Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] [POLITICS][RELIGION] God, Bush and Iraq

[Mike Miller <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On Wed, 5 Sep 2007, Jim Locke wrote:

> On 9/5/07, Mike Miller <EMAIL:PROTECTED> wrote:
> > On Wed, 5 Sep 2007, Jim Locke wrote:
> >
> > > Bush mentioning God having him invade Iraq was one of the most loaded
> > > comments from him yet.
> >
> > When did he say that?  I hadn't heard that one.
>
>
> In doing a search to find this online, I had difficulty in finding a
> black-and-white quote.
> I heard this claim on a political talk show.
> The link below, as do some guardian.co.uk pages appearing in Google results
> from a search for "bush god iraq".
>
> http://www.commondreams.org/views03/0630-04.htm


Thanks.  I might have seen that before, but it isn't really something I 
can "take to the bank" so to speak.

The thing is, the ABC 20/20 show about Billy Graham really convinced me 
that many recent Presidents believed, or claimed to believe, that they 
were chosen by God and that the communicate with God.  That's not 
necessarily a bad thing, but it is easy to see how it can become a 
disaster.  If Bush believes that he is receiving advice directly from an 
omniscient source, why should he care for the advice of mere mortals who 
have dedicated their lives to studying some issue?  That does seem to be 
happening at times and it is very concerning.

Mike

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