Third, Eric writes, \u201cIt\u2019s a fact that if Hillary Clinton is elected, the country\u2019s chance to have a Supreme Court that values the Constitution \u201d\u201d and the genuine liberty and self-government for which millions have died \u201d\u201d is gone. Not for four years, or eight, but forever.\u201d\u009d Essentially, this is to say that Hillary is Sauron, and the Presidency the One Ring. \u201cIf [she gains] it, your valour is vain, and [her] victory will be swift and complete: so complete that none can foresee the end of it while this world lasts.\u201d\u009d But is there any evidence whatsoever that this prophecy \u201d\u201d Eric\u2019s about Hillary, I mean, not Gandalf\u2019s about Sauron \u201d\u201d is true? It\u2019s the same claim that Decius makes with his \u201cFlight 93\u201d\u009d analogy, but as far as I can tell, none of the people who prophesy so boldly have ever defended it. They just assert it. Saying \u201cit\u2019s a fact\u201d\u009d doesn\u2019t making it a fact. The prophecy of ultimate and endless doom is just a guess.<\/p>\n
And a despairing<\/i> guess \u201d\u201d which is the element of all this that isn\u2019t poor judgment, but rather a sin. If Hillary Clinton is elected, that will not foreclose the possibility of Christian revival in America. And if there ever is Christian revival in America, then surely Eric Metaxas believes that that would be good news for the cause of \u201cgenuine liberty and self-government.\u201d\u009d Hillary is not mightier than Sauron, and American democracy is not quite that<\/i> fragile, even if it is profoundly flawed, and the possibility of spiritual renewal is always<\/i> at hand.<\/p>\n