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Barack Obama: God's choice?
wnd ^ | November 29, 2008 | Drew Zahn

Posted on 11/30/2008 3:09:19 PM PST by Red Steel

Believers dispute divine role in victory of president-elect

Did God play a role in the election of Barack Obama, and could the Democrat even be God's sovereign choice for our next president?

The answers to those questions vary widely, depending on who is doing the answering.

Among those praising the heavens for Obama's victory was Larry Younginer of suburban Atlanta, who the Chicago Tribune reports kneeling at his church and praying the day after Obama's victory.

"Lord, we have again come to you," Younginger prayed, "and you have heard our cries from heaven, and you have sent us again from the state called Illinois a man called Barack to heal our land."

The Rev. Randolph Bracy Jr. at New Covenant Baptist Church of Orlando, told the Orlando Sentinel that the victory of a young and inexperienced Obama was like the victory of the biblical boy, David, over the giant, Goliath.

"God knew what he put in David," Bracy said. "God knew what he put in Obama."

"Things like this just don't happen, they don't just come about," Bracy told his congregation. "This is the Lord's doing, and it is miraculous in our eyes."

Many preachers and online commentators have pointed to select biblical passages that suggest God determines the winners of elections, such as Romans 13, which states, "There is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God."

Others, however, have been swift to argue that just because an event happens doesn't mean God willed it. Humans, they say, make choices that determine their destiny.

(Excerpt) Read more at worldnetdaily.com ...


TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: agenda; antichrist; bho2008; obama; obamaandgod; obamamessiah; obamatransitionfile; religiousleft
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1 posted on 11/30/2008 3:09:19 PM PST by Red Steel
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To: Red Steel

Possibly satan’s choice.


2 posted on 11/30/2008 3:10:06 PM PST by exnavy (in God we trust)
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To: Red Steel
Heresy!!!
3 posted on 11/30/2008 3:11:51 PM PST by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country! What else needs said?)
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To: Red Steel
Humans, they say, make choices that determine their destiny.

And they will rue this one for generations to come, unless we protect our country from the new fuhrer (and, more importantly, his handlers).

4 posted on 11/30/2008 3:13:56 PM PST by freedumb2003 (Der neuen Fuhrer: AKA the Murdering Messiah: Keep your power dry, folks)
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To: Red Steel

Huh?...


5 posted on 11/30/2008 3:15:22 PM PST by yoe (America First and Foremost!)
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To: SandRat
Probably not "heresy" in that guy's church.

What I wonder is what sort of situation do we have here where so terribly many descendants of recent slaves are giving thanks for the arrival of a man in the Presidency whose tribe were infamous in the slave trade.

Don't maybe some of them suspect it wasn't God getting their prayers and such?

6 posted on 11/30/2008 3:16:45 PM PST by muawiyah
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To: exnavy
"Younginger prayed, "and you have heard our cries from heaven, and you have sent us again from the state called Illinois a man called Barack to heal our land."
Yeah...really healed...B.O. is gonna do what Slick Willie & Bush II somehow didnt manage...
Can you say "duh-duh-duh-lusional"...
The LOONY LEFT is just that.
7 posted on 11/30/2008 3:19:11 PM PST by 45semi (I find stinky B.O. really really offensive...)
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To: Red Steel

Sometimes God would punish Israel for disobedience or for turning from him.

I guess it is possible he is punishing the United States by giving us Obama.


8 posted on 11/30/2008 3:19:32 PM PST by yarddog
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To: Red Steel

God has chosen a corrupt Chicago street thug to be the leader?


9 posted on 11/30/2008 3:19:33 PM PST by whitedog57
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To: Red Steel

Idiots: Infanticide is not God’s choice.


10 posted on 11/30/2008 3:20:29 PM PST by Mogollon (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God. -- Thomas Jefferson)
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To: Red Steel
David was God's choice, yes. First, however, God also allowed a king of the people's choosing - Saul.

Whether Obama is God's choice or not, it is our responsibility to pray for him.

11 posted on 11/30/2008 3:21:22 PM PST by mombonn (God is looking for spiritual fruit, not religious nuts.)
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To: Red Steel; 88keys; Akron Al; babyface00; Badray; Bikers4Bush; boxerblues; Captiva; Commiewatcher; ..
I believe that God punished Israel, sometimes for generations, for turning their backs on Him, and/or disobeying Him.

I also believe that God could punish us for turning our backs on Him.

Is that BHO?

In don't know.

In God We Trust.....Semper Fi

12 posted on 11/30/2008 3:21:22 PM PST by North Coast Conservative (Are you a sheep? Or, are you a sheep dog?)
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To: Mogollon

I thought Obama was God?


13 posted on 11/30/2008 3:21:53 PM PST by Patrick1
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To: Red Steel
"could the Democrat even be God's sovereign choice...

This gets wierder and wierder. "Sovereign"? Give me a ****in' break.

I don't know why I clicked on this, I'm not usually a masochist!! :(

14 posted on 11/30/2008 3:22:21 PM PST by Fudd Fan (proud Robinson progeny)
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To: yarddog

great minds think alike?


15 posted on 11/30/2008 3:23:10 PM PST by North Coast Conservative (Are you a sheep? Or, are you a sheep dog?)
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To: Red Steel

Obama God’s choice? If only to bring America into judgment, then the answer is yes.


16 posted on 11/30/2008 3:23:26 PM PST by pray4liberty (Always vote for life!)
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To: muawiyah

No Suspicion. It can’t be.. he’s one them. Which is how their ancestors ended up on a ship headed here in the first place.


17 posted on 11/30/2008 3:25:29 PM PST by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country! What else needs said?)
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To: Red Steel
Barack Hussein Obama is NOT a Christian, and was not put in power by God.

Obama is a enemy of Christ (at this point) his position on abortion alone disqualifies him from the Christian faith (at this point)

Obama is President elect only because there where not enough Christians in the USA to elect McCain/Palin.

No Christians voted for Obama! Sure they may say they where Christians but are not if they voted for That One!!! No exceptions.

18 posted on 11/30/2008 3:29:04 PM PST by Friendofgeorge (TINA FEY WISHES SHE LOOKED LIKE SARAH PALIN. FEY IS HOMELY, SARAH IS KNOCKOUT DROP DEAD GORGEOUS)
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To: Mogollon
"Idiots: Infanticide is not God’s choice."

This point bears repeating.

There was a pharoah and then Herod who felt threatened by God or God's people, and that resulted in the death of babies at their hands.

I don't see a great deal of hope in a man who views innocent babies as punishment, worthy of a death sentence.

19 posted on 11/30/2008 3:30:13 PM PST by elk
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To: Red Steel
"and you have heard our cries from heaven, and you have sent us again from the state called Illinois a man called Barack to heal our land."

I think I'm gonna puke.

20 posted on 11/30/2008 3:30:49 PM PST by Graybeard58
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