Hillary Clinton: “I Have Felt the Presence of the Holy Spirit”
In July of last year, Hillary Clinton gave an interview to New York Times reporter Michael Luo about her faith. It’s a fairly in depth interview.
Well, for your listening pleasure, The Brody File found the actual audio from the interview and it’s really interesting. Reading the transcription of the interview is one thing, but hearing Hillary Clinton talk about her faith is very different. Listen here. You can read the transcription here.
At the time, the article got significant play but some of the quotes from the whole interview never got used in the article. Here are some key quotes that I thought you might be interested to look at:
Hillary Clinton: I believe in the father, son, and Holy Spirit, and I have felt the presence of the Holy Spirit on many occasions in my years on this earth.
Reporter: Can I ask you theologically, do you believe that the resurrection of Jesus actually happened, that it actually historically did happen?
Senator Clinton: Yes, I do.
Reporter: And, do you believe on the salvation issue — and this is controversial too — that belief in Christ is needed for going to heaven?
Senator Clinton: That one I’m a little more open to. I think that it is, as we understand our relationship to God as Christians, it is how we see our way forward, and it is the way. But, ever since I was a little girl, I’ve asked every Sunday school teacher I’ve ever had, I asked every theologian I’ve ever talked with, whether that meant that there was no salvation, there was no heaven for people who did not accept Christ. And, you’re well aware that there are a lot of answers to that. There are people who are totally rooted in the fact that, no, that’s why there are missionaries, that’s why you have to try to convert. And, then there are a lot of other people who are deeply faithful and deeply Christ-centered who say, that’s how we understand it and who are we to read God’s mind about such a weighty decision as that.
Reporter: And your attitude toward the Bible about how literally people should take it.
Senator Clinton: I think the whole Bible is real. The whole Bible gives you a glimpse of God and God’s desire for a personal relationship, but we can’t possibly understand every way God is communicating with us. I’ve always felt that people who try to shoehorn in their cultural and social understandings of the time into the Bible might be actually missing the larger point that we’re supposed to take from the Bible.
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Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. John 14:6
Independent Conservative said
Well she does not really see Christ as the ONLY means to salvation, just her sort of cultural option. And I guess that’s why she’s picking around the Bible and using parts as she desires for American culture. She’s not really taking the words on the pages seriously and she’s acting like some of it is out of date.
We all knew she knew Bill was cheating FOREVER, so all her claims about using faith to get over it being exposed is a load of BIG TIME BULL!!!
She’s been coached to try and say exactly what the largest bunch of voters might want to hear. Very much “big tent” style.
Charles D. said
Was cheating? Where is Bill now, and what is he doing? All one needs to do is follow him for an hour after 8PM and he’s caught.
Devon said
Man oh man….how people cannot see through these leftists liars is beyond me…her and obama will say anything to get elected..wow…
Independent Conservative said
How many times did the reporter lead her to speak about prayer and the Bible before she actually started talking about it? Several times he tried to lead into talk about those things and she was all over the place before getting there. Much like their pre-scripted answers to debate questions.
Too bad the reporter didn’t ask her about her stance on homosexuality versus her denomination’s “official” stance which is better aligned with scripture than hers. Plus the fact her denomination still officially refuses to perform any sort of ceremony for homosexuals, which is the correct position to take. While she’s floating policy that runs counter to her church.
And of course they could have asked her about abortion.
But I hear she likes getting the questions in advance and won’t do interviews where certain questions might be asked of her. They did ask her about Jesus being the only way to salvation, so they asked the #1 question and she failed like Bush.
Kyle said
Hillary felt the spirit of the Anti-Christ and whatever other demons.
Independent Conservative said
Why Presidential Candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton Honestly is Not a Christian.
Job caught it over on his blog Jesus Christology in the post titled Hillary Clinton: “I Have Felt the Presence of the Holy Spirit”!.
If you’ve read Why President George W. Bush Honestly is Not a Christian. You see why she’s in the same …