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John Kerry on His Return to Christian Faith: Suffering Is Part of God's Plan
The Christian Post ^ | December 18, 2013 | Napp Nazworth

Posted on 12/18/2013 6:45:33 AM PST by Biggirl

Sec. of State John Kerry spoke Sunday about losing his faith in God while a soldier in the Vietnam War, then returning to his Catholic faith after an "epiphany" that suffering is part of God's plan.

After the Vietnam War shook his faith, correspondent Martha Raddatz asked on ABC's "This Week," "how did you get that back?"

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


TOPICS: Catholic; Ministry/Outreach; Theology
KEYWORDS: janefonda; johnfondakerry; johnkerrycatholic; johnkerrychristian; justagiggolo; kerry; runningdogforcommies; scarykerry; suffering; traitorousdog; vietnam
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To: Biggirl

It’s sad to see this tripe published in a Christian magazine.

Kerry worships Moloch.


21 posted on 12/18/2013 6:58:01 AM PST by Arthur McGowan
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To: Biggirl

Gag!!!!!!!!!!!

An Irish Catholic, who has become a Communist, is now coming back to patronize whoever listens!

Castro was a Catholic, too, buddy!


22 posted on 12/18/2013 6:59:07 AM PST by Terry L Smith
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To: Biggirl

My daughter is a student at Georgetown University. She attends the 11:00 a.m. Mass in Georgetown’s Dahlgren chapel every Sunday. She recently told me that Kerry is there almost every Sunday. The chance that a Georgetown Priest will refuse the Eucharist to Kerry is less than 0%.


23 posted on 12/18/2013 6:59:30 AM PST by Rum Tum Tugger
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To: Biggirl
Well, hallelujah! It's a Christmas miracle.

Next thing you know he'll be appearing on Duck Dynasty.

24 posted on 12/18/2013 6:59:35 AM PST by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: Corporate Democrat

Maybe he realizes there is NO FUTURE in being a MARKIST or an ATHEIST!


25 posted on 12/18/2013 7:00:09 AM PST by Biggirl (“Go, do not be afraid, and serve”-Pope Francis)
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To: Biggirl
... suffering is part of God's plan ...

And JF'nK wanted to make it government policy.

26 posted on 12/18/2013 7:00:28 AM PST by kosciusko51 (Enough of "Who is John Galt?" Who is Patrick Henry?)
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To: ETL

From Jane Fonda’s website (June 2009)...

ABOUT MY FAITH:

I am frequently asked about my faith. At the end of my marriage to Ted Turner I became a Christian. For several years prior, I had begun to feel I was being lead. I felt a presence, a reverence humming within me. It was and is difficult to articulate.

Today I think I know what was happening: I was becoming embodied, whole. I had spent 60 years dis-embodied, trying to be perfect so I could be loved. You can’t be whole if you’re trying to be perfect. Now, as I entered my sixth decade and with much work, I could feel myself becoming whole and I knew: This is what God is. I was stunned when I read in William Bridges’s The Way of Transition, that in Matthew 5:48 when Jesus tells his disciples, “You, therefore, must be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect,” it was a mistranslation of the Greek adjective teleios which actually means “whole, fully formed, fully developed.” Jesus wasn’t telling his disciples to be perfect like God, he was telling them to be whole, like God....”

http://janefonda.com/about-my-faith/


27 posted on 12/18/2013 7:00:39 AM PST by ETL (ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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To: Rum Tum Tugger

Well Kerry is a little bit closer to stepping into that confessional booth then.


28 posted on 12/18/2013 7:01:31 AM PST by Biggirl (“Go, do not be afraid, and serve”-Pope Francis)
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To: Terry L Smith

Well this is a start.


29 posted on 12/18/2013 7:02:26 AM PST by Biggirl (“Go, do not be afraid, and serve”-Pope Francis)
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To: MrB

lurch prays to satan.


30 posted on 12/18/2013 7:03:58 AM PST by LibLieSlayer (FROM MY COLD, DEAD HANDS! BETTER DEAD THAN RED!)
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To: Arthur McGowan

Whom are us to judge.


31 posted on 12/18/2013 7:04:02 AM PST by Biggirl (“Go, do not be afraid, and serve”-Pope Francis)
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To: ETL

I just noticed that the World Can’t Wait link at the bottom of my post 17 is no longer valid. Try this cached version of the page if you’re interested.

Yes, the url is THAT long.

http://72.30.186.176/search/srpcache?ei=UTF-8&p=James+Abourezk%2C+Aris+Anagnos%2C+Rocky+Anderson%2C+Anti-Flag%2C+Edward+Asner%2C+Russell+Banks%2C+Ed+Begley+Jr.%2C+Harry+Belafonte%2C+St.+Clair+Bourne%2C+Gabriel+Byrne%2C+Margaret+Cho%2C+Ward+Churchill%2C&fr=ytff1-yff25&u=http://cc.bingj.com/cache.aspx?q=James+Abourezk%2c+Aris+Anagnos%2c+Rocky+Anderson%2c+Anti-Flag%2c+Edward+Asner%2c+Russell+Banks%2c+Ed+Begley+Jr.%2c+Harry+Belafonte%2c+St.+Clair+Bourne%2c+Gabriel+Byrne%2c+Margaret+Cho%2c+Ward+Churchill%2c&d=5016419896860163&mkt=en-US&setlang=en-US&w=1FS8aXsKh9fpNEcuP-jrnCesXjGEBNZZ&icp=1&.intl=us&sig=k8KNjp2kU7GUyzpI6d13hQ


32 posted on 12/18/2013 7:04:23 AM PST by ETL (ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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To: LibLieSlayer

Please see post number 31. Thank-you.


33 posted on 12/18/2013 7:05:08 AM PST by Biggirl (“Go, do not be afraid, and serve”-Pope Francis)
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To: ETL

Helps to use < A href= >


34 posted on 12/18/2013 7:05:21 AM PST by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: Biggirl

I smell another presidential run brewing...


35 posted on 12/18/2013 7:08:39 AM PST by Paine in the Neck (Socialism consumes everything)
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To: Biggirl

He’s running for president again?


36 posted on 12/18/2013 7:08:56 AM PST by skeeter
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To: MrB

The url was that long because of the search words I used. I probably could have used less words (actually petition signer names) and gotten the same result. Didn’t think of it.


37 posted on 12/18/2013 7:09:30 AM PST by ETL (ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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To: skeeter
He’s running for president again?

Yes.

38 posted on 12/18/2013 7:11:03 AM PST by NeoCaveman (DC, it's Versailles on the Potomac but without the food and culture)
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To: Usagi_yo
“Pffft. Suffering isn’t God’s plan. It’s just the human condition.”

I don't know if it's God's ‘plan’ per se, but Scripture does state that one of the fruits of the Spirit is longsuffering (Galatians 5:22-23).

For those who refuse to place their trust in the finished work of Christ, I would say suffering is merely the human condition (just my own opinion).

39 posted on 12/18/2013 7:17:16 AM PST by MichaelCorleone (Jesus Christ is not a religion. He's the Truth.)
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To: Biggirl

re: “John Kerry on His Return to Christian Faith:. . .”

Where is the (Projectile Barf) alert??


40 posted on 12/18/2013 7:21:35 AM PST by rusty schucklefurd
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