While it’s easy to think all Christians are fawning over , not all of them are huge fans. Yes, she seems to be the poster girl for everywhere and has some questionable beliefs and in a perfect world that really should bot be a factor in any political campaign…..but this is not, unfortunately, a perfect world.

We have gotten more responses from out readers concerning her belief in creationism, aka “intelligent design” that is demonstrates how much our priorities are out of whack. Not to discount the right for everyone to believe whatever they want except that is have nothing to do with the ability to lead.

In the case of Sarah Palin, she has some very scary beliefs for someone that could be a “heartbeat away” from the infamous “nuclear button.”

On June 8, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin dropped in on the Wasilla Assembly of God, the church she and her family attended until 2002. During the service, she addressed a group of young missionaries and said she had a "word" from the Lord for them. She prayed that Jesus would give them a spirit of wisdom and revelation.

"That spirit of revelation also including the spirit of prophecy that God's going to tell you what is going on, and what is going to go on, and you guys are going to have that within you, and it's going to bubble up and bubble over and it's going to pour out throughout the state of Alaska," Palin said at the time.

Palin now goes to nondenominational Bible church when she's in Wasilla, but her years attending Pentecostal churches, including the one she currently attends in Juneau, have no doubt shaped her faith and, possibly, her view of world events.

For example, at the same service, Palin talks about the war in Iraq.

"Pray our military men and women who are striving to do what's right for this country — that our national leaders are sending them out on a task that is from God," Palin said. "That's what we have to make sure that we're praying for, that there is a plan and that plan is God's plan."

(Excuse me! I think this may have to do with George Bush’s plan and his self will than the will of a higher power. Unless you believe like Bush does, that he speaks for god!)

Margaret Poloma, at the University of Akron, has written several books on Pentecostalism, says some people might hear that and say Palin believes this is a holy war, or that Pentecostals think this is a holy war.

"I would think it's fair to say. Yes," Poloma says. One reason, Poloma says, is that most Pentecostals believe Islam is a false religion.

"Many times you hear it referred to as a diabolical religion, and that comes from the idea of Christianity being the true religion, but also their support for Israel, because they contend that Israel [represents] God's chosen people and you dare not touch them."

Let’s hear what some of the other Christian groups have to say about Sarah Palin. 

The progressive Christian group Matthew 25 Network put out a press release calling on Palin to be kinder, more honest, and — in so many words — “more Christian”:

The Matthew 25 Network is extremely disappointed in Sarah Palin’s address last night at the Republican National Convention. We call on her not as a political figure but as a prominent Christian, and representative of Christ to the world, to commit herself to campaigning in good faith, with love and respect for her political opponents and a strong commitment to truth-telling.…

To be blunt, we saw very little of Christ’s love in Sarah Palin’s speech last night, as she heaped contempt on those who disagree with her politically, in particular Barack Obama. In questioning not only his policies but his motivations, and mocking his career, Palin went far beyond what could be considered acceptable disagreement and into what looked like open hatred for her political opponents. The name of Christ should never be associated with hate or contempt for one’s fellow human being, but last night, in Sarah Palin, we believe it was.

Moreover, as has been documented by major media sources including the Associated Press, Palin engaged in falsehoods not only about her own record, but about Barack Obama’s record as a State Senator and as a U.S. Senator. As Christians, we are called throughout Scripture to speak the whole truth, to put away falsehood, to bear true witness even when it hurts our own interests. The name of Christ should never be associated with falsehoods or deception, but last night, in Sarah Palin, we believe it was.

As a prominent face of Christianity, Sarah Palin is called to do more than represent her party — she is called to represent Christ to the world. We in the Matthew 25 Network call on Gov. Palin to repudiate her attitude of contempt towards her political opponents and tell the whole truth — if not for the sake of a more honorable politics, then for the sake of our Christian witness in the world.

You don’t have to agree with their Christian beliefs, but it’s nice to hear this group pointing out obvious concerns about Palin while their conservative counterparts ignore those problems entirely.

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