I’ll give this a shot but don’t expect mind changing.
I give him the benefit of the doubt on the issue of our God vs. Islam’s God.
Because he of all people is not craftily articulate. This is like a gut instinct with him and I think it’s based on his belief there is only one God, therefore if any worship God this is the God they are worshipping...there is no other.
Some support for this in Scripture, as well. The Apostle Paul preached a famous sermon on Mars Hill in Athens. The Athenians had statues and inscriptions to all sorts of mythological gods, by name, not to leave any of them out. Then they had an inscription “to an unknown god” just to cover THAT base. Paul stood up and said he was declaring the truth to them about that God, and proceeded to speak of the One God who created the Universe and who sent his Son Jesus Christ to save mankind from Sin.
Paul didn’t accord recognition to any of their gods, but what he did do was start with their belief in something beyond Mankind, in superior beings, and went from there to teach them.
Bush isn’t there as a secular President to teach Christianity, so he limits himself unlike the Apostle Paul who was an evangelist to the world for the Gospel of Christ.
But when asked a question about do we worship the same God as Islam, I believe he meant his statement for good, not for evil, and that he intended to show he doesn’t even consider that there are different Gods to worship. But he doesn’t know how to articulate that they worship God ignorantly and to their destruction, without insulting a large part of the world’s masses and stirring up even more terrorism, which he doesn’t want to do.
That’s my take.
I know that his statement is one of the reasons his base has rejected him.
I just think it’s one more thing he hasn’t well articulated and perhaps he didn’t even want to “go there” for the reasons I said, so his oversimplified answer has given more cause to his detractors.
So be it.
I don’t see it like the detractors see it.
“I just think it’s one more thing he hasn't’t well articulated and perhaps he didn't’t even want to “go there” for the reasons I said, so his oversimplified answer has given more cause to his detractors.
So be it.
I don’t see it like the detractors see it.”
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This thread is an interesting series of responses to an interesting article.
Too huge an overall proposition to address succinctly. Many Books will be written about this subject.
Media ... has the power; and they use it to their own benefit ... always.
‘Big’ money owns most of the medias, or are majority stockholders, thus being of huge influence as to the direction of the news. Certainly the medias has their own political agenda.
History is written by the winners of the battles ... thus the Democrats/liberals/Socialists/Communists that comprise the Democratic Party will all agree to uphold and glorify their version of the truth.
The real battle is often disguised well. It is the battle of GOOD AND EVIL.
It is ever present and behind the scenes; no matter who or what is happening on the stage.
The powers that want ONE WORLD GOVERNMENT, the destruction of America and the rise of a new regime, must first bring America down. Our Constitution is in real trouble. Activist Judges are manipulating it, the Congress is ignoring it, while creating all sorts of laws and regulations that are unconstitutional, etc. The UN is against America. We give billions in foreign aid to the world and it is considered , ... NOT ENOUGH ...We are rich ... they need our money. ... We are borrowing it. We do not actually have the money we are giving away.
Many in the world desire to come here, yet when they come they want to bring the ways of the country they are fleeing
from to America;and change our government. Communism said, “we will conquer you from within” ... it appears so.
America is on a down hill slide. If allowed to continue we will experience great hardship.
Frankly we are in big trouble. Obama considers our Constitution to be in need of revising ...
My take on the Christian response to be one of not returning tit for tat, not playing by the same rules that the Democrats use. IT IS NOT THE CHRISTIAN BEHAVIOR TO DO SO.
Rightly so, however, it puts us at a distinct disadvantage in this play of politics. They have no rules. all is fair. We have rules and mostly do not play ‘dirty pool’.
The on going drama of mankind. Always has been and will continue to be so.
America has the best foundation and has prospered under it ... yet we are rapidly destroying it; and the majority of conservatives/Christians/Republicans sit on the side lines and watch.. And of course grouse .. and act like armchair quarterbacks ... knowing all the mistakes, and how to win and doing nothing more than that. Sideline sitters.
We come here and learn much. It is a wonderful web site and many, many knowledgeable posters come here. Very educational.
Still it acts to defuse our energy; and it is after all mostly talk.
God help us.
I don't care that he isn't articulate. I care that he has filled his administration with 3rd raters who have done a epithet deleted poor job of executing key policies that are important to the welfare of the United States.