Conservative Christians Disgusted With Palin's Religious Talk

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April 28, 2014 3:30pm Conservative Christians Disgusted With Palin's Religious Talk Post by SARAH POSNER

Sarah Palin's baptism-by-waterboarding comment at the National Rifle Association this weekend has disgusted Christians across the spectrum, both for her blaspheming of a religious sacrament, and her cavalier dismissal of the inhumanity of torture.

Ed Kilgore points us to Mollie Hemingway's post on the matter, in which Hemingway notes:

Now, it’s also true that Palin, from what we know of her congregational affiliations, is influenced by subsets of Christianity that take a different and far lower view of what baptism accomplishes. They say that it’s mere symbolism rather than means of God’s grace. In fact, that’s exactly what the web site of Wasilla Bible Church says. But I would hope that even these traditions wouldn’t take it so lightly as to joke about it in the context of waterboarding. Or even if it is considered OK to joke about waterboarding being baptism by these folks, I’d hope they recognize how blasphemous it sounds to the ears of Christians who retain the historic and high view of the sacrament.

But it's not just that Palin sees baptism differently, and as a lesser rite than does Hemingway.

When Palin has spoken publicly of her own baptism at Wasilla Assembly of God, where she grew up and was saved, she described it as "so cool."

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[liberal N proud]

1. Thought that wouldn't go well with the fundies.

What does that leave her with the atheist gun nuts?

[hlthe2b]

2. The lusting RWers in their grandma's basement...

(that refuse to wear their thick glasses--or to clean the cheetos dust off the lenses) and still imagine her as a gun-fondling "sex symbol"...

[jwirr]

10. Not just fundies. In fact my guess is that many of them agree with her. It is traditional churches

that will be upset. The person quoted in this OP says it well. She is a blasphemer. The idiots who are still putting her on the news and talk shows are hard up for guests.

[Blue Owl]

3. The same ones who were hoodwinked by that grifter in '08?

Too late, suckers -- she's out there and loving every minute of it...

[safeinOhio]

4. Queen of the neo-pharisees.

Makes a big deal of religion only when performing in public. She wants to smite her foes and supports the money-changers.

[CurtEastPoint]

5. link to this source

http://www.religiondispatches.org/dispatches/sarahposner/7827/conservative_christians_disgusted_with_palin_s_religious_talk/

[cbayer]

7. Oops. Sorry about that. Fixed.

[TlalocW]

6. Wah wah for both of them

For Sarah who thinks that the stupid remarks she makes to try and upset liberals wouldn't get her in trouble.
And for the Christians upset over these remarks who applauded her for those other comments in the first place.

TlalocW

[BlueStreak]

8. This woman is a fraud.

She wasn't a Governor. She wasn't a legitimate Presidential candidate. She isn't even a Christian.

Just a complete fraud. Everything about her is self-promotion.

She has a place in hell with her name on it, in the same corridor as Billy Graham, Ernest Angeley, Benny Lim, Robert Tildon, Pat Robertson, and all the other religious frauds.

[Act_of_Reparation]

9. She isn't even a Christian?

[BlueStreak]

11. She doesn't exhibit anything that I know of the Christian values

I can call myself a genius, but that doesn't make me one. I can call myself an artist, but that doesn't make me one.

She can call herself a Christian, but that doesn't make her one. Or maybe it does. I guess they aren't really particular about their club rules.

[Act_of_Reparation]

12. What if I start exhibiting "Christian values"

Does that make me a Christian? Or do you think there's more to Christianity than how one behaves?

[BlueStreak]

13. I would have thought it is a minimum requirement

I mean I don't really think Jesus would be down with waterboarding.

[Humanist_Activist]

15. Interesting, so a belief in Jesus as Son of God isn't necessary to become a Christian? n/t

[BlueStreak]

17. Don't put words in my mouth

What I said was that a minimum requirement for being a Christian is to uphold the values attributed to Jesus Christ and I'm pretty sure waterboarding is not his idea of baptism.

[LostOne4Ever]

14. I'm stealing that (nt)

[Dorian Gray]

16. Maybe her church

will start waterboarding baptismal candidates in the future.

She's an idiot. Not surprised that other Christians are seeing it and calling her out for it.