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Was John McCain a Christian?
30 August 18 | hapnHAL

Posted on 08/30/2018 5:44:16 PM PDT by hapnHal

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To: onedoug

He sure didn’t act like one.

McCain snubbed President Trump, Sarah Palin and others from his funeral. Why? What ever happened to the word FORGIVENESS?
Oh sorry, John was a political maverick!


21 posted on 08/30/2018 6:22:32 PM PDT by hapnHal
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To: hapnHal

John McCain was at best a Christian in name only. He lived a lifetime of bad and immoral behavior coupled with a terrible temper and a foul mouth. There also wasn’t a humble or forgiving bone in his bitter old body. It’s very hard to believe he was ever a real Christian.


22 posted on 08/30/2018 6:25:45 PM PDT by RooRoobird20 ("Democrats haven't been this angry since Republicans freed the slaves.")
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To: Simon Green

Yes but how he votes will be a reflection of his character and his adherence ( or lack thereof) to the cardinal virtues. Are his decisions prudent? Is he committed to justice, does he show fortitude when the going gets tough.


23 posted on 08/30/2018 6:28:15 PM PDT by longfellowsmuse (last of the living nomads)
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To: hapnHal

At this point what difference does it make?


24 posted on 08/30/2018 6:29:32 PM PDT by gov_bean_ counter (Ruth Bader Ginsburg doctor is a taxidermist.)
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To: hapnHal

He was a McCainiac. He worshipped himself.


25 posted on 08/30/2018 6:35:59 PM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: hapnHal

I believe him to be a Traitor by the Constitution.

And that was just his absorption by enemy islam, never mind what came before...which was bad enough.


26 posted on 08/30/2018 6:36:21 PM PDT by onedoug
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To: hapnHal

Not in my book, but God has the book that answers that question.


27 posted on 08/30/2018 6:40:20 PM PDT by mulligan (EeThe)
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To: hapnHal

Don’t know, don’t care.
He is defined, and should be judged, by his actions. Period.


28 posted on 08/30/2018 6:45:58 PM PDT by ChildOfThe60s (If you can remember the 60's....You weren't really there)
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To: hapnHal

How can you ask that. He was barely American. The only religion John McCain he believed in was his own bitter self centered self.


29 posted on 08/30/2018 6:50:23 PM PDT by Bommer (Help out 2ndDivisionVet and his wife - https://www.gofundme.com/married-recent-amputees)
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To: hapnHal

Good Question, if he accepted the gospel, as spelled out on the Romans Road, that is between him and his maker.
As for me, do not play “My Way” at my funeral.


30 posted on 08/30/2018 6:53:27 PM PDT by mission9 (It is by the fruit ye shall know.)
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To: hapnHal

Only God - and now McCain himself - know...........


31 posted on 08/30/2018 6:56:29 PM PDT by Arlis
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To: hapnHal

John McCain was a devout McCainite.


32 posted on 08/30/2018 7:05:24 PM PDT by aquila48
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To: hapnHal

If he was, posing with ISIS was sure a funny way to express his faith.

CC


33 posted on 08/30/2018 7:14:47 PM PDT by Celtic Conservative (Do you know what really burns my ass? A flame about 3 feet high.)
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To: hapnHal

He broke the Commandment on lying day in and day out.


34 posted on 08/30/2018 7:24:23 PM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: hapnHal

I wonder why anybody would care who was at his own funeral. After all, he won’t be there.

Maybe you’re just dead: nothing to worry about. Maybe you’re in Heaven: same thing, only better. Or you might be in Hell. Then you’ve got bigger problems.


35 posted on 08/30/2018 7:28:46 PM PDT by chesley (What is life but a long dialog with imbeciles? - Pierre Ryckmans)
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To: hapnHal

I think his words and actions against Sarah Palin, a woman whose Christianity shines through brighter than the sun, are telling.


36 posted on 08/30/2018 7:40:16 PM PDT by bramps (It's the Islam, stupid!)
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To: hapnHal

Who cares.
He’s dead


37 posted on 08/30/2018 8:12:34 PM PDT by Zathras
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To: hapnHal

I so do not care.


38 posted on 08/30/2018 8:22:03 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: hapnHal

Was McCain a Christian? Only John McCain and God knows for sure. God clearly knew him from the beginning of Time. The rest of us mortal sinners only knew him while he walked among us. We cannot be too sure because up to his last breath he could accept the Lord. But if we want to know with any degree of certainty, we have to observe the man’s life and ask ourselves some questions:

When did he accept Jesus Christ as his savior. If he did, did he ever testify publicly how he found Jesus and became a Christian? If he never accepted Jesus, he clearly was NOT a Christian.

Has he ever publicly acknowledged God (the father), his son Jesus (the Christ) or the Holy Spirit at any time (good or bad) during his life? Has he ever expressed his desire to be part of the New Covenant church or the return of the Messiah and the new Kingdom on earth.

Has he ever offered or allowed prayer at any of his public events. Is there any evidence he personally prays for spiritual guidance or give thanks for his blessings? After he survived his shoot down and subsequent imprisonment in the Vietnam, who did he give credit for his deliverance?

Did he ever acknowledge that all mortal men have sinned and ask forgiveness for the sins he has committed? Has he ever shown remorse or repentance or apologized to others for anything? Has he ever shown brotherly love toward his fellow man?

I could go on but I hope you get the idea. That being said, the bible says we will know them by their fruits, for a bad tree cannot bear good fruit and a a good tree cannot bear bad fruit.

Did we know John McCain well enough to judge him for all eternity? No, but God will. But we know good and bad fruit and have the evidence. That tells us what kind of a tree McCain was when he was with us. (Be nice, I don’t want any replies about crooked trees)

Since McCain no longer walks among us, he is the hands of a higher authority. So lets just bury him and move on...OK?


39 posted on 08/30/2018 10:43:48 PM PDT by Texicanus (GOD Bless Texas and the USA)
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To: hapnHal

A Christian leader would be more concerned with a person’s soul than shredding the idea he may have been a Christian... I pray that he was right with the Lord and had accepted Jesus as Lord and Savior sometime in his life.


40 posted on 08/31/2018 3:42:35 AM PDT by trebb (So many "experts" with so little experience in what they preach....even here...)
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