God-o-Meter has proposed that when Sarah Palin uses the term "world view" she means biblical worldview.
Here's how she used the phrase in last night's debate:
But even more important is that world view that I share with John McCain. That world view that says that America is a nation of exceptionalism. And we are to be that shining city on a hill, as President Reagan so beautifully said, that we are a beacon of hope and that we are unapologetic here. We are not perfect as a nation. But together, we represent a perfect ideal. And that is democracy and tolerance and freedom and equal rights. Those things that we stand for that can be put to good use as a force for good in this world.
The world view she described was fairly dripping with metaphysical imagery:
we represent a perfect idealwe are to be that shining city on a hill
America is a nation of exceptionalism
Not to mention her invocation of Ronald Reagan, who's been accorded deity status by many conservatives.
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Talking about scripted... has anyone been double checking Slow Joe to find out if he's been plagirizing this time around? After all, he dropped out in 88 when he was caught.
While it may be dripping with metaphysical imagery, this is not a description of a biblical worldview, not if you include the New Testament in the Bible. The world view Gov. Palin describes is one of human perfection. Her statements attempt to portray herself, her running mate and this country as saviors of the world, as the perfect ideal.
The Bible teaches that there is only one perfect ideal - Christ - and only one hope for salvation - the grace of God, freely given through the death of Christ on the cross.
Derek writes:
Really? Does Palin really portray herself as the world's savior or as perfect? God-o-Meter thinks that assertion goes too far.
Really. Really, she does. The original post has these exact words, twice. "...we represent a perfect ideal." Once in the quote of Gov. Palin and once in the original posters examples of metaphysical imagery.
The only ambiguity in this statement made by Palin is what exactly she means by "we". The quote opens with "...I share with John McCain." Is that the "we" she refers to? She also says "America is...". Most times, I would parse the word "America" as a singular noun, the name of a country. Did she use "we" to refer to the American people, whom she did not mention in the paragraph or did she use "we" to refer to herself and McCain?
Either way she has portrayed a perfect ideal other than Christ. This portrayal is absolutely non-biblical.
Most readers here have probably already seen this, Why Is Palin Such a Good Liar For God?, but this woman's worldview really scares me.
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