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[bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>]

I think there might be a cultural disconnect.  In some communities  people 
pray, ask G-d's blessing, and thank G-d for just about everything.  It's just 
a manifestation of her cultural upbringing. 
 
 I don't, personally, see it as a big deal and in some ways find it 
refreshing.  
 
I'd trust someone that spends their sunday a.m in church, more than I would  
the fellow that spends his sunday a.m. playing golf , at a restricted country 
club, with a bunch of bankers and hedge fund managers.  .................bobf



----- Original Message ----
From: Lynn Wigglesworth <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com>
To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2008 5:48:35 PM
Subject: Re: [Homestead] Enjoy the quiet while it lasts...


Bob; I don't know if she was paraphrasing Lincoln...didn't he think that 
the Civil War was a punishment from God (for both sides)? I haven't been 
to church for many years, either, so I don't know the current religious 
views about holy wars. It bothers me when people proclaim that something 
they want to do is "God's will" or "a task from God"...especially if 
they mix that religion with their political agendas (the pipeline Palin, 
as Governor, wanted to build was "God's will"). If you don't agree with 
their agenda, does that make you anti-God?

Lynn Wigglesworth

bob ford wrote:
> Lynn, wasn't she paraphrasing a quotation from Lincol?.  I'm not religious, 
> but when I was young, they always had a church service for my relatives 
> before they were shipped off to Viet Nam.  I think the idea is that you are 
> praying NOT for G-d to be on your side but that you are on G-d's side.  I 
> think it is a pretty standard "Johnny Goes Off To War" type church prayer.  
> Maybe someone's whose actually been in a church in the past 30 years (I 
> haven't) can clarify; but I'm pretty sure that's borrowed from Lincoln, and 
> used often.....bobford 
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Lynn Wigglesworth 
> To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2008 4:33:54 PM
> Subject: Re: [Homestead] Enjoy the quiet while it lasts...
> 
> 
> Akka Homestead wrote:
> 
>>  I chimed in because I did not see the need to bring Palin's religious 
>> beliefs into the discussion about energy.  Go back and read Don's
>> comments about Palin.  Obama himself has been the one to say, let's
>> stay with the issues and keep one's religious beliefs out of it..if
>> he can do it, why can't his devotees on this list?
> 
> Palin was the one who brought religion into it. She asked people to pray 
> to achieve "God's will" and get the pipeline built. The Iraq war is "a 
> task from God". Well gosh...what kind of heathen pinko would argue 
> against "God's will"? You can hear the words come from her own mouth:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LS_VduCWhzM
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2ypVSYoEKA&feature=related
> 
> Lynn Wigglesworth
> 
> 
> 


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