Posted on 11/22/2010 5:43:35 AM PST by FredJake
Newsweek magazine is well known for its' support of President Obama.
But a recent cover headline declares "God of All Things", superimposed on an image of the President with seven arms balancing on one leg. In each hand, he carries a different policy issue.
The magazine is subtitled, "Why the Modern Presidency May be too Much for One Person to Handle."
The image is reminiscent of depictions of the Hindu deity, Shiva.
Shiva is known as the destroyer of the world in the Hindu religion.
But the depiction has upset some in the Hindu community.
Fox News reports:
Rajan Zed, president of the Universal Society of Hinduism in Nevada, told the English-language Sify News in India that Nataraja is highly revered and meant to be worshipped, not indecorously thrown around. Zed, who is known for his work on interfaith dialogue, said it is not OK to use Hindu concepts and symbols for profit or self-serving purposes.
The accompanying article is intended to show the job of President is so daunting, it is difficult for one man to do alone, but how that translates to "god of all things" is puzzling. Perhaps Newsweek is hinting at the 'need' for an even larger, more intrusive and tyrannical government. Remember, this is the magazine that declared, "We are all socialists now".
American Presidents are generally not depicted as deities, but history shows that dictators like Julius Caesar often required their subjects to worship them as a god.
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Where’s his BlackBerry?
Maybe some kind hearted Christian FReepers will come along and straighten me out, but ...everyday my heart becomes more settled that one day very, very soon my Savior will appear and resolve this world.
In very odd ways I am becoming much less concerned with my earthly debts and long term life here. In 2006, 0bama scared me as he spoke on the Democrat stage as a junior senator. The fleeting thought that danced across my heart was I had just listened to the anti-christ. In 2008, we worked very hard to deny this man’s inherent evilness and a nation elected him. Elected him despite all the indications he was unfit for office. It was as if the people were purposely blinded to the Truth of this “man”.
REVELATION 9:11 They have as king over them, the angel of the Abyss; his name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in the Greek he has the name Apollyon.
Abaddon and Apollyon both mean “destroyer.” Obama pictured as the Shiva ....”destroyer.”
Obama’s car is called what? The Beast. Outfitted with the nuclear switch and codes.
REVELATION 11:7 When they [the two witnesses] have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up out of the Abyss will make war with them, and overcome them and kill them.
Who are the witnesses? Beck and Palin?
II THESSALONIANS 2:1 Now, brethren, concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to Him, we ask you, 2 not to be soon shaken in mind or troubled, either by spirit or by word or by letter, as if from us, as though the day of Christ had come. 3 Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition, 4 who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.
None of them , however, are correct.
For the image to be correct, it should have the following:
Golf club
Beach Towel
Ice Cream Cone
Slurpee
Cigarette
Beer
AS
0bama is to hen-doo.
This isn't news, this is porn.
How ‘bout adding a travel pass for he and Michelle??
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He bamboozled millions... gave us the old 'okee doke,' never intending to 'deliver.' He intended to redistribute wealth.
Obama would be lucky to make it to the ranks of a minor demon.
Chris Matthews concurs.
He should be holding an ice cream cone in one of those hands.
I think that all of our Hindu friends should be justifiably offended
It's no coincidence that the last time the media was playing that idea up was during the Carter Administration. then Reagan came in and that argument went away very quickly.
“Why is everyone so surprised by his incompetence? “
You got me.
They said the same thing before Reagan.
They said a similar thing in NYC before Giuliani.
In that stance the only thing missing is a TSA agent grabbing his balls.
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