Nikki Haley

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Nikki Haley: Sarah’s ‘kindred spirit’ in Christ? Or …. not?? (updated)

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UPDATE follows this original blogpost.



Nikki Haley is running for Governor of South Carolina; most of us had never heard of Nikki Haley until she received an endorsement from Sarah the Endorser! ”I’ve been there, I know your story, I know what you’re going through and I feel as though I’m a kindred spirit,” Palin said.

Curious, I visited Ms Haley’s website to find out more about Sarah’s “kindred spirit”; the website has a section called ‘Truth in facts’ which she introduces by saying:



I got into this race to make a difference for the people of South Carolina, to reform government and stop the corruption. The need for a forum like this is representative of an unfortunate part of campaigning, but it is necessary, and so we will continue to update it as others push out misinformation about me, our campaign, and the direction we believe our state needs to move.



Consider this our campaign’s way of going directly to you – around the noise and the distractions and the biases – to set the record straight.



My very best,

Nikki



Yep! Sounds like Palin’s Kindred Spirit already! End corruption! Reform Government! Get around the bias!! Yep ……. they are out to get YOU Nikki!



Yawn, I thought, until I got the last question:



Question: Is Nikki a Christian?



Truth: Nikki is a Christian. In her words: “I believe in the power and grace of Almighty God. I know, and have truly experienced, that with Him all things are possible. I have looked to Him for leadership throughout my career and will continue to do so as governor. My faith in Almighty God defines me and my conservative beliefs stem directly from my faith.”



Weird question to include, I thought … but given the climate of “Laws should be based on the 10 Commandments” Sarah called for last week, I wasn’t really surprised that the Haley campaign felt a need to clarify this. What did pique my curiosity however, was the wording of the answer to that question.



Nikki is a Christian, it says … THEN goes on to quote Nikki with a generic type of comment about almighty God etc …



And, I asked myself: Why not quote Nikki Haley actually SAYING she is a Christian?? So, I googled a Bio and found out that Nikki is an Indian-American, raised as a Sikh. Nothing wrong with that, of course, but it did make me wonder, why doesn’t SHE say in the quote that she IS a Christian???



The wording of the quote is, as I said, generic. She believes in an Almighty God … looks to Him for guidance …. blah blah blah.



Since that quote could be said by most religions, it doesn’t really identify her as a Christian, does it? Fact is, Jews, Muslims, Sikhs and Christians ALL believe in an ‘Almighty God’ ……. the belief that sets Christians apart from the others, is their belief in Christ.