Posted on 01/20/2005 6:53:27 PM PST by kattracks
Washington (CNSNews.com) - Counter-inaugural protesters Thursday accused President Bush of "co-opting Jesus" for political purposes. "He's always talking about symbols of evil, using Jesus as a political pawn," said Rod Murphy from a group called, "10,000 Jesuses."
"The GOP and Bush sound like they have a mandate from Jesus, and I am sorry, but that is not the Jesus that I grew up with," Murphy told Cybercast News Service, noting his opposition to the war in Iraq.
"We just want to remind people that the message of Jesus was something completely different than the Religious Right seems to be pushing on people today," he added.
Other protesters echoed the theme.
"[Bush] talks all the time and his fundamentalist base about ... Jesus," said Ben Stern of Potomac, Md. "He makes his faith very public, yet at the same time he is doing things I consider -- and I am not even a Christian -- that Christian doctrine ... is in opposition to," said Stern, who carried a sign reading, "Who Would Jesus Bomb?"
Bush has not acted like a Christian, according to Stern, because of the "amoral way he is [defecating] on the little guy and, you know, racial minorities."
Chuck Engel of Milwaukee, Wis., lamented that "more Christianity is being pushed into the legal system" to oppose homosexual marriage and abortion.
Other protesters held signs reading, "There is something wrong with a Christian fundamentalist fighting an Islamic fundamentalist," and "Pray for your Soul George Bush and company."
Protester Debbie Richter of New Jersey also mocked Bush's references to his Christian faith.
"He always says that he is talking to God, but what he should be doing is saying, 'I am wrong and I need forgiveness," Richter said, referring to Bush's policies in Iraq.
The counter-inaugural protests also featured flag-burning on Pennsylvania Avenue and 14th St., just blocks from the White House.
Some demonstrators compared President Bush to World War II Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler. "I've put a little Hitler 'stache on [a picture of Bush] because quite honestly, historically speaking, we are following that same line as Hitler," said Roger Czeh of Potomac, Md.
Others crowded into the area complained about the U.S. voters who re-elected Bush on Nov. 2. "It's maddening. I mean [Bush] is a war criminal. All this sh** went down and people are just so ignorant. It's just like, 'Oh, he's a cowboy, he's just an everyday guy, he's okay," said Raychel Beatrice.
"The sh** going on in Iraq, no one sees that. It's just the ignorance of the American people," Beatrice said.
See Earlier Article:
Protesters Accuse Bush of 'Exterminating the Muslim Race' (Jan. 20, 2005)
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Yeah, yeah. According to the left, Jesus was a gay, vegan activist, among other things...
there's no doubt that we're going to be seeing more democrats professing their faith and carrying bibles.
BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Man, he must be old.
Oh no, Bush mentioned Jesus!!! He can't do that! It offends me and hurts my self-esteem! Every time the Chimp mentions Jesus the country moves a little closer to Nazism. Hitler, of course, was a born-again Christian, like Stalin, Osama bin Laden, and Caligula.
Seriously, isn't it just a teense hypocritical for people who hold up signs reading "What Would Jesus Bomb" and actually calling themselves "10,000 Jesuses" to accuse anyone else of using Jesus as a political pawn?
By their fruits you shall know them...
Amen to that.
i used to gag when the media would show her carrying her bible from the white house over to some local church.
as a student of saul alinsky, the communist who wrote "rules for radicals" you know she's not religious.
If they knew Jesus, they would know no man can co-opt Christ.
I seriously doubt they know Him, sad.
This guy is co-opting Jesus for his own political purposes.
"The sh** going on in Iraq, no one sees that. It's just the ignorance of the American people," Beatrice said.
It's not mentioned in the story, but Sister Beatrice is an elder in the Potty Mouth Church... she's just speaking in "tongues"...
Stick around for the Tribulation, dimbulb, and find out.
These people are tiring. We can only pray they come to the understanding that the rest of us really don't care!
'So thankful for him as President.
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