{"id":131,"date":"2007-11-28T10:35:32","date_gmt":"2007-11-28T10:35:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/godometer\/2007\/11\/edwards-talks-to-christian-bro.html"},"modified":"2007-11-28T10:35:32","modified_gmt":"2007-11-28T10:35:32","slug":"edwards-talks-to-christian-bro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/godometer\/2007\/11\/edwards-talks-to-christian-bro.html","title":{"rendered":"Edwards Talks to Christian Broadcasting Network"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"edwardsbrody.jpg\"John Edwards is the latest White House aspirant to appear on the Christian Broadcasting Network<\/a>, prompting God-o-Meter to wonder if CBN has supplanted Air America as a popular venue for Democrats. Barack Obama<\/a>, Joe Biden<\/a>, and Christian ministers supporting Hillary Clinton<\/a> have all granted recent interviews to CBN’s David Brody.
\nNothing groundbreaking in Brody’s Edwards interview, but it reminds God-o-Meter that the former North Carolina senator is making little attempt to parlay his Southern Christian roots into a play for cultural conservative Democratic votes, as he promised to do as John Kerry’s running mate in ’04:<\/p>\n

Brody: Here’s the CBN question – the faith question. You’ve talked about your relationship with Jesus, and I’m wondering if you could expand a little bit on that and tell me how your faith really defines some of the stuff you do in your life – specifically as it relates to the campaign.
\nEdwards: Well, my faith is hugely important to every aspect of my life and it has been for a long time. I’m not going to lie to people. I was born and raised in the Southern Baptist church, baptized when I was young. I went to church on Sunday morning, Sunday night, Wednesday night. It was the center of our lives. My father was the deacon in the Baptist church.
\nAnd then I went away to college, law school and to some extinct strayed from my faith.
\nAnd like a lot of people, my faith came roaring back when I needed it the most, when tragedies began to strike.
\nI lost my son 1996 — and then of course more recently Elizabeth’s development of cancer and recurrence of her cancer. The truth is I don’t know how I could have ever gotten through these struggles plus the day-to-day stresses of being a candidate for president without my relationship with the Lord. It’s hugely important in every part of my life
\nBrody: I’m assuming some of those conversations with God, when you were going through that tragedy with your son must have been pretty heart wrenching.
\nEdwards: They were heart wrenching and painful because it was hard for me to understand, it was hard for Elizabeth to understand. But finally I just had to put my faith in him which is what I did.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n


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