possession and another is facing a misdemeanor prostitution charge. A third was convicted of misdemeanor prostitution. “



"ACORN Funded Prostitution Zone")."


ACORN Prostitution Scam Moves to Brooklyn

Now, I guess, we know what a community organizer does, because today we learned, an ACORN Brothel Grows in Brooklyn.
When we last saw our fake pimp and hooker, they were in our nation's capitol trying to
find out how ACORN would deal with people looking for a home mortgage so they can open open up a brothel using under-aged girls. "


http://i28.tinypic.com/289bu4p.jpg "US ACORN SCANDAL: International Press Roundup (RUSSIA); Balt. Libs Recommend to Establish Brothel.

Liberal Benefactors in Baltimore gave recommendations to establish a brothel
В США опубликован видеоролик с участием сотрудников либеральной некоммерческой
организации, которые с энтузиазмом дают советы по организации противозаконного бизнеса -
детской проституции. In the United States published a video with the participation of staff of the liberal non-profit organization,
who enthusiastically give advice on the organization of an illegal business - child prostitution.
Как передает CNN, запись сделана двумя консервативными активистами,
один из которых изображал сутенера, а другая - проститутку.
According to CNN, entry was made by two conservative activist, one of which
depicted the pimp and the other - a prostitute.
Объектом успешной провокации стала влиятельная Ассоциация местных
организаций за немедленные реформы (ACORN)."



"ACORN SCANDAL: International Press Roundup (MEXICO) Girls
from Mexico/E.S. to U.S. for Prostitution
"Trabajo encubierto exhibe ilícitos de empleados de la ACORN;
Llevan a EU niñas de México y El Salvador para prostituirlas"
They have girls from Mexico to the United States and El Salvador for Prostitution
Antonio Heras Antonio Heras Corresponsal Correspondent Mexicali, BC, 17 de
septiembre. Mexicali, BC, Sept. 17. An undercover work done by Hannah Giles and
James O'Keefe, activists, human rights advocates, revealed illegal actions of
employees of the Association of Community Organizations for the New Reform
(ACORN, for its acronym in English), who advise the import United States of girls
from Mexico and El Salvador for prostitution in the neighboring country and profit
from it.

The ACORN, nongovernmental organization dedicated to the support of migrants and
highly marginalized people to acquire home ownership in the U.S., announced it will
initiate an independent investigation to determine responsibilities of its employees."


"ACORN SCANDAL: International Press Roundup (NORWAY): "Obama-Support Group Helps Fake Whore/Pimp" "Obama-Støttegruppe Felt Av Falsk Hore Og Hhallik"
a video camera has revealed how people in the U.S. umbrella organization Acorn has
been willing to provide support to illegal projects.
Obama-aid Lobby group, which supports low-and middle-income groups in the housing
wage and tax issues, was under the election campaign last year, accused of election
fraud after a sub-organization had a mission to register voters worth 800 000 dollars
for Obama. "


"Unearthed! Obama's twisted ACORN roots
"Obama's task was to help far South Side residents press for improvement," the Times article explained. "


"The E. F. Hutton of Prostitution: When ACORN Talks, Pimps and Hookers Listen.
The radical activist group ACORN is the E. F. Hutton of prostitution. It stands ready to provide discreet advice
on setting up a brothel and engaging in other, associated acts of criminality. When ACORN talks, pimps and hookers listen.
In Baltimore, ACORN staff assured O’Keefe and Giles that the group doesn’t “discriminate” — i.e., has no standards whatsoever.
Giles is told if she makes $96,000 a year selling sex, she should tell the government she only makes $9,600.
O’Keefe notes that they want a house for 13 underage girls who will be imported from El Salvador to work as prostitutes.
Only three — not all 13 — of the girls can be listed as dependents, ACORN prudently advises. "


"ACORN Prostitution Scandal:San Bernardino VIDEO This Time W/Politicians and Murder
When we last saw our fake pimp and hooker, they were in Brooklyn, with the usual scenario,
trying to find out how ACORN would deal with people looking for a home mortgage
so they can open open up a brothel using under-aged girls.

