They threw this at someone in times past. Maybe it was Bush.
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."
A man of God, just what we need to get this country back from the devil.
This will be the rallying cry for the dems to attempt to destroy his chances at becoming president.
Straight up with his belief, and uncompromising. Methinks that shows character...
It seems that”terrible deeds in the name of Christ” will be the new dem talking points.
“Consider the personal and historic devastation inflicted by fanatics who think they are acting in the name of their deity.”
As opposed to those who don’t believe in God at all; Marx, Lenin, Stalin, Hitler, Mao, Pol Pot...
One of the things that I like about Walker is that while you get a sense that he has a moral core (and is a Christian) he’s not like some of the Evangelical whiners we’ve had, such as Christie or Huckabee, who seem to think that their religious community alone makes them somebody conservatives should vote for...and also have all sorts of soft, goofy opinions that practically put them in the Jimmy Carter school of Evangelicism.
Walker strikes me as the real deal.
Only the looney left is more worried about Christians than from the Muslim president.
They threw this at someone in times past. Maybe it was Bush.
Luke 23:30 Then they will begin ‘to say to the mountains, “Fall on us!” and to the hills, “Cover us!”’
I am so glad to hear that. I also just raised my opinion even more than it was before. I honestly can’t find a negative thing about him that would stop my complete support of him. magglepuss, I hope this adds to your support as well.
Oh, there's some stuff out there all right. Like any good FReeper, I just stole this....
http://watchdog.org/197832/gop-right-to-work-lawmakers/ By M.D. Kittle / February 5, 2015
It certainly was no surprise Walker did not mention a right-to-work initiative. The Republican governor with an increasingly laser-like focus on laying the groundwork for a presidential run has, after all, called a conservative drive to pass right-to-work legislation ending this session a “distraction.”
While Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, R-Juneau, has recently said he will have the votes to pass “Workplace Freedom” legislation in the Senate, where such a bill is expected to begin, it appears plenty of Republican lawmakers don’t care to be bothered with the question.
http://dailycaller.com/2014/10/15/scott-walkers-gay-marriage-evolution-what-explains-it/
Like many Americans, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has softened on the issue of same-sex marriage. Going back to 2005, he was a staunch supporter of traditional marriage, and as recently as 2010, he reportedly “opposed a new state law that allows gay couples to register with counties to get certain benefits, such as hospital visitation rights.” But his views have shifted.
Around March of 2013, Walker started suggesting that opposition to gay marriage was “generational,” and that it was wiser for Republicans to focus on economic issues. And just this week, after the Supreme Court decided not to weigh in on on the decision striking down Wisconsin’s gay marriage ban, his administration announced they would recognize same sex marriages, going back to June.
Here are some key past statements he’s made, all in 2013:
— At a February 2013 national conference hosted by Politico, Walker said fixing the legal immigration system should come first, but said the next step is we “gotta embrace” a “legal pathway” for those here unlawfully. He did not elaborate on what he meant.
— In a July 2013 interview with Wausau (Wis.) Daily Herald staffers, Walker said “it makes sense” that people could not only stay here but get citizenship with the right mix of penalties and waiting periods and other requirements.
— In 2013 and later, Walker didn’t endorse any specific bill in Congress that would have allowed illegal immigrants to stay here. But at the Politico conference, he didn’t dismiss legislative action if some “nuances” were addressed.
— At that conference he flatly opposed deporting people who are here unlawfully, saying “you’ve got to find a way to make it legally possible for people moving forward.”
Me too.
Anybody who thinks this puts Walker out of the traditional American mainstream just needs to look to George Washington who, after surviving one or two hot battles, decided he was chosen to survive to do greater things. Indeed, it’s reasonable to believe Washington was divinely chosen for his completely unique, noble and wonderful role in world history.
Walker is consciously trying to follow God, while Obama is consciously trying to follow Satan, and the liberals are worried about Walker? We know which side of this battle the democrat party is on, and I know which side I choose to follow.
Nope....not in the least. Still think he is best for the United States at this time. His beliefs for Wisconsin are not how he should be for the country. He will lead as a conservative as President. His voters were expecting him to represent them. States rights and all.....we used to expect that from our politicians.
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