Hillary and Atonement
Much will be said in the next few months about the godlessness of Hillary Clinton and how she does not represent values which are compatible with people of Christian faith. These are often comments meant to imply the “unholiness” of Hillary Clinton, how she is against God, and is somehow a false Christian.
The following article comes from the Christian Broadcast Network. It was posted on March 9, 2007.
CBNNews.com - Senator Hillary Clinton said in an 1994 interview that she believes in the “atoning death of Jesus Christ.”
CBN News has discovered a number of past statements that Clinton has made about her Christian faith. In 1994, she was asked by Newsweek magazine, “Do you believe in the Father, Son and Holy Spirit? She answered, “Yes.” She was then asked whether she believed in “the atoning death of Jesus?” Once again her answer was, “Yes.”
Senator Clinton is a lifelong Methodist who has always said she takes her faith very seriously.
In that same Newsweek article, she says, “I think that the Methodist Church, for a period of time, became too socially concerned, too involved in the social gospel and did not pay enough attention to questions of personal salvation and individual faith.”
Recently, Clinton has injected more comments about her faith into the debate over public policy. Last month in Columbia, S. Carolina, she told an audience that the Book of James is one of her favorites in the New Testament.
Last year, she condemned a get tough House bill on illegal immigration that she felt was too harsh saying, “It is certainly not in keeping with my understanding of the Scriptures. This bill would literally criminalize the Good Samaritan and probably even Jesus himself.”
In addition to the Newsweek article, Senator Clinton spoke at Tufts University in November of 2004.
CBN News uncovered this past quote from a speech where, when referring to Evangelical voters, she said, “I don’t think you can win an election or even run a successful campaign if you don’t acknowledge what is important to people. We don’t have to agree with them. But being ignored is a sign of such disrespect. And therefore I think we should talk about these issues.'’
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