WASHINGTON (AP) -- Herman Cain says he didn't want to run for
president, but God wanted him to.

The Republican candidate told CBN News that's why he believes "God's been in this from the beginning."

Cain said when he felt God calling him to run for president, he
resisted like Moses did after being called by God to lead the Hebrews out of Egypt. Like Moses, Cain says he told God, "You've got the wrong person. You can't be talking about me."

Cain told CBN News that it took a lot of those "conversations with God" to overcome his reluctance to seek the presidency.

Cain came in second in a weekend straw poll of Christian conservatives. Ron Paul placed first.

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