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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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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bho44; faith; idiotalert; jeremylevitt; levitt; obamaandgod; stuckonstupid; zeroworship
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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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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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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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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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“” ... 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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