[SkyPilot]

Oh dear.

[RightOnline]

sigh.............Mr. Bush, just shut up and retire to Texas. Please.

[silverleaf]

well there goes the evangelical vote for a 3rd Bush term...

s-a-r-c

[MeanWestTexan]

Misleading headline.

[mnehring]

I was just posting this article as well. Something jumped out to me. Note the parenthetical statements versus the editorial comments. The author seemed to take liberty at points drawing her own conclusions of what statements meant.

[neocon1984]

Based on my Christian background, I agree. The Bible is a work of inspiration (Man inspired by God) not a literal book of science and/or history.

Many of us will have to agree to disagree (politely) on this issue.

[slnk_rules]

What idiot picks these headlines?

All it would take is someone reading about 2 of my posts on GWB to know that I am NO fan of his, but this headline is totally incongruous with the article...., unless you are a staff cartoonist for Jack Chick or something.

[pjluke]

Methodists..... (1/2 sarc)

[Recovering_Democrat]

:) Good old George. Hey, he is a good man...and he definitely had God’s hand upon him as he led us through the darkest days of my adult life.

[Our man in washington]

President Bush has a fairly mainstream view on this issue, actually. A lot of Christians view Genesis as partly metaphorical.

[stockpirate]

“I would have been a pretty selfish person”

So now we know why he gave away so much taxpayer money to everyone all over the world.

Oh lets not forget he wanted to let the whole of South America move to the US.

[mombonn]

'God sent a son,'"

God sent His One and Only Son.

Yikes! This from the man who named Jesus as his philosophical advisor.

[DocRock]

bookmark

[SkyPilot]

I would say after reading this that Bush was not misquoted, so I hope people don't use that. However, I do believe that GW Bush is a saved brother in the Lord Jesus Christ. On interpretation of the Bible as literal truth in the statement he made, he was wrong.

I listened to an audio interview with GW Bush about his encounter with Rev. Billy Graham, and how Bush described giving his life to Christ.

I believed him then, and I believe him now.

Do Christians make Doctrinal errors and misinterpret Scripture?

You bet. But, Bush's declaration that the Bible is not literally true is very troubling, and the debate on it here is welcomed.

In many ways, I have been greatly disappointed in the GW Bush. Let me count the ways......

In other instances, I think he did a helluva job, and I couldn't have approached his leadership.

So yes - I am on both sides of the fence with this. Difficult for me to hear him say this though..........

[nobama08]

He doesn’t know what he believes or why. Wishy washy.

[SecAmndmt]

That these comments would come as a surprise to any conservative, any Christian or any evangelical is an indication of how willfully undiscerning we have become.

The President is a universalist. His stated worldview is incompatible with Biblical Christianity. I don’t know whether he is a Christian or not - I doubt it - but his comments should be a reminder to Christians that we must NEVER adopt pragmatism or unBiblical compromise in the selection of our leaders.

[ConservativeMind]

I agree with him that parts of the Bible aren’t meant to be taken literally.

Look at Revelation.

[stevem]

It always seemed to me when Jesus was teaching at his best, he was teasching in parables.

[lonestar67]

As usual, President Bush is correct and his corrects show themselves for the mean spirited folks they are.

The pretending to hold a literal view of the Bible is one of the dangerous pretenses of some Christians. Only God sees the Bible in its full meaning.

Those who claim to have arrived at the stable final meaning of the text are dangerously arrogant and not humbled by the spirit of God necessary for proper interpretation. President Bush may well be wrong in his interpretation but the arrogance of people in relentlessly judging him is a fascinating study in human pathology.

[mc5cents]

Oh dear, this thread is not going to be Inherit The Wind all over again is it?