Today's stop is San Bernardino, California. In this Acorn office we find out the woman who runs the office is also a poll dancer
who may turn tricks on the side. ACORN's is supposedly non political but acording to Teresa,
the woman on the tape helping the pair, she speaks with Congressman and Senators every day because
she is lobbying for the Obamacare bill. She names Barbara "Call Me Senator "Boxer and Senator McCleod,
and 62nd district Assemblywoman Wilmer Amina Carter as people with whom she deals.
Theresa says that “Eden’s” prostitution money would be an asset to James in his quest to become a Senator or Representative.
Also the person who was helping the alter egos of James O' Keefe and Hannah Giles with the prostitution scam
also talks about how she first planned the cover-up then shot and killed her husband."


James O’Keefe and Hannah Giles visited one of ACORN’s New York offices in August,
where they picked up handy tips on how to lie on housing forms to cover up a prostitution business
(”Honesty is not going to get you the house,” one ACORN official advises) and how to hide cash
from their illicit business (”When you buy the house with the backyard, you get a tin…
and you bury it down in there…cover it…and put the grass over it…”).

In 1994 the ACORN Housing Corporation (AHC) was awarded a $1.1 million grant
by AmeriCorps, a program of the Corporation for National Service (CNS). The money was intended
to fund the training of 42 AmeriCorps members in 13 cities. The workers were expected to identify
low-income families hoping to purchase a first home, to assist them in finding suitable housing, and to
advise them in securing the necessary financing.

AHC’s initial subterfuge pales in comparison to the illegal fundraising scheme it subsequently operated,
using its AmeriCorps grant to increase ACORN’s membership.
According to Jordan, one ACORN member in the Dallas regional office stated that “the only reason
for having the AmeriCorps program was to gain new ACORN members, and that if AmeriCorps loan
counseling clients did not start becoming ACORN members, she could and would halt the AmeriCorps project.”
Jordan found that this understanding was not limited to the Dallas office.
Using government funds to solicit membership in an organization that— like ACORN—participates in
direct political advocacy is a violation of federal guidelines."


"ACORN: Big Apple, Big Pimping (another shoe drops)
It was just a fluke, ACORN insisted the first time that James O’Keefe and Hannah Giles
published their undercover video showing their office in Baltimore helping a pimp evade taxes
and get a mortgage by deceit for a brothel. They fired a couple of “bad apples” in that office,
and a couple of more bad apples in Washington DC when that office got caught on hidden camera
doing the same thing. In fact. ACORN went so far as to brag that the pair had tried the same thing
and failed in “San Diego, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Philadelphia to name a few places.”"

37 posted on 09/19/2009 6:52:49 PM PDT by Diogenesis ("Those who go below the surface do so at their peril" - Oscar Wilde)
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To: Jagdgewehr
Hitler was appointed by God, for Germany's and Europe's dist ruction and the return of the Jews to Israel.

Obama was appointed by God...

38 posted on 09/19/2009 6:53:34 PM PDT by D Rider
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To: Joiseydude

Appointed, but for what reason?


39 posted on 09/19/2009 6:54:04 PM PDT by mnehring
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To: Cicero

Well said indeed! May I quote you?


40 posted on 09/19/2009 6:54:37 PM PDT by tajgirvan (Please Pray for An Outpouring Of God's Holy Spirit ! Joel 2: 28)
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To: Joiseydude; All
"Obama "appointed by God"


41 posted on 09/19/2009 6:55:33 PM PDT by musicman (Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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To: tajgirvan

Thanks. Certainly.


42 posted on 09/19/2009 6:58:46 PM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: Ghost of Philip Marlowe

>>> are you saying that Hitler was appointed by God and that the German people had to obey him?

God calls us to submit to authority.
If that authority calls for us to sin, God commands us to disobey.

Shadrack, Meshack, and Abendigo (spelling?) is a good example. They were commanded by the appointed authority to worship a false God. They were obliged to disobey... and rewarded for doing so.

By the same token, I do not believe that God wants us to support abortion because our appointed authority does.
We are called to speak out against immorality and sin... and if necessary refuse to comply with an order contradictory to God’s commands.

