A man of humility, decency, compassion, courage, and sensitivity, he now serves as a role model for everyone who wants to achieve their God-given potential.As you learn more about Dr. Carson on his journey from a struggling inner-city student to the pinnacle of his career as a world-renowned neurosurgeon. If it were not for the persistence of his mother, a single parent who worked three jobs and pushed her sons to do their best, his story may have ended tragically.Join Dr. Ben Carson from an angry, struggling young boy with everything stacked against him to the director of pediatric neurosurgery at the Johns Hopkins Children's Center.As a boy, he did poorly in school and struggled with anger. Hey, lots of people think that! But if you’re making excuses for him and pretending that he’s not saying anything that liberals don’t say, you’re in intellectual retreat, and you’re using identity politics to try and insulate the guy from criticism.Ĭorrection, April 2, 2013: This post originally misspelled Johns Hopkins University.Gifted Hands reveals the remarkable journey of Dr. God in his Word says very clearly that he considers homosexual acts to be an ‘abomination.’” Whenever I point out that God calls homosexual behavior a sin, I am usually quick to add that the Bible just as clearly calls a lot of other things wrong-lying, cheating, adultery, murder, gluttony-and I am not going to try to justify any those things in order to be politically correct either.Ĭarson thinks homosexuality is sinful and that gay marriage is comparable to man-on-animal marriage. “How I feel and what I think isn’t just my opinion. Alex Seitz-Wald pulled a representative quote from Carson’s 2009 book of self-help advice: Several times, before the political media started paying attention to him, Carson has said that acceptance of homosexuality was destructive to civilization. Carson is describing what he actually believes. And isn’t the difference between Carson and Sotomayor pretty obvious? Sotomayor was asking Ted Olson, the lawyer arguing for Prop 8 repeal, to explain why redefining marriage as between any two unrelated adults wouldn’t lead inexorably to legal incest. Well, I pointed out that Sotomayor quote the day before Nolte did-sorry, Narrative. 'Gifted Hands by and about Ben Carson, M.D., is the inspiring story of an inner-city kid with poor grades and little motivation, who, at age thirty-three, became director of pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins University Hospital. When’s the last time Ben Carson was asked about gay marriage? I was interested in the story because 1) Carson was obviously on his way to conservative stardom, and 2) it’s fascinating to watch people who’ve never been grilled by the media make their first-ever gaffes. They’re wistful for the “Gifted Hands” guy, whose book could inspire eighth graders to take science classes. Just as liberals didn’t worry about Cain becoming president, they don’t really worry about Carson. Just as Herman Cain became a conservative hero for debating Bill Clinton at a town hall meeting, Carson became a hero for lecturing President Obama at the National Prayer Breakfast. The romance between white conservatives and the small elite of black conservatives (you could call them “5 percenters,” but that’s taken) is a well-known thing. Speaking just for myself, as one of those white males who overpopulate the media, I think this is a little too cute.

You can’t be African-American and conservative without breaking some liberal rule? It was “deemed controversial, it wasn’t politically correct.” And why? (He was prodded by a mini-rebellion on the Johns Hopkins campus, students trying to kick him out of the 2013 commencement ceremony, where he’s set to say goodbye to the school.) Sean Hannity, whose lazy questioning led Carson into the trap, condemned the backlash without actually repeating Carson’s answer. Ben Carson said that marriage shouldn’t be redefined by gays nor by “NAMBLA” or “people who believe in bestiality.” It was enough of a gaffe-a classic gaffe, describing what the gaffe-meister really thought-that Carson backed down and apologized. The left laughs this off-yes, obviously, 90 percent of black people vote Democratic because they’re dupes intent to stay “on the plantation.” Keep telling them that, it’ll win ‘em over!īut it’s a safety blanket of an argument, and it’s been getting cuddled ever since aspiring political thinker/activist Dr. If a black conservative/Republican is criticized, they assume that the left is revealing its deep-seated hatred of black people. In a pinch, some conservatives deploy a rhetorical trick that makes a lot of sense to them and no one else.

Gifted hands ben carson resilience