Posted on 09/23/2008 8:03:05 AM PDT by mnehring
The 'geniuses'(sic) at the Constitution Party debate if it is Biblical for Sarah Palin to be VP- they determine- NO.
Here are some snips:
Sarah Palin’s selection by John McCain to be his running mate in his bid for the presidency of the United States is not only a surprise political move, it also carries with it implications of historic proportions. If Senator McCain is successful in his candidacy, Mrs. Palin will become the first woman to fill the office of vice president of this country and be in place to assume the presidency, if necessary. She will also be in line to take up the Republican nomination for president in the future. If John McCain becomes president and chooses to serve only one term, it is quite possible that the next presidential election (2012) will be between Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin. But Palin’s nomination to the vice presidency is not only an historic occasion for our country, it is also a watershed moment for evangelical Christians, particularly those who claim to be complementarian in their views of men and women (i.e., those who believe that men and women have different but complementary roles according t o the revealed will of God).
Male Leadership and the Creation Order-
...everything in Scripture supports the view that the distinction between men and women in terms of headship and roles is an essential distinction that applies to every area of life. The difference between men and women in terms of their place, calling, and function is based in God’s plan for them and is expressed in the creation order...
The Bible Does Strictly Prohibit Women From Leadership as Civil Magistrates-
..the Bible strictly prohibits women from holding civil office by declaring that rulers ought to be men...
The Devaluation of Christian Womanhood-
..Rather than upholding the biblical role of the woman, they have undermined it; rather than exalting=2 0biblical womanhood, they have cheapened it; rather than standing for biblical complementarianism, they have compromised it. According to Scripture, the woman was created to be man’s assistant in his dominion task...
Why this Evangelical Compromise Is So Significant to the Future of the Church-
..In commenting on the evangelical church’s enthusiastic embrace of the candidacy of Sarah Palin, Doug Phillips wrote these very sobering words: “… the widespread acceptance of a pro-life professing Christian Republican, self-proclaimed feminist mother of an infant and four children as a candidate for the highest office of the land is the single most dangerous event for the conscience of the Christian community of the last ten years at least.
Constitution Party Ping
The way I look at it, this issue was taken off the table when women got the right to vote. Our friends at the CP are just 80 years too late.
Judges 5:7.
Why would you name your party after something that you can't understand?
They say that if you take a text out of context, you make it a pretext.
Deborah was a judge over Israel, and one of the best of the bunch no less.
Its amazing that some folks think the Constitution Party is some purist standard bearer of the US Constitution. We’ve laughed at John Lofton, Michael Peroutka, and Chuckey Baldwin for a long time here..
I just remebered, there was an article a while back where John Lofton extolled the virtues of Sharia Law, basically, he said the only problem was it was based on the Koran, not the Bible, but the concept was right.. I need to dig that one up..
I think the .01% of people here who may believe that know they will be completely dissed by the 99.9% of the rest of us.
How is this site affiliated with the CP?
If the affiliation is credible, then this is legitimate criticism.
Thanks, I was wondering if anyone besides me remembered Deborah.
Besides, in the strictest sense, elected officials are not “rulers”, they are civil administrators, the “rulers” are the people who vote.
A few years back the police stopped and arrested a woman for breastfeeding an infant while driving on an interstate.
Not only was she engaging in this almost inconceivably stupid activity, she was driving an unregistered and unlicensed vehicle.
She claimed that the arrest was religious discrimination because she and her husband were "Biblical Constitutionalists" and that she acknowledged no law except her husband's orders and her husband acknowledged no law that contradicted his interpretation of the Bible and the Constitution.
The husband signed up on FR to defend his demented opinions and received some support - but was pretty soundly thrashed by smarter FReepers.
It sounds even more powerful in the Hebrew, in my opinion.
I’d be interested in reading that when you find it. Will you post it and ping me, please?
The American View is run by Michael Peroutka, the Constitution party candidate for President in 2004 and still party leader. The American View has been linked from the Constitution Party’s official site as one of their official resources as well as Peroutka’s Institute on the Constitution.
It is, to the Constitution Party, what the DLC is to the DNC.
Okay, then like I said, it’s fair criticism. They’re not going to win anything with rhetoric like that being so closely affiliated with them. Of course I doubt they’ll win anything anyway but that’s in the nature of being a relatively unknown 3rd party.
I’m digging around and I’m not finding what I thought I remembered re the Sharia comment. There are several comments in the forums like that, but I thought there was an article with something like that in it..
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