McCain on "The View": "The Belief that God Has a Plan Will Guide This World to a Better Existence"

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[LifeSiteNews] 16 Sep 2008--Despite a great deal of criticism from his hostesses, Sen. McCain unapologetically professed and stood by his Christian beliefs when he appeared on the September 12th edition of "The View."

Whoopi Goldberg opened the discussion of faith when she cited McCain's VP choice of Sarah Palin, an ardent Evangelical Christian, as a possible threat to "the separation of church and state."

Sen. McCain, however, disagreed that Palin's beliefs pose any such threat. He explained that, despite the fact that Palin has been much criticized for her Christian faith in the media, in particular for an out-of-context quotation in which she appeared to say that the war in Iraq is a "task from God", the Alaskan governor was simply echoing the words of Abraham Lincoln.

In an appearance before her church in Alaska Palin had - rather than declaring that the war in Iraq was indeed a task from God, as has been widely reported - asked members of the congregation to pray that the military should do God's will.