Posted on 01/16/2008 4:11:49 PM PST by Terriergal
For much of Hillary's youth, [her father] Hugh was the only male influence on her life that had any real bearing. Her views, her political ideas, her religion—all this was filtered through Hugh, as he helped shape her sense of the world and her sense of self. But all that changed dramatically when she was thirteen, and the Reverend Don Jones, a Methodist minister, entered her life.
She began dropping by Jones's office after school or during summer afternoons, eager to talk about ideas or insights she culled from the youth minister and his sermons. According to Roger Morris, biographer of the Clintons, Jones had her read Tillich, Niebuhr, Soren Kierkegaard, and Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and they had lengthy, increasingly serious discussions. "She was curious," says Jones. "She was just insatiable."
Jones took from Hillary's study of his good works, adding this important insight: "She is very much the sort of Christian who understands that the use of power to achieve social good is legitimate."
(Excerpt) Read more at christianitytoday.com ...
That's scary. So is Christianity Astray trying to help Hillary out now?
they had lengthy, increasingly serious discussions. "She was curious," says Jones. "She was just insatiable."
I dunno... insatiable teenage girl frequently visiting youth pastor's office?
WRONG WRONG WRONG!!!!!!! Christ taught us all that we should give willingly. Give to the state what is the states, but give willingly. A forced or coerced giving is not giving at all.
At 13, she was reading Philosphy books??...Me thinks not..
And damn anyone who got in her way.
Yup!
You will notice that much of Christendom is starting to buy this lie though!
She's the smartest woman in the world isn't she??? /sarc
Hey that’s the standard M.O. for lots of Christian leaders these days, so apparently she figures she’s in good company. I wouldn’t doubt if Rick Warren personally helped her be more ‘purpose driven’ while she was out at Saddleback for that AIDS conference.
How is this, in practice, any different to Islam and it's political/religious intertwining?
He “embraced her?” Hm, and what did she do to him?
I wouldn’t put anything past Hillary.
Surprised that she wasn’t a follower of Marxist Jim Jones of Jonestown massacre fame. One of her Communist Party lawyer friends was, Charles R. Gary, along with another attorney and CPUSA supporter, if not member, Mark Lane.
Yes, Hillary really knows how to pick her mentors. Alinsky (I’ve met him); Gary (I met his buddy Kunstler); Soros (may he drop dead yesterday); Morton Halperin (not on our side); Johnetta Cole (a Castro propagandist and possible DGI operative); Rev. Benjamin Chavis (once a UCC Christian; then a Black Moslem under Calypso Louie) and a VP of a major CPUSA front, the National Alliance Against Racist & Political Repression). And the list goes on!!
At 13, she was reading Philosphy books??...Me thinks not..
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Well, it is not impossible, I am personally acquainted with one thirteen year old MAN who looks at first glance to be at least eighteen and acts more mature than most 30 year olds I know.
Hmmmm. Robert Johnson’s Spiritual Formation. Dorian Gray’s Spiritual Formation. HRC’s Spiritual Formation.
I suspect she was just fishing for buzz-words, ways to phrase things etc that would appeal to Christians. Plus, she got a fawning article.
I think I'd be pretty upset if my 13 year old said she was going to the pastor's house to talk about philosophy....In fact, it wouldn't happen.
“Christianity Astray”! Ha - I love it! That’s about the funniest thing I’ve read in a week. It’s the magazine for those who think “The Message” is Scripture. Good grief.
Social good is like pudding; you have to be outside the bowl to see it.
“Jones took from Hillary’s study of his good works, adding this important insight: ‘She is very much the sort of Christian who understands that the use of power to achieve social good is legitimate.’”
May the real God protect us from bastards like Hillary and Jones.
Interesting article.
The Reverend Don Jones really invested a lot in philosophical exploration with the young Hillary.
Funny, he never mentioned Jesus once in the article. Not once.
That’s the man who said, “No man comes to The Father but by men.”
Uhuh... which, translated, means "she was the least interested in what the Bible ACTUALLY says."
Seems to me I recall a good pastor around here having gone through a real disillusionment at that time because his methodist pastor was telling him the Bible was just fairytales. I wonder if that happened to Swillary's bunch?
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