Hugh Gibbons
9/5/2008 3:12:00 AM
In article
<7e1b02e0-ffa7-44e0-b280-812b5d3f91e6@s9g2000prg.googlegroups.com>,
Sanity <sanity-clause@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> On Sep 3, 11:36?pm, Hugh Gibbons <hugh_gibb...@dontsendmeemail.net>
> wrote:
> > In article
> > <c0fcaec1-ce84-418d-a505-f9835af7e...@c58g2000hsc.googlegroups.com>,
> > ?Eggs Ratzinger Arnold <maxponti...@yahoo.it> wrote:
> >
> > > Speaking before the Pentecostal church, Palin painted
> > > the current war in Iraq as a messianic affair in which
> > > the United States could act out the will of the Lord.
> > > "Pray for our military men and women who are striving
> > > to do what is right. Also, for this country, that our
> > > leaders, our national leaders, are sending [U.S. soldiers]
> > > out on a task that is from God," she exhorted the
> > > congregants. "That's what we have to make sure that
> > > we're praying for, that there is a plan and that
> > > that plan is God's plan."
> >
> > I don't sympathize much with Palin, but this sort of prayer is not wacky
> > at all for a religious person. ?It may sound weird and/or spooky to a
> > person not steeped in religion. ?The second part of clarifies the
> > ambiguity in the first. ?What she's asking is that people to pray that
> > their leaders are embarking on a course that's part of God's plan, not
> > some fool's errand they dreamed up or worse yet some devil-inspired plan.
> > There's an implied trust here that God's plans work out for the best and
> > so whatever bad things are done in the course of the war, some greater
> > good will be accomplished.
>
> There is an implied trust implicit in Palin?s statement that Dubya was
> doing God's will in ordering the invasions in the first place.
I agree that's suggested, but not directly implied by the actual words,
and I'm certain she believes it to be the case.