Moore To Supporters: Election Will Reflect God's Will, 'Whatever He Does'

[DonViejo]

By MATT SHUHAM Published DECEMBER 11, 2017 12:08 PM

Alabama Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore said Sunday that the election to fill Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ Senate seat is “probably a referendum on the direction of our country.”

In video of the event posted online by One America News Network — one of two media organizations invited to attend, alongside Breitbart News, whose executive chairman, Steve Bannon has campaigned extensively for Moore — the candidate also says Tuesday’s results will reflect God’s will.

“It’s God’s will, what happens, and we’re expecting God to do whatever he does, is the right thing to do,” Moore said.

“It’s probably a referendum on the direction of our country in the future, with regard to President Trump’s agenda, with what he wants to do, and I think he feels that,” Moore added later. “I know that Breitbart and Mr. Bannon feels that, and I don’t understand that, but I’ve been told that by people actually running, or intending to run, up in Oklahoma, Missouri, that area.”

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[Initech]

1. I really hope God smites them.

Is that wrong of me to think this way? I mean what the Christian right has done in the last year are things God would not approve of!

[Mariana]

6. Maybe God does approve.

An awful lot of Christians believe he does.

[Cicada]

2. Hitler winning elections was god's will?

We don't have free will?

[pnwmom]

4. Catholic theology teaches free will, but most evangelicals don't believe in that.

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They believe in predestination -- everything that happens including Hitler is all part of God's plan.

[Cicada]

5. Thank you for educating me

[Mariana]

7. You can have free will and predestination at the same time.

We're talking about an omnipotent being, here. He can arrange things however he wants to. At any rate, plenty of Christians believe there is no conflict between the idea of individual free will, and the idea that everything that happens is God's will.

[Cicada]

8. I hadnt thought of that. Thanks

[gratuitous]

3. A referendum on the country? I think not

Alabama is not typical of the entire United States. It simply isn't. I don't know how the election tomorrow will come out, but this is not a referendum on the country any more than the special in Minnesota to replace Franken will be a referendum on the country, and Minnesota is far more typical of the U.S. than Alabama is.

[kydo]

9. What if God is an atheist?