Posted on 10/07/2007 4:50:54 AM PDT by Man50D
President George Bush has repeated his belief all religions, "whether they be Muslim, Christian, or any other religion, prays to the same God" – an assertion that caused outrage among evangelical leaders when he said it in November 2003.
Bush made the statement Friday in an interview with Al Arabiya reporter Elie Nakouzi.
Al Arabiya is Al Jazeerah's top competitor in the Mideast.
As the president and Nakouzi walked from the Oval Office to the Map Room in the White House residence, Nazouki asked, "But I want to tell you – and I hope this doesn't bother you at all – that in the Islamic world they think that President Bush is an enemy of Islam – that he wants to destroy their religion, what they believe in. Is that in any way true, Mr. President?"
"No, it's not," said Bush. "I've heard that, and it just shows [sic] to show a couple of things: One, that the radicals have done a good job of propagandizing. In other words, they've spread the word that this really isn't peaceful people versus radical people or terrorists, this is really about the America not liking Islam.
"Well, first of all, I believe in an Almighty God, and I believe that all the world, whether they be Muslim, Christian, or any other religion, prays to the same God. That's what I believe. I believe that Islam is a great religion that preaches peace. And I believe people who murder the innocent to achieve political objectives aren't religious people, whether they be a Christian who does that – we had a person blow up our – blow up a federal building in Oklahoma City who professed to be a Christian, but that's not a Christian act to kill innocent people.
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Bush needs to step down and turn the presidency over to Cheney. He favors Mexicans over Americans (besides his amnesty proposals for the millions of illegals, he is siding with Mexico on the Medillin case in Texas, where an illegal from Mexico - Medillin - and his gang-banging buds gang-raped and murdered two young teenage girls, a crime for which he was convicted and sentenced to execution. Mexico, of course, opposes the execution, and complained, and Bush is agreeing with Mexico and wants the perv’s execution stopped and maybe even have him granted a new trial!). That, and his stubborn insistence that islam means “peace” (it does not, it means “submission”) and that the god of islam is the same God as Christianity and Judaism just shows that he has lost all contact with reality and thus has forfeited his privilege to serve as our president. I like the guy, personally, and I’m sure he’d be fun to chat with and bike with, but he has blown it as president.
>>What little respect I had left for junior is now completely gone.”
Welcome home.
If that's the case, then why is it that those praying to Allah want to exterminate the chosen people of Yahweh?
Is God schizophrenic?
Bush jumped the shark. Moderate Muslims lay low because they know Jihadists keep a little black book, and the more we give in to Islam, the less likely that moderate Muslims will ever speak up. (We may believe in the dubious merits of multiculturalism, but they don’t.) “Me? Moderate? Never. Gimme that suicide vest. I’ll help strap it on my daughter.”
Thanks.
Just seems to me that the messages he repeated over and over were “Forgive” and “Judge not...”
This is “Moderate” talk, and it is exactly what
you get from “Moderates.” This is where Bush goes
completely wrong in his stance. It is the stance of
the Methodist church to which he belongs.
WE KEEP FISHIN FROM THE SAME OL POND, WERE GONNA KEEP CATCHIN THE SAME OL BIG MOUTH BASS.
Vote Conservative.....not the lesser of two evils!
Now is the time to make a difference. Pick the MOST CONSERVATIVE candidate and get behind him.
The hell with electability, this is a made up entity to weed out candidates that rock the two party system.
DUNCAN HUNTER 08
This is a repeat of a previous statement. “W” was without oxygen for longer than we were told when he choked on the pretzel while on vacation in Crawford.
He must have lost a massive amount of brain cells to have made such an uninformed statement and to have conducted himself the way he has since the incident.
I have never believed the man was saved, this proves it.
He is a phony that played the Conservative Christians for fools.
> SO a just God completely ignores the prayers of a billion
> people in the world because their understanding of just
> who and what he is, is completely messed up?
Most of the people in the world do not pray to Yahweh God, the God of the Bible; the Creator, the Sacrifice, the Resurrection, and the Life.
They pray to some demon, like “allah”, that commands them to perform acts of unspeakable evil.
Others pray to images made of wood and stone by the hands of men; images that cannot hear, or see, or speak, or think.
Those prayers are not directed to the God of the Bible.
“The President is a dangerous man...He is a danger to Christians...”
Indeed he is! Just ask the few remaining Christians in the Middle East and North Africa.
Not all that surprising considering the direction of the GOP these days. Looks like it’s going to get worse since so many are willing to vote for name recognition over right and wrong.
I’m dismayed that those here in FR can’t distinguish between “religion” and what “man does in the name of religion.”
Bush is right. There is only one God.
If some want to believe that God is asking them to kill people in his name, they are going to have to answer to those of us who will fight back followed by anwering to God who will surely set them straight.
He is either Biblically ignorant or he just is not a Christian.
And I would say that comment proves both are true.
It is however, an islamic act. Even if the Oklahoma city bomber was "Christian" that's one "Christian bombing" against thousands of Islamic bombings, shooting, shelling, and rocketing. There is no comparison except for propaganda purposes, Mr. President. Let's try a new track, Mr. President, speaking the truth. Let's try it for a month and see what happens.
Bush is a clueless dolt. The guy doesn't have any principles. If he read the Koran, he'd know that it preaches "peace" as a stalling tactic for only so long as it takes to build up your forces and acquire superior weapons.
Bush has been a great let-down. I'm glad I did not vote for him in 2004. If it had not been for the Swift Boat Vets, there would have been a Kerry victory.
I'm not sure Bush is "right" on the war on terror. I think maybe that Bush is giving his rabid "kill em all" supporters what they want in order to distract them from him giving his Mexican masters the control they want over the United States.
This isn't the first time he's displayed his ignorance when it comes to understanding global norms, customs and soevereignty. His vision for a "new America" began years ago.
| We are now one of the largest Spanish-speaking nations in the world. We're a major source of Latin music, journalism and culture. Just go to Miami, or San Antonio, Los Angeles, Chicago or West New York, New Jersey ... and close your eyes and listen. You could just as easily be in Santo Domingo or Santiago, or San Miguel de Allende. For years our nation has debated this change -- some have praised it and others have resented it. By nominating me, my party has made a choice to welcome the new America. As I speak, we are celebrating the success of democracy in Mexico. George Bush from a campaign speech in Miami, August 2000. |
Here is an excerpt of a good critique of that speech:
In equating our intimate historic bonds to our mother country and to Canada with our ties to Mexico, W. shows a staggering ignorance of the civilizational facts of life. The reason we are so close to Britain and Canada is that we share with them a common historical culture, language, literature, and legal system, as well as similar standards of behavior, expectations of public officials, and so on. My Bush Epiphany By Lawrence Auster
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