Posted on 02/01/2006 5:22:57 PM PST by Terriergal
The president's State of the Union address sounded like it was cut and pasted from so many old speeches. There was nothing new last night. Easily agreed-to rhetoric about freedom, growth, opportunity, and civility hides the facts:
1. George Bush's foreign policy, and the way he fights his war on terrorism, is making our families less safe and secure, not more. His war in Iraq was based on false pretenses and has utterly failed. Yet, the president doesn't seem to have the capacity for self-examination, or the moral sense to change the nation's course.
2. George Bush's former rhetoric of compassionate conservatism has all but disappeared, and his domestic policies have clearly increased poverty in the United States. Overseas, shining promises to reduce global poverty have fallen tragically short. Last night he promised to continue down the path of moral hypocrisy with tax and spending cuts that further enrich the wealthy and impoverish the poor.
The facts of George Bush's policies undercut the moral values that many Americans, especially many of us in the religious community, hold dear. When rhetoric hides the facts, moral integrity suffers. Speeches come and go, but policies continue. And the facts of the Bush administration's policies will continue to turn true moral values voters away from this president.
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Bump to that!
From that page. That's enough for me! (TO AVOID that place) But on top of that they seem to endorse... just about everything but fundamental Christianity.
http://www.ccci.org/wij/
"God loves you and offers a wonderful plan for your life"
"Man is sinful and separated from God, therefore, he cannot know and experience God's love and plan for his life."
"Jesus Christ is God's only provision for man's sin. Through him you can know and experience God's love and plan for your life."
Right out of Warren's playbook. No wrath of God, eternal condemnation, hell... *this* is why I can't stand Warren. It's half truths that end up filling the church with people who think they believe but really haven't made a total commitment to Christ because they don't really understand the severity of the problem of our sin and God's wrath.
This is a good line though from his "Thank God for America" page:
"Judging American Christianity by its televangelists is a bit like judging British culture by Benny Hill."
His anti gay marriage page, upon a cursory examination, only seems to present what each 'group' in the argument believes, doesn't really say what his church or he personally believes...
He has a page on Israel and it doesn't *seem* virulently anti Israel...what did you find?
I have seen him branding Israel as promoting apartheid blah blah blah. For instance, there is a page like this:
http://www.christchurch-virginiawater.co.uk/articles/alaqsa2001.htm
spot on
Benny Hill, Benny Hinn...what's the difference, anyway?
A lot of people thought Bill Clinton was a Christian because he carried a Bible around.
Exactly!
Well, nowadays, shallow appearances is what it's all about. Fill out your SHAPE questionnaire and voila, you're a mature believer! Take Class 301 and you're qualified to lead!
...Or bow at the pastor's feet, rather than to God. Here's a new twist: A local pastor won't let any staffer quit, or he refuses to give a good recommendation. They can only leave on the pastor's terms, because he doesn't want to look bad...
Controlling? Yikes!
Rick Warren is supposed to be on Nightline 2-3-06 discussing his takeover of Rwanda.
I hope you filled in our media friend on that one.
Haven't heard anything in several days...
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