Does God Endorse George Bush?

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http://slate.msn.com/id/2106590/fr/ifr/

[alittlelark]

1. Not any GOD I grew up believing in!!

are they nuts....have they not read THE NEW TESTAMENT!!!

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2. That was my first thread starting experience

I hope I did it right...

[gospelized]

3. i'm afraid

you did not. and now i must challenge you to a duel!


also welcome to DU.

[JimmyJazz]

9. Zell, is that you -- so glad you're back!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. I like this part:

"Of course, it's always possible God did put George W. Bush in the White House. But if He did, it doesn't theologically follow that He wants him to have a second term. Even those who believe that God controls world events usually concede it is hard for humans to divine the intent of the Divine.

After all, in the Bible, God is described as doing things for all sorts of inexplicable reasons—sometimes as a reward to the people, and sometimes as a punishment."

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

7. ya beat me to it!

[JohnnyRingo]

12. My !...He certainly works in mysterious ways.

Fuck our eyes out until we scream with desparation to test our faith.
Is there someway we can appease God to stop the punishment?

I'll stop smoking.

[TaleWgnDg]

15. oh, you nah-sayer, you!

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"I don't bring God into my life to — to, you
know, kind of be a political person."
— GWBush, interview with Tom Brokaw
aboard Air Force One, April 24, 2003

"I believe that God wants me to be
president." — Richard Land, a Director
of the conservative evangelical Southern
Baptist Convention, quoting GWBush on
"the day (GWBush) was inaugurated for his
second term as governor (of TX) in 1999."

"I could not be governor (of Texas) if I did not
believe in a divine plan that supersedes all human
plans."

"I, George W. Bush, Governor of Texas, do
hereby proclaim June 10, 2000, Jesus Day in
Texas and urge ... all Texans to answer the
call to serve those in need. By volunteering
their time, energy or resources to helping others,
adults and youngsters follow Christ's message
of love and service in thought and deed."
— GWBush, as Governor of TX, officially
proclaiming June 10, 2000, as
"JESUS DAY in TEXAS."

"And the religious people (GWBush) was connected
with in Texas aren't anything like the mainstream
— even the mainstream in Texas." — Molly Ivins,
political pundit, on GWBush as Governor of Texas.

"After all, religion has been around a lot longer
than Darwinism." — GWBush, reported in George
Magazine, September, 2000

"I believe that it points up the fact
that we need common sense judges who
understand that our rights were derived
from God. Those are the kind of judges
I intend to put on the bench."
— GWBush, June 27, 2002
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[Hello_Kitty]

16. I love that line too!

I also have met people personally who believe that it was by some divine provenence that Bush, not Gore, was President on 9/11. If that's true, then what makes them so sure that it wasn't to punish us further? I mean, didn't their tele-evangelists remind us that the attacks were to punish us for gays, feminists, and the ACLU? Maybe God sent Bush to finish the job.

[UNION.JACK]

17. If he did he has a wicked sense of humour?

Of course, it's always possible God did put George W. Bush in the White House.

Just goes to show the big Fisherman can have an off day every now and then.

On the seventh day he rested? I guess he simply forgot to return to the middle east to complete his mission?

[jdj]

5. I only have one thing to say about this article.

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And also if God lifted Jesus up to heaven on a cloud, why the hell did he have to get some drag-queen lookin' hoochie to lie, cheat, and steal to move dubya just a few blocks??

[MaraJade]

6. Please--

God is love, justice, wisdom and compassion--qualities that the Elephant party (at least since Lincoln) does not possess. Those GOPs
only know the value of a dollar for themselves, and doesn't the Bible
say that the love of money is a root of evil! That says it all.
They are evil! And since the moral arm of the universe is against evil, the universe is against them. God is clearly not on the side of
GOPs. Their God is the Almighty Dollar!

[LiberalVoice]

8. I'm feeling ill.

"I thank God that on September 11th, we had a president who didn't wring his hands and wonder what America had done wrong to deserve this attack," - George Pataki

Maybe if we had considered before 9/11 why someone would want to fly planes into our buildings the Twin Towers would never have fallen. The blind pieces of shit don't realize that it is our fault 3000 people died on 9/11. All of the blame should not be put on the evil terrorists who "hate us for our freedom". The truth is the men and women in the arab world hate us because we make sure their corrupt govt's stay in power and in our pocket.

Pataki makes me fucking sick

[Zen0]

10. yea god

endorses Bush... if he supports murder. If he endorses starving third world countries. If he endorses not helping people with a world-wide disease; AIDS. If he supports thievery. If he endorses all these things, then that god does support and endorse Bush.

[VoteJohn04_com]

11. An "outside" view...

I do not personally endorse any one religion. I
simply live my life in a way that I feel most religions
would support. I treat people with kindness and respect
and try to help others when I can.

Eventhough I don't personally subscribe to any
"official" religion, I did attend a Catholic
high school and so I know a thing or two about the
bible. (Actually, got better grades than most
of the practicing catholics in my classes did! )

According to the new testament... GOD IS LOVE!
He is not the angry vengeful god of the old
testament.

Almost all religions on the face of this earth
believe in helping others, taking care of others,
and living a good life...not THE good life on easy street
like W gives his corporate buddies!

W may be endorsed by SOME god...but I have yet to
study a religion that would accept him and his
policies as a representation of what their god believes.

[LiberalVoice]

13. Everyone assumes...

that this is not what "god" was created for.

He was invented so that people wouldn't care about what injustice happened around them especially to someone who believed in some "crazy religion". They would stay docile and weak and accept their "just reward" come the day of judgment. :puke:

[TaleWgnDg]

14. wha? you did NOT notice? that God's Own Party (G.O.P.) . . .

during its recent convention had a televangelist pulpit and arena!

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WHO WOULD JESUS ELECT?
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/nation/2658470

The Bush-Cheney campaign continued its church-based
outreach by giving religious volunteers 22 timelined tasks.
By July 31, 2004 volunteers are to "send your church directory
to your state Bush-Cheney '04 headquarters or give to a
BC04 field rep." By August 15, "talk to your church's seniors
or 20-30 something group about Bush-Cheney '04." In October,
"finish distributing voter guides in your church" and post notices
"about all Christian citizens needing to vote." An IRS letter to
the Bush and Kerry campaigns noted, "religious organizations are
allowed to sponsor debates, distribute voter guides and conduct
voter registration guides" unless they show "a preference for or
against a certain candidate or party."
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