"I hate criticisms towards the President," he said, "because it's like criticisms towards the pastor -- it's almost like, it's not going to get you anywhere, you know, except for hell. That's what it'll get you."
Excuse me? Criticism of the president or even a Pastor is enough to send you to hell? What about belief in Jesus Christ? So according to Pastor Kalnins fair criticism of a pastor is enough to undo Christ’s work on the cross? It would get worse however in another sermon:
What you see in a terrorist -- that's called the invisible enemy. There has always been an invisible enemy. What you see in Iraq, basically, is a manifestation of what's going on in this unseen world called the spirit world. ... We need to think like Jesus thinks. We are in a time and a season of war, and we need to think like that. We need to develop that instinct. We need to develop as believers the instinct that we are at war, and that war is contending for your faith. ... Jesus called us to die. You're worried about getting hurt? He's called us to die. Listen, you know we can't even follow him unless you are willing to give up your life. ... I believe that Jesus himself operated from that position of war mode. Everyone say "war mode." Now you say, wait a minute Ed, he's like the good shepherd, he's loving all the time and he's kind all the time. Oh yes he is -- but I also believe that he had a part of his thoughts that knew that he was in a war.
Jesus Christ is the Prince of Peace, not war. He taught love for our enemies, not bombs. Jesus never operated from “war mode.” I challenge anyone to find one verse in the New Testament that advocates war, just one. There are none. The closest people can come up with is in Revelation, which is a prophetic book; speaking about what is to come. When Christ spoke about people trying to keep their lives as losing them, He was speaking about people trying to stay in the world and follow Him at the same time. He was certainly not advocating war or the sacrifice of our lives in war. The war in Iraq is not a spiritual war. It is a war over greed and money. Pastor Kalnins should be ashamed of himself for even implying that Christ would have somehow supported the deaths of over 100,000 people for oil.
Since these revelations were made public yesterday, the website for Wasilla Assembly of God has shut down and closed the portions of the website that contained these sermons; claiming they were not prepared for the traffic they have seen. Nonsense. Once again this does not sound like straight talk to me. It sounds like someone is covering the tracks for Sarah Palin. I don’t blame them because there are nothing but more and more questions coming out about her. Her GOP fans are crying crocodile tears, pretending that she is being “attacked.” Bunk.
Tonight we will hear from Rudy Giuliani, Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee before Mrs. Palin takes the stage. Rudy of course is a diehard pro-choice and pro-gay marriage guy, Romney is a Mormon who has flipped flopped on nearly every substantial issue and Huckabee has already stated that he has not heard anything to give him pause about Sarah Palin. Quite the evangelical lineup for tonight. The disappointing one is Huckabee, a former pastor himself, who apparently doesn’t think that ethics violations, and teachings contrary to the bible are enough to give him pause; let alone the troubling aspect of the 17 year old unwed daughter who is five months pregnant.
But that is what we will see tonight; day two of the McBush Convention. You will hear more distortion and distraction as the big three will slam Obama as much as possible and try their best to not talk about the last eight years. They will wave the flag and talk up abortion; something they only seriously discuss during presidential elections. Then Hurricane Sarah will roll in to town. She will talk about reform, something she knows very little about. But she has to pretend because that is the talking point the GOP has come up with. They will try and turn her stint of being a Mayor of a town of 6,700 people into some vast “executive” experience. They will try and turn her brief run as Governor, despite the ongoing ethics investigation, as somehow trumping the resume of Barack Obama. They will sell you Palin as someone who took on the ole boys club in Alaska, even if it is not really true. They will portray her as supermom, despite her pregnant 17 year old daughter. They will avoid the problems with a Pastor who apparently uses the word of God for political reasons. They will avoid Troopergate and earmarks. In the end, the endless GOP minions will be positively GUSHING over the job she did and what a “fresh breath of air” Sarah Palin was tonight. They have to of course because they rolled the dice on her without properly vetting her. Now she is being properly vetted by the media and all they can do is cry crocodile tears and try to add “victim” to the bogus resume of Sarah Palin.
It won’t matter however, as in the end all that will be left is Team McBush and their platform of four more years of the same. Palin is not a reformer as much as McCain is not a maverick. You can dress them up anyway you like but at the end of the day; the flash and talking points will be devoid of substance. It will be devoid of issues. Yesterday, McCain Campaign Manager Rick Davis said:
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