At the same time, we are commanded to submit unto Ceaser what is Ceaser’s. IOW, I don’t think that refusing to pay taxes because some of those funds will pay for abortion falls into the category of authorized disobedience,
Even though we are expected to speak out against the practice and do everything in our power (like VOTING) to stop it.


43 posted on 09/19/2009 7:01:02 PM PDT by Safrguns
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To: Joiseydude

I agree with this guy.

BUT, if Obama falls on his face (so to speak) will that be attributed to God?

We ‘re supposed to pray for our leaders too- but I’m not going to agree with his politics!

Everything happens for a reason,folks; and everyone will have their day. We’re just along for the ride.

As the Old Testament says, when things turn calamatous “don’t panic”! Trust that God knows what He’s doing.

Darkness comes right before the light. Patience.....


44 posted on 09/19/2009 7:02:11 PM PDT by Finalapproach29er (A woman will be the next President; I hope it's Palin instead of HRC.)
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To: tajgirvan

Well, the quotation from St. Paul is correct. And we should obey the “powers that be”—i.e., obey the law—as long as it is just.

But there is also a long, long Christian tradition explaining that Christians have a right to depose tyrants.

Again, the example is biblical. God chose Saul to be the first king of Israel, and Saul was anointed. But then Saul turned from God, and God chose David to replace him.

Most of the Declaration of Independence is dedicated to explaining why George III and England were tyrants, and therefore why God approved of revolting against them.

It’s arguable whether Obama is a tyrant. I would say, “Yes.” Not yet at the stage where a revolt is called for, but getting close. He is a liar, a Communist, a Muslim, and America-hater. He has repeatedly shown that he has no respect for the rule of law. And he has repeatedly shown that he has no respect for the Constitution he swore to uphold.

(But Muslims are allowed to swear such solemn oaths and break them. Mohammed set the example.)

Moreover, Obama has refused to release any of his records, and there are very good grounds for believing that he is a criminal usurper.

Therefore, it can very plausibly be argued that Obama is a tyrant and a usurper, and that Christians have NO duty to obey him.

Amen!

45 posted on 09/19/2009 7:02:46 PM PDT by tajgirvan (Please Pray for An Outpouring Of God's Holy Spirit ! Joel 2: 28)
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To: naturalized

>>> As it was for Saul and for God’s servant Nebuchadnezzar. The point is, to what end? We are being sifted, and Obama is one of the tools God is using.

pretty much... yes. I would call it “Testing”

And this is one test we certainly don’t want to fail.


46 posted on 09/19/2009 7:04:46 PM PDT by Safrguns
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To: DariusBane

Exactly. Unfortunately, incompetents in the pulpit also occasionally mouth this sort of rubbish. A careful reading makes it clear that Romans 13 does not establish the “Divine Right of Kings”. The Puritans and others made this point quite sharply to Charles I (Excuse the pun)after the English Civil War.


47 posted on 09/19/2009 7:05:54 PM PDT by achilles2000 (Shouting "fire" in a burning building is doing everyone a favor...whether they like it or not)
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To: musicman

I love the teleprompter...great touch, maybe those “stone” tablets that were given to Moses were.....probably noy, oh well we can surmise....God can (and does) do strange things.


48 posted on 09/19/2009 7:06:10 PM PDT by terycarl (lurking, but interested and informed)
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49 posted on 09/19/2009 7:06:39 PM PDT by Cindy
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God appoints ALL rulers of the world... including Hitler... including Obama. God appoints them to carry out His will which includes judgment against a nation or people. It does not say that those leaders whom He appoints carry God’s approval for what they wish to accomplish. Just as God allows us to sin, and reap the consequences of that sin, He also allows (appoints) leaders to gain power in a sinful nation to do Satan’s will.

All good and correct points. Thank God, He also appointed us to vote speak out, and keep our weapons handy when He inspired our founders to give us the ironclad, sacrosanct right to do all three.

Saddam Hussein thought he was Nebuchadnezzar. He wasn't. Maybe baraq hussein IS an adumbration of Nebuchadnezzar, and he's been raised to punish us (like the first one was raised up to punish Israel back in the 6th century BC.

50 posted on 09/19/2009 7:10:47 PM PDT by Migraine (Diversity is great... ...until it happens to YOU.)
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