Posted on 11/15/2008 1:23:37 PM PST by Kukai
"For most of his presidency, he was beset by critics on all sides. He found himself operating in a perpetual cross fire from congressmen, governors, generals, office seekers, ordinary citizens - all dissatisfied, and many sincerely convinced that he was incompetent and leading the nation down the path of destruction."[1] - Douglas Wilson, Lincoln's Sword
"Towards all this external evil, the man within the breast assumes a warlike attitude, and affirms his ability to cope single-handed with the infinite army of enemies. To this military attitude of the soul we give the name of Herosim." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Years, decades and -- God-willing -- centuries hence, students of American history will look back to the years 2001-2009 and wonder just why was so much vituperation, insult, and venom trained upon George W. Bush. Prologues of biographies and books about the 43rd president's life and administration will feature quotes from writers, pundits and political hacks, senators, congressmen, and candidates declaring the mendacity, malice and criminality of President Bush, a tyrant unlike any other. Such statements, however, will be presented as mockery. As it is with many biographies of Abraham Lincoln, they will be presented as their own words laughing back at them.
Denunciation of President Bush has emanated from seemingly all corners of the world. Few individuals or groups have matched the slurs, lies, and outright hatred that have come from officials of the United Methodist Church (UMC), which incidentally happens to be the church of George W. Bush. Official UMC has portrayed President Bush as a war criminal, wicked and wickedly ignorant; an object of derision unworthy of the church and its educational institutions. They have distorted and denied his accomplishments while distorting and denying the teachings of the founder of Methodism...
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"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
I was raised UMC but gave up on them over 20 years ago. I see they are still trending downward!
“Bush’s problem is he just sat there and took it. I don’t know what human being could take what he took without breaking down.”
Jesus?
If anyone has a chance, take a look at their “book of resolutions” it’s basically a treatise on how much they hate President Bush. What will they do when Bush is no longer around to hate?
I have never seen a more closed minded group than the people that run the UMC. I attend because my wife is a member and she attends because her mother is a member.
But the United Methodist Church has at its core a hierarchy more reminiscent of a pacifist church than a mainline Protestant Church.
I don;t think John Wesley was a pacifist. I think this crept into the UMC after the Methodist church joined with a hairbrained German derived sect called the United Brethren to become the “United” Methodist Church. I believe these wack jobs borough pacifism into the Methodist congregation sometime in the earl or mid 1950’s when opposition to all war was adopted as a tenet by that group.
Most individual Methodists today probably are ignorant of this position by their church or ignore it, but the Church hierarchy - they have Bishops - promulgate it.
The problems of the UMC are in part a reflection of the problems all mainstream Christian Churches are undergoing today due to their “Activist” ministers and priest. No longer is the teaching of Christ the underpinning of what they present. Rather it is a gospel of “this world” “social justice” written by Marx, Engels and Castro.
“I attend because my wife is a member and she attends because her mother is a member.”
I personally know the disease - I had it. But I convinced her to leave it - we both did.
LOL - Definitely not the Methodist Church I grew up in in West Texas. Just a bunch of homo equivocators now.
Imagine if we did what the leftists wanted on Spetember 11th and just tried to use diplomacy and policing powers to resolve the issues.
1. Afghanistan was on the verge of famine. It probably would have been on a scale comparable to Ethiopia of the eighties or North Korea of the nineties. Millions would have died.
2. We would have been hit again by terrorists, probably on multiple occasions.
3. India and Pakistan might well have gone to war, leading to millions of deaths. This one is unknowable, of course, but Bush’s engagement in the region clearly helped maintain a fragile relative peace.
Okay, Bush hasn’t been perfect. But when a Republican chooses to engage the enemy, it’s a newsflash when one person dies. When Democrats choose to cut and run, it’s not mentioned when thousands or even millions die as a result. Why is Bush supposed to be blamed for the four thousand American troops lost in Iraq, but the Democratic leadership of Congress in the seventies gets no blame for the millions dead after the hasty U.S. withdrawal from Vietnam?
Look at the Episcopalins, Anglicans, Presbyterians and Lutherans.
In an effort to become more “inclusive” they have abandoned their principles.
When you have a solemn fiduciary responsibility to the nation and its people, "just sitting there and taking it" is no virtue. He allowed his enemies, despicable as they are, to destroy the people's trust in his office by his passivity. Lies unrebutted and slanders unanswered become operating truths.
This isn't all about him after all. He initiated his administration's policies but we all are paying a bitter price for his lofty indifference to defending them.
I attend because my wife is a member
I’m sorry but this is a most pathetic excuse to take part in such a hypocritical group attempting to pass themselves off as followers of the Lord Jesus Christ. Tell the woman you are going elsewhere and let the chips fall where they may.
I'm currently attending a Methodist church down here in Mississippi and the pastor may not care for all that President Bush has done (the pastor is a true conservative, but he made it clear that he preferred Bush to Gore, Kerry, and especially Obama. Whenever a "church" bashes anyone like the Prez, I wonder if they are true Christians - too many seem to forget that ALL the Bible is the Word of God, not just the parts they either agree with or can twist to suit their own form of perversion.
Keep on trucking - I've enjoyed your posts for some time.
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Has the UM Church become more Liberal in general?
What exactly is their stance on gay marriage and abortion?
Wasn’t there a dust up about the UM Church and Catapiller, something about supporting Israel?
Can someone help me learn more about my wifes Church?
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Exodus 22:28 says “You shall not curse the gods, nor curse the rulers of your people”.
Apparently the UMC is ignorant of what really matters.
I gave up on them when the Minister(I think San Francisco) was on page one dancing down the isle with Angela Davis. If you don't know about her you should.
In the upper echelons of “power” intellectual and academic centered “ministers” have worked their way into leadership nationally, since their focus has not been on their congregations or the word, but on joining their fellow liberals in saving the world. They are just doing under a different banner, trading the red with golden star for the Methodist cross and flame, using the giving and forgiveness aspects of Christ's acts as their “example” whilst leaving off the moral aspects of his ministry. Most of these folks are from up north of course.
Sadly, those ordained who have been doing their jobs have not had the time to stem the tide, the needs of a modern church and it's congregation are demanding. So outside the occasional conference, they have little opportunity to fight this effort. Add to that the nature of the calling, to be a peace maker and such, and open turf battles are unseemly.
In the end it is the congregations job to fight this battle, and it is happening. That's why I question people leaving the church, for as in my case it is my church, and my beliefs, these “new age” Methodist are the outsiders, trying to change the church and what it stands for. To leave is to surrender what is mine. Plus here in the south I am very much not alone. Many are now seeing what has until recently been a very subtle and distant yet building change. I think there will finally be a fight for the soul of this church, as there have been and will be in many others.
One solace, as the Lord has often said, this to shall pass.
Only one. Hard to find though in this generation. The Bible gives a lot of hints, if you are attending for anything other than social reasons, you can find one.
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