Bush: "I welcome the diversity of views when it comes to religion"

[sabra]

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,222378,00.html

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O'REILLY: The secular progressives don't like you because you're a man of faith.

BUSH: Yes.

O'REILLY: You know that.

BUSH: Yes. That causes me to be sad for people who don't like somebody because he happens to believe in the Almighty.

O'REILLY: But you know that's in play.

BUSH: Absolutely. They think you are some kind of evangelical. God tells you what to do and you go out and do it. And they hate that.

BUSH: I guess that I have pity for people who believe that. They don't understand the relationship between man and the Almighty, then. And.

O'REILLY: Don't believe it?

BUSH: Well, that's their choice. The great thing about America is we're equally American. In other words, those of us who believe in an Almighty, and those who don't are equal. And that's the way we got to keep it, because it distinguishes us from Usama bin Laden or the Taliban.

Well, let me finish my point.

O'REILLY: Sure.

BUSH: And so I welcome the diversity of views when it comes to religion. And I think that anybody who dislikes somebody because he happens to be a religious person is someone to be pitied.

[bdamomma]

1. What a liar * is

[sakabatou]

2. The first question is completely false

We don't hate him because he's a "Christian," we hate him for what he is.

[Jawja]

9. We hate him because

he claims to be a Christian, but his actions demonstrate that his is not. We hate him because he is a murderous, lying, hypocrital thug.

Here again is a dumbass simplistic explanation to be absorbed by the stupid. "They hate me for my faith in the Almighty" is the same bullshit as "They hate US for our freedoms."

[Bill McBlueState]

3. Sam Harris's words are so appropriate

"The president of the United States has claimed, on more than one occasion, to be in dialogue with God. If he said that he was talking to God through his hairdryer, this would precipitate a national emergency. I fail to see how the addition of a hairdryer makes the claim more ridiculous or offensive."

[acmejack]

4. Pious pretender

"I am the great pretender..."

[TankLV]

5. As long as your "religious" - otherwise you can go fuck yourself..;.

[hedgehog]

6. He can go with either the King James version or the NIV

As long as he doesn't have to read it.

[bryant69]

7. It's pretty disingenuous

O'Reilly and Bush both want a theocracy - they don't want non-Christians in power, probably would be fine with taking away Atheists votes.

Bryant
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[Ino]

8. I love his "the great thing about America is..." statements

My favorite was "The great thing about America is, when we see a child blown up, we cry."

[Phredicles]

10. "But a frog, that's just hilarious"

Odious bungholes. :grr:

[Phredicles]

11. If we hate "people of faith" so much, why the widespread admiration for

Jimmy Carter?

What I hate is people who use their "faith" to justify doing terrible things.

[TahitiNut]

14. Indeed. The outright LIE is so transparent that it's almost laughable.

This is the delusion of a completely closed (out of business) mind - incapable of tolerating disagreement and wrapped in 'faith' and the 'flag' for the purposes of denial only.

"They hate us for our freedoms."
Bullshit! They hate the killers of 600,000 people, mostly women and children, and those who plunder the resources of their lands and impoverish their people.

"They hate me because of my faith."
Bullshit! He's hated because of his complete absence of faith - faith in love, faith in God's children, and faith in "the hand of God." I don't think I've ever seen anyone so totally devoid of faith. Ideological dogmatism and inflexibility and intolerance isn't 'faith' - it's FRIGHT. Cowardice.

[schmuls]

12. * just does not get it. How scary.

[mroux]

13. Baghdad burning

Riverbend is posting again!

[sinkingfeeling]

15. Psst, Georgie, I don't dislike you because you 'claim' to be religious.

I detest you for your utter lack of compassion and conscience. I curse you for what you have done to the people of the United States and Iraq. I damn you for your lies and 'con jobs'.