Herman Cain Christian

Herman Cain - Christian?

(continued from Herman Cain Platform)

GodVoter.org has asked Pastor Herman Cain, who identified himself as a "Baptist pastor,"  to share his Christian testimony in response to our questions for presidential candidates.

On October 12, 2011, our invitation for his Christian testimony was forwarded to Karleen Smith, Herman Cain's personal assistant, by Mark Block, the Chief of Staff of Herman Cain's campaign.

Since then, our reminder for this pastor to kindly testify about the Lord who saved him from level 4 colorectal cancer and is sovereign over election results has gone unanswered.

Herman Cain is a charismatic speaker with an uncanny ability to answer questions with many words that sound eloquent but betray his key weakness: lack of depth and substance. He knows very little about foreign policy and even the centerpiece of his cure for our economy - his 999-plan (see Herman Cain platform) - is disappointingly simplistic, especially given his tenure as the chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas.

Herman Cain's few and sometimes conflicting words about his faith, beliefs, platform and religion raise more questions than they answer, including about the strength of his convictions against abortion and homosexual 'marriage'.

Our next President must be someone who courageously and resolutely trusts Jesus and relies on Him to deliver our nation from the present crisis (see Christian President), and a "Christian" candidate who trusts in political operatives and strategies more than the Bible is unlikely to operate differently as President.

Given this pastor's potential to fail as President by operating as above and end up blemishing the name of the Lord on whom he claims to rely, our present C- rating of his presidential candidacy is arguably generous.

UPDATE: On November 29, 2011, GodVoter.org lowered our rating of Herman Cain's candidacy from C- to D- and called for his withdrawal from the race (see Pastor).