Palin says he helped her become governor: : “And he was praying ‘Lord make a way, Lord make a way’ … He said, ‘Lord make a way and let her do this next step.’ And that’s exactly what happened [She became governor].” (see highlight below)
He blesses her in the video to keep her safe from "every form of witchcraft." video

Why does this matter? (FOX / AP story below)

Palin has a right to believe whatever she wants. But we have a right to not to vote for her if we don't want a president who believes in witches and witchcraft.

No one questions her right to hold maverick religious beliefs. But national leaders who believe in witchcraft or astrology often let these beliefs influence their policies. If you're OK with that, that's your business. But for the rest of us, belief in witchcraft is a legitimate issue of qualification to be president.

But does she believe in witchcraft?

We don't know, but she acts like she does. The point is that she should tell us. If she wants to reject Pastor Muthee's beliefs, then fine, we should accept that. So far, her advisers have refused to let her answer.

The evidence:

• She chose to get a special blessing on stage in front of her congregation to gain protection from witchcraft.

• Pastor Muthee, who blessed her, gained fame in Kenya by claiming an old woman was a witch who caused car crashes by casting spells. He chased her out of town. This story is advertised in the evangelical community, and Palin's church has a special and close relationship with Muthee, so Palin is well aware of his belief in witches.

• Although, as politicians do, Palin now goes to several different churches, the Assembly of God Church where she was blessed is the church she chose to be baptized into.

• She claims that pastor Muthee helped her get elected governor, so she does believe he as special powers.

A note on Pastor Muthee, who blessed Palin against Witchcraft
Muthee founded the Word of Faith Church in Kenya in 1989 and gained notoriety when he found that a local Kenyan woman known as “Mama Jane” was a witch. Muthee gathered a mob of followers and drove the woman from town.
He is frequently called to preach at Palin’s church in Wasilla, the Wasilla Assembly of God, appearing there at least ten times, most recently in Sept. 2008.
Witch hunting is a serious problem in Kenya as explained by Fox News.

Associated Press, Sept. 25, 2008.
(Fox News posted this story.)

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A grainy YouTube video surfaced Wednesday showing Sarah Palin being blessed in her hometown church three years ago by a Kenyan pastor who prayed for her protection from “witchcraft” as she prepared to seek higher office.

The video shows Palin, the Republican vice presidential candidate, standing before Bishop Thomas Muthee in the pulpit of the Wasilla Assembly of God church, holding her hands open as he asked Jesus Christ to keep her safe from “every form of witchcraft.”

“Come on, talk to God about this woman. We declare, save her from Satan,” Muthee said as two attendants placed their hands on Palin’s shoulders. “Make her way my God. Bring finances her way even for the campaign in the name of Jesus. … Use her to turn this nation the other way around.”

Click here to see video of Plain being blessed by Kenyan pastor.

Palin filed campaign papers a few months later, in October 2005, and was elected governor the next year.

Palin does not say anything on the video and keeps her head bowed throughout the blessing. She was baptized at the church but stopped attending regularly in 2002.

A spokesman for the McCain campaign declined to comment. A person who answered the phone at the Wasilla church confirmed the video was from May 2005 but declined further comment.

Palin was baptized Roman Catholic as a newborn.

Pentecostals are conservative in their reading of the Bible. Unlike most other Christians — including most evangelicals — Pentecostals believe in “baptism in the Holy Spirit.” That can manifest itself through speaking in tongues, modern-day prophesy and faith healing, which includes the laying on of hands.

Maria Comella, a spokeswoman for the McCain-Palin campaign, has said Palin attends different churches and does not consider herself Pentecostal.

On a visit to the church in June 2008, Palin spoke fondly of the Kenyan pastor and told a group of young missionaries that Muthee’s prayers had helped her to become governor.

“Pastor Muthee was here and he was praying over me, and you know how he speaks and he’s so bold,” she said. “And he was praying ‘Lord make a way, Lord make a way’ … He said, ‘Lord make a way and let her do this next step.’ And that’s exactly what happened.”

The Rev. Zipporah Ndiritu, who studied under Muthee in the Kiambu, Kenya-based Word of Faith Church, said the bishop is revered among evangelicals there. In a phone interview from Mombasa, Kenya, she said church doctrine focuses on ridding the world of demons — and witches.

“Even in the days of Jesus Christ, according to the Bible there were witches who were manifesting through demonic forces,” she said. “You can seek from the Lord, and if you find demonic forces you cast them out.”

Ndiritu said she did not know Palin.

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