Palin 1x blessed 2b free from witchcraft

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Palin 1x blessed 2b free from witchcraft
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Thu, 09-25-2008 - 4:31am

At least the witch doctor blessed her instead of cursed her. lol.

http://news.aol.com/story/_a/palin-once-blessed-to-be-free-from/n20080925013309990001

Palin once blessed to be free from 'witchcraft'

By GARANCE BURKE,AP
Posted: 2008-09-25 01:33:07

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - A grainy YouTube video surfaced Wednesday showing Sarah Palin being blessed in her hometown church three years ago by a Kenyan pastor who prayed for her protection from "witchcraft" as she prepared to seek higher office.

The video shows Palin standing before Bishop Thomas Muthee in the pulpit of the Wasilla Assembly of God church, holding her hands open as he asked Jesus Christ to keep her safe from "every form of witchcraft."

"Come on, talk to God about this woman. We declare, save her from Satan," Muthee said as two attendants placed their hands on Palin's shoulders. "Make her way my God. Bring finances her way even for the campaign in the name of Jesus. ... Use her to turn this nation the other way around."

Palin filed campaign papers a few months later, in October 2005, and was elected governor the next year.

Palin does not say anything on the video and keeps her head bowed throughout the blessing. The Republican vice presidential candidate was baptized at the church but stopped attending regularly in 2002.

A spokesman for the McCain campaign declined to comment. A person who answered the phone at the Wasilla church confirmed the video was from May 2005 but declined further comment.

Palin was baptized Roman Catholic as a newborn.

Pentecostals are conservative in their reading of the Bible. Unlike most other Christians - including most evangelicals - Pentecostals believe in "baptism in the Holy Spirit." That can manifest itself through speaking in tongues, modern-day prophesy and faith healing, which includes the laying on of hands.

Maria Comella, a spokeswoman for the McCain-Palin campaign, has said Palin attends different churches and does not consider herself Pentecostal.

On a visit to the church in June 2008, Palin spoke fondly of the Kenyan pastor and told a group of young missionaries that Muthee's prayers had helped her to become governor.

"Pastor Muthee was here and he was praying over me, and you know how he speaks and he's so bold," she said. "And he was praying 'Lord make a way, Lord make a way' ... He said, 'Lord make a way and let her do this next step.' And that's exactly what happened."

The Rev. Zipporah Ndiritu, who studied under Muthee in the Kiambu, Kenya-based Word of Faith Church, said the bishop is revered among evangelicals there. In a phone interview from Mombasa, Kenya, she said church doctrine focuses on ridding the world of demons - and witches.

"Even in the days of Jesus Christ, according to the Bible there were witches who were manifesting through demonic forces," she said. "You can seek from the Lord, and if you find demonic forces you cast them out."

Ndiritu said she did not know Palin.

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Thu, 09-25-2008 - 4:40pm

I'm honestly a little saddened by the judgemental attitude on this thread.

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Thu, 09-25-2008 - 6:37pm

I think we need to be careful about what's taken out of context and realize it is absolutely happening on both sides.

The Reverend Wright quotes were taken completely out of context and looped over and over again by all sorts of media outlets. As a previous poster noted, the era in which Rev Wright grew up in and was referring to is an abomination of this nation's history - Tuskegee alone makes me ill not to mention the hate crimes and unequal treatment under the law that blacks have received. He said it in more fiery language than I would say it in but I can't disagree with his reasons for being angry.

As for Palin's blessing against witchcraft - I find it odd but I won't hold it against Palin. Who knows what the circumstances there were. A lot of people will hold it against her because it is identified as "extreme", just as Rev. Wright's views were called extreme, and fit with some other extreme views (i.e. dinosaurs roamed the earth 4000 years ago) that she has been identified with rightly or wrongly.

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Thu, 09-25-2008 - 6:49pm

The Reverend Wright quotes were taken completely out of context and looped over and over again by all sorts of media outlets.

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Thu, 09-25-2008 - 7:05pm

It seems to be a huge source of laughs for some, and it makes me sad.

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Thu, 09-25-2008 - 7:12pm

If she was just going along with this man praying over her, then why did she even bring it up much later in a video that I saw where she talked about him?

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Thu, 09-25-2008 - 7:20pm
Who are these witches that are supposedly out to get her?
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Thu, 09-25-2008 - 7:20pm
Not sure why this would be a problem or an issue.......I have been prayed over.....had hands laid on me....and been blessed to be protected from Satan.........It's common in United Methodist churches as well.
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Thu, 09-25-2008 - 7:22pm

No, she didn't bring it up in public.

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Thu, 09-25-2008 - 7:29pm
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Thu, 09-25-2008 - 7:29pm

Sadly, a lot of what I read on these boards (all of the political ones at least) is hate filled.

I understand where you're coming from but have to respectfully disagree on Rev. Wright. I don't think Rev. Wright hates white people or America, he was referring to a history that is deplorable and a government and society that let it happen. It makes me angry too and I think it deserves to be talked about, particularly as examples of what intolerance and hipocracy reap. I guess for that reason, I don't consider his preaching with emotion on those issues that touch/have touched a large portion of his congregation to be bad behavior. I guess I do see righteous anger there. I thought this was a nice analysis of his 9/11 comments:
http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2008/03/21/the-full-story-behind-rev-jeremiah-wrights-911-sermon/

The problem to me is that the clips from his sermons do not represent where he ultimately ends up and what he ultimately encourages his congregation to understand, which is far more oriented toward becoming a better country and practicing what we as a Christian nation preach. He also is following a long tradition of prophetic preaching that has been alive and well in Christianity for a long time. Anyway, I don't think it should be held against Obama that his preacher says controversial things.