"Servant of God" letter from a reader in our newspaper, shocking

[jn2375]

This was in our local paper yesterday, had to share it with everyone, can't believe how deluded these people are.




"I am trying to understand why there is all this hatred expressed
against President Bush. He has never said he was appointed by God!
All Bush has ever said is that he is a servant of the living God.
From time to time at his own choosing, the living God appoints kings
and rulers to carry out his plans for this evil world.
If by providence President Bush is that person in this place, for these
times, no one can destroy him."

[loveable liberal]

1. There is no freakshow without the freaks. n/t

[saltpoint]

2. Well. In that case I guess I'll just sprawl on the hammock and have

some more iced tea.

[jobycom]

3. I like that letter

It means if we can destroy Bush, he's not appointed by God. Put the pressure on to impeach him.

[no_hypocrisy]

4. My reply to such a "believer": Beware of false prophets. n/t

[zbdent]

20. Who thought the "silver-tongued" devil would have been taught

to speak like a moron? Well, maybe he is a moron ...

[underpants]

5. 'this evil world'-Isn't this God's world?

is the writer calling God evil?

[jn2375]

6. your guess is as good as mine

[maxsolomon]

52. the manichean heresy

keeps coming back

the world is made by the devil

[LaurenG]

7. Take it with a grain of salt

We've all been lied to and tricked, we still are. However, probably not as badly as this poor soul.

"If by providence President Bush is that person in this place, for these
times, no one can destroy him." :eyes:

No one will need to he's busy destroying himself anyway.

[jn2375]

9. and us along with him

[rfranklin]

8. King George (1776) ruled by divine right....and that is why

there is a United States of America. They said good riddance to that conservative belief when they wrote the Declaration of Independence.

[eagler]

24. Nothing truer ever said!

But that's just the kind of history they don't want us to remember.

[struggle4progress]

53. Tom Paine's lovely comment: "A French bastard landing with an armed ..

.. banditti, and establishing himself king of England against the consent of the natives, is in plain terms a very paltry rascally original. It certainly hath no divinity in it."

The modern parallel was floating around cyberspace five years ago and said something like: "What would Americans say if, in some African country, the son of the former ruler and former head of the secret police was declared President after judges, appointed by his father, stopped the recount of disputed ballots in a province governed by his brother?"

[kwolf68]

10. wow

:rofl:

[hobbit709]

11. Divine right of kings indeed

From "Flowers In The Night" by Jack Traylor

Paine and Pierce and Robespierre, Juarez and Danton,
Luther, King and Lumumba dead but far from gone
Lenin, Cleaver, Jesus too, outlaws in their nations,
Revolutionaries all, dreamed of liberation
God is up in heaven his agents here on earth

The church has said that this man rules, he's best because of birth.
But what's that noise down in the street, who dares to shout and sing?
With all his courtiers at his side, who dares to touch the king?
Old man get some soldiers, keep them close at hand
There's a fire in the country, there's a flame come to the land
Seven thousand loyal troops, in ranks they stretch so far
With seven thousand well armed men, no one can touch the czar.

[Bill McBlueState]

12. why do these people hate democracy?

Anyone who claims that gods have a stake in a Presidential election has to think that democracy is a farce.

[RaleighNCDUer]

21. IMO, it starts with people who think that gods have a stake in

football games.

When both sides of a conflict invoke god, possibly both sides, and certainly one side, is wrong.

[yorkiemommie1]

26. I know people who rooted for Washington Redskins

' because their coach is a Christian '.

[Bill McBlueState]

27. i've heard about that too

I wonder what religion they think the other 31 NFL coaches follow.

[jn2375]

37. these people live in a different universe

[BlueCaliDem]

51. Yep. The 23% Follow-Over-Cliff "world" John Dean wrote about...

...in his new book "Conservatives w/out a Conscience".

IMO, they carry no relevant weight, and have zero credibility, so I pay these religious-fanatics, rightwing, narrow-minded dimwits no heed.

Well...except when I feel the need to "vent", that is.

[tavalon]

44. Correct

They prefer authoritarian rule. Less work for their sheeplike pea brains. On second thought, that wasn't very nice to sheep. Sheep are smarter than these morons.

[fasttense]

13. What a very sick God we must have, by this letter's standards.

He approves of lies, he approves of cheating, he approves of large scale killing and torture. He approves of taking taxes from the poor and giving them to the rich. He approves of economic slavery. He approves of corruption. Is there any evil and immoral behavior this God doesn't approve of?

[jn2375]

17. Authoritarian rule, wacko's will believe anything their told

[tavalon]

45. It's a sick God THEY have

My Goddess is doing just fine.

[patrice]

14. I still don't get how anything can happen that would be against an

omnipotent god's will?

