Bush is no devout evangelical. In fact, he may not be a Christian at all.

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As God Is His Witness

Bush is no devout evangelical. In fact, he may not be a Christian at all.

By Ayelish McGarvey
Web Exclusive: 10.19.04

Late in the summer, at the Republican national convention in New York, a movie billed as the conservative alternative to Fahrenheit 9/11 debuted for the party faithful. The film, George W. Bush: Faith in the White House, opens with a montage of a billowing American flag, a softly lit portrait of Jesus in Gethsemane, and a shot of the tawny profile of our 43rd president with his eyes gazing heavenward. Myriad times throughout the film Bush is referred to reverently as a man of faith.

Like no president in recent memory, George W. Bush wields his Christian righteousness like a flaming sword. Indeed, hundreds of news stories and nearly half a dozen books have evinced a White House that, according to BBC Washington correspondent Justin Webb, “hums to the sound of prayer.” Yet for the past four years the mainstream press has trod lightly, rarely venturing beyond the biographical to probe the depth, or sincerity, of Bush's Christian beliefs. Bush has no doubt benefited from the media’s reluctance; Newsweek, for example, in the heat of the run-up to the Iraq War, ran a cover package on the president’s faith under the headline “Bush and God” -- a story whose timing lent the war the aura of having heavenly sanction. Even lefty believers like Jim Wallis, editor of Sojourners, and Amy Sullivan, journalist and Democratic adviser, politely maintain that Bush’s faith is strong, if misguided.

Indeed, in an 8,000-word lamentation appearing in The New York Times Magazine last weekend, Ron Suskind attempted to trace Bush’s lack of intellectual curiosity, and the policy disasters that have stemmed from that, back to his relationship with God. “That a deep Christian faith illuminated the personal journey of George W. Bush is common knowledge,” Suskind wrote. In other words, the devil, as it were, is lurking among the articles of faith, but not in the heart of the man.

This is a huge mistake, because when judged by his deeds, an entirely different picture emerges: Bush does not demonstrate a life of faith by his actions, and neither Methodists, evangelicals, nor fundamentalists can rightly call him brother. In fact, the available evidence raises serious questions about whether Bush is really a Christian at all.

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[xray s]

1. He's a Moonie

a whack job

[tuvor]

2. Why does bush still get the benefit of the doubt??????????????????????????

Matthew 7:15-23

"Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves. By their fruit you will recognize them. Do people pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? Likewise every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit. Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. Thus, by their fruit you will recognize them.

"Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. Many will say to me on that day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and in your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?' Then I will tell them plainly, 'I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!'

Fits bush to a T, don'tcha think?

[coloradodem2005]

4. Now that was a good bible quote.

Someone needs to take it to the Evangelicals who say that it is NOT what you do in life that gets you into heaven.

[tuvor]

5. Some may think it heretical, but this Christian

has recently found a lot of sense in the doctrine of universal salvation, much of which you can read about at www.tentmaker.org.

The gist is that everyone gets into heaven eventually. The downside is, that includes bush.

[aquart]

7. Mat 7:15-23!

Could some nice person hold that up at some ball games?

[Inland]

3. Bush worships self, creates idolatrous Cult of Personality. That is all.

[PresidentErnestTBass]

6. A lot of Christians can't respond

to the fact that Bush fails every standard that Paul gave for church leaders except one. That's being the husband of one wife, but if the stories of his debauchery are true then that's wildly debatable. His children certainly aren't sober-minded and respectful. If Bush couldn't qualify to run a church, why should Christians believe he's qualified to run a country?

[ThoughtCriminal]

8. I question whether many who call themselves x-tian

really are, or just play along as social convenience.

Also, I believe that waht many fundamentalists are "Practicing" is not Chritianity at all, but is in fact an anti-Christian doomsday cult.