White House denies Bush God claims
"A senior White House official has denied that the US president, George Bush, said God ordered him to invade Afghanistan and Iraq." [→ READ ]
In a 3-part BBC documentary starting Monday, October 10, 2005, former Palestinian foreign minister Nabil Shaath says that Mr. Bush told a Palestinian delegation in 2003 that —
[Bush according to Shaath:] “I’m driven with a mission from God. God would tell me, George, go and fight those terrorists in Afghanistan. And I did, and then God would tell me, George, go and end the tyranny in Iraq. … And I did.”
Of this Andrew Blackstock, director of the British-based Christian Socialist Movement, accurately observes:
“History is littered with examples of people doing the most bizarre and sometimes wicked things on this basis. … If Bush really wants to obey God during his time as president he should start with what is blindingly obvious from the Bible rather than perceived supernatural messages.
“That would lead him to the rather less glamorous business of prioritising the needs of the poor, the downtrodden and the marginalised in his own country and abroad.”
Waging war, especially war predicated on lies, is a rather inescapable contraindication that one is, to use biblical imagery, listening to The Prince of Peace. It is instead a strong indication that one is hearing The Father of Lies.
Some things in life are complicated; this isn’t one of them:
By their fruit you will recognize them.
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