https://www.foxnews.com/politics/do...to-drop-out-of-senate-race-amid-past-comments Pretty much unrecoverable for a politician to say such a thing unless you're Trump. I thought it would be an uphill battle before the these comments surfaced, but I really don't like his odds now. Looking like we will have divided government which will help my tax bill at least.
Although I am an atheist, what I know of the Christian religion would suggest that for those who call themselves Christians, Warnock's remark is consistent with the Christian Rule Book, otherwise called the Bible. I have thought that the American defense industry's love of war and the American people's acceptance of this is rather inconsistent with the Bible. Although it seems, as with U.S. Constitution, one can read into the Bible whatever one pleases. War seems so popular among some Christians that they even use it as a proselytizing model, as in "Onward Christian Soldiers, Marching as to War...". Or as the church goer, exiting his Church after a service on a bright morning in the 1970s, when waylaid by a network newsman and asked his opinion of a young man who had belonged to the same church and had recently fled to Canada rather then be drafted into the Vietnam War, said, "I don't like it one bit, its unpatriotic. He ought to be brought back to face the music." The Newsman then asked the church goer how he could square this opinion with his Christian beliefs. The Church goers paused, thought for a moment, and then said, "I guess I'm a patriot first, and a Christian second." At least he seems to have got the order right. I don't think Warnock's remark will hurt him one bit. Why because he can easily spin it into a positive. We'd probably both be surprised at the number of younger voters that would cheer Warnock's remark.
Georgia similar to North Carolina has a large number of military veterans who are both proud of their service and are "bible-belt Christians". Having a statement that you "can't serve God and the military" being attributed to you will not go over very well for a candidate in Georgia. Not that bible-belt Christians who are military veterans were likely to vote for Warnock --- but this will drive higher voter turnout of these people to vote against him.
Sadly, expressing an opinion is always dangerous for a politician, but even so I'm more likely to vote for a politician that expresses an opinion I don't agree with then I am for one who says, "Well, Susan, Donald and I will always have the best interests of the American People in mind." But I'm atypical. I know that.
While I agree it is somewhat damning, anyone with a shred of intelligence (which isn't many, these days) should see it exactly as Here4money said: A nothing burger. The context of the full quote was that you can only serve God, not war, not money, etc. It was an adaptation of the "Give unto Caesar what is Caesar's quote from the Bible. At least that is how I take it.