Posted on 10/07/2009 9:03:30 AM PDT by Joiseydude
VATICAN CITY (AP) - African bishops attending a Vatican meeting are speaking about the election of Barack Obama in divine terms—putting them very much at odds with many of their U.S. counterparts.
Archbishop Gabriel Charles Palmer-Buckle of Accra, Ghana said Wednesday that there was "a divine plan behind" Obama's election.
"It's like the biblical story repeating itself," he told reporters, citing the Old Testament figure Joseph, who after being sold into slavery in Egypt ends up becoming a top official.
"We believe God has his own plans. God directs history," he said of the U.S. election. "We pray that it (Obama's presidency) brings blessings for Africa and the whole world."
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“We believe God has his own plans. God directs history,” he said of the U.S. election. “We pray that it (Obama’s presidency) brings blessings for Africa and the whole world.”
He better hope he doesn’t get a chance to do to them what he is trying to do to us!
“It’s like the biblical story repeating itself,”
REVELATION?
And believe it or not, I agree with the following. I really do want this to happen. If that were to happen, government-run health care and cap and trade would have to die, for starters. All of his attacks on capitalism would have to end. Taxes would have to be lowered. There's much more...
"We pray that it (Obama's presidency) brings blessings for Africa and the whole world."
I DO want this with all my heart. I just don't see signs of it happening, unfortunately.
Ha! You beat me to it! Add the ‘serpent in the Garden of Eden’, too. ;-)
Funny. I do to. Like “go to hell, Obama”. And “you devil worshipping commie”. And, “let their be light - shining on the cockroaches in DC”. And “Sodom and Gomorrah look good next to Obama’s cabinet”.
Steamin sacred cowapples. But my impression is that the African bishops are usually smarter than this. Let’s see how long it takes them to come to their senses.
My God.
Ping
Saint Augustine is weeping.
Umm... No.
History already happened.
am I alone in thinking that some sort of Obama-worshipping cult is about to sweep across Africa?
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