“Secular progressives” have been singled out on Fox News, particularly by pundit Bill O’Reilly, as architects of the “war on Christmas” which the conservative channel resurrects each holiday season. Carson said. “You know, when I got the call to be the keynote speaker at the National Prayer Breakfast for 2013, I said, ‘Lord, what are you up to?'” It shouldn’t have to be this way, but sadly that’s the reality we face. “How do we allow people to ascend the ladder of opportunity, rather than how do we give them everything and keep them dependent”.
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“Can you tell me how something came from nothing?” he said he asks his detractors.
A claim of receiving a full scholarship to elite military academy West Point was questioned as West Point doesn’t offer scholarships to students, all of whom attend free of cost.
Carson blamed secular progressives for lampooning his theory about the Great Pyramids. “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and slim not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight”, he recited.
“I have clung to that through all kinds of adversity in my life, and I cling to it now when so many in the media want to bring me down because I represent something they can’t stand. But the fact of the matter is, in Romans 8 it says if God is for you, who can be against you? You don’t have to worry”. He agreed. a few Baptists at the time cited theological disagreements with Carson, who is a member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. His beliefs have generated controversy.
Asked about same-sex marriage, Carson said if elected he would work with lawmakers to “protect the religious freedoms of people who believe marriage is between one man and one woman”. “As a future physician, that is really what I’m going to be relying on is the wisdom from the Lord and trusting that he’s going to lead me, just like he led Dr. Carson”. “The secret to prosperity in this nation is we must be willing to stand up for what we believe in”. “I absolutely would not agree with that”.
Liberty University was founded by Jerry Falwell, the Christian evangelist, in the 70s and has grown into a center of political activity for candidates courting so-called values voters.
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Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson on Tuesday became the fourth Republican to file as a candidate in Kentucky’s GOP presidential caucus. Bernie Sander, a Democratic presidential contender in September and Texas Sen.
