CHILE'S PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE ACCEPTS JESUS CHRIST

"I pledge to continue with the future of our government and God willing if I get there, nothing will be done that goes against what the Bible says." -Evelyn Matthei (Santiago, Chile)—Evelyn Matthei is running for the office of president in Chile. Recently, she met with a group of 3,000 Christians gathered together to celebrate the centennial of the Evangelical Church in Chile to discuss what she would do if elected on December 15. "I pledge to continue with the future of our government and God willing if I get there, nothing will be done that goes against what the Bible says. Marriage is between a man and a woman, and life is cared for them from the moment of conception until natural death. No to abortion; no to euthanasia. That is a commitment I make before you." She also reportedly met afterwards with a group of pastors to make her confession of faith and repeat the Sinner's Prayer. (See here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_zhBGT17kk) Naturally, some speculate whether the politician's verbal commitments are genuine. The candidate opposing her was Chile's first woman president and her childhood friend, socialist Michelle Bachelet, who plans to legalize abortion and open a debate on gay marriage. "That is not what we want," said Matthei. "Why take God out of our country? Is that what we want? That's not what I want." Time will tell if Matthei's profession of faith is real, but meantime Christians are praying it is so.