7/17 Here's some flamebait for you. Holy freakin shit:
"It's more of a theological perspective. I do believe there is an
Almighty, and I believe a gift of that Almighty to all is freedom. And
I will tell you that is a principle that no one can convince me that
doesn't exist."
--GWB
\_ Ummm, so? The Declaration of Independence says the same thing.
\_ He's saying he makes decisions based only upon religious
considerations. In other words, we're in Iraq because God
told him that was the Right Thing To Do. Read up on the history
of the Crusades and you might see why this is a Very Bad Thing.
\_ The above quote said this?
\_ "God told me to strike at al Qaida and I struck them, and
then he instructed me to strike at Saddam, which I did,
and now I am determined to solve the problem in the
Middle East."
"Events aren't moved by blind change and chance" ...,
but by "the hand of a just and faithful God."
"I believe God wants me to run for president."
Yes, all actual Bush quotes.
\_ Belief in Providence was common among the Founding
Fathers.
\_ So was Diesm, which discounts religion.
\_ You do the atheists proud, my friend.
\_ Freedom isn't unambiguous. Does the Almighty advocate anarchy?
Communism? Both are freedom in some sense. Freedom from what?
Strictly from a Biblical perspective, it seems pretty clear that
Yahweh likes pious kings with many concubines (an autocratic king,
no wimpy separations of powers or Magna Cartas).
The Bible also recognizes slavery as legitimate...
\_ If the Almighty told Bush to invade Iraq, obviously he does
advocate anarchy. The fact that he talks to Bush at all means
that he is not on our side, since his advice seems to be always
wrong.
\_ Bush: Worshipping Loki since sobriety.
\_ Or else he doesn't exist and Bush imagines God talking to him.
Or else /something/ talks to him, but it turns out it's not
actually God as Bush likes to imagine it. It's the CIA
talking through a receiver in his tooth filling (or else
the Jews, but the Jews run the CIA so it's the same thing).
Or else Bush doesn't even believe it but says it for
political points to the religious constituency. Or else
Bush doesn't exist and Bush is a sniggering automaton.
\_ Sort of like the NASA automatons on the old Mission to Mars
ride? A moment of silence for the M2M ride, please. |
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