So, okay, GWB is where he is because "god" "put" him there. But that same god put everyone else wherever they are too. Ergo, the problem is in assuming that you know anything at all about what the "will" of "god" is.

[tavalon]

46. Do not argue with these idiots

They have far more experience at being mindless idiots than you ever will!

[jn2375]

47. I don't think their brains have fully developed

[patrice]

49. That's good advice.

It IS best not to argue with them - as long as we are also constructively Proactive on our Issues.

[Amy6627]

15. Regarding people who claim to be Christian-- Christ said

You will know them by their fruits. Well bushco's fruit is death and destruction, so that tells me bush is no Christian.

[patrice]

16. You remind me of that creepy Billy Holiday song "Strange Fruit". n/t

[Amy6627]

19. You remind me of the Door's song "People are Strange" n/t

[patrice]

50. Weirdness IS.

:toast:

[Bill McBlueState]

28. the problem with that

People who aren't Christian are usually insulted by that logic.

Your claim is that if someone behaves badly, he's not a Christian. But then, what religion *is* Bush, if he's not a Christian?

[Amy6627]

29. To put the verse in context, Jesus' disciples were asking

him how could they tell if someone was a false prophet. And he responded with-- by the way they live their lives. I don't take that to mean that if you're not Christian you are a bad person. I take it to mean if you are a bad person you are not Christian. I am using the term "bad" to mean, someone who knowing and consistently is harming others for their own benefit and does not care about consequences. I think that there are plenty of Atheists that are living a far more "Christian" life than, GW, Falwell, Dobson, et al. And by "Christian" I mean, working or promoting social & economic justice, helping the less fortunate, etc., which are Christ's teachings. I am a Christian and I try to live by Christ teachings, but I often fall short (all humans do), but I keep trying. I don't think that I am a good person because I believe Jesus is the son of God, that just makes me Christian. My actions make me a good or bad person.

[jn2375]

31. beautifully said

[Amy6627]

33. Thank you, I thought I might be rambling. n/t

[jn2375]

34. your welcome

[mnhtnbb]

18. Fundies have promoted the concept that Bush was appointed

by God. Even Poppa Bush has made comments about it!

http://www.slate.com/id/2106590/

Bush has talked about God telling him to strike Al Qaeda, and to strike Saddam. The guy is completely delusional.

http://www.commondreams.org/views03/0630-04.htm

[cantstandbush]

35. Listen, lots of kings of Judah and Israel and prophets were appointed

by God. And look what he did to many of them.

[xxqqqzme]

22. How does one walk around in a

fog of ignorant acceptance? There just has 2 be a difference in the way we are 'hard-wired'. I cannot imagine ever having that kind of 'blind faith'. But then I was raised in a very politically active family, even if it was the conservative rethug variety.

[jn2375]

23. People like that seem to have no capacity to think for themselves

[C_U_L8R]

25. Too much meth

brain rot republicans

[JerseygirlCT]

30. Scary, isn't it? Wonder if he believes his own press. nt

[sinkingfeeling]

32. Thank God, I don't believe in that person's god! What kind of god

would appoint kings and rulers to 'carry out his palns for this evil world'? Sounds more like that ole satan to me. These people do not live in the real world.

[loves_dulcinea]

36. show of hands

has anyone here read "kingdon coming - the rise of christian nationalism" by michelle goldberg?
i can only read a few pages at a time, i get too pissed off. her creds? reporter for "slate"
check it out, i give it High High marks.

[Lars39]

38. Welcome to DU,loves_dulcinea.

Thanks for the recommendation, although it sounds like it's not too good for my blood pressure. :)

[NMMNG]

39. Oh yeah, s/he's gone

Fundie of the worst variety.

:scared:

[Joanne98]

41. I love your screen name.

[NMMNG]

54. Thanks

:hi:

[formercia]

40. A servant of the living God?

That must be Moon he's talking about....

[Toots]

42. no one can destroy him.

So far that has proved out. She may have something but if Bush* is God's servant then God must be one evil MFer.

[tavalon]

43. From time to time

the devil sends an antichrist, too, according to these freaks. Too bad they don't have the ability to discern which is which. I swear they didn't get the common sense God gave a flea!

[grannylib]

48. Factually incorrect, as are all Freeper statements. The Warped Resident

HAS clearly stated that he thinks God wanted him to be pResident at this time.
He is, of course, an idolatrous, blasphemous individual who is totally clueless as to what Christianity is all about.

Makes me think of the Gandhi quote: "I like your Christ. I do not like your Christians. They are so unlike your Christ."

[SeveneightyWhoa]

55. Mind sharing the name of the paper? n/t

[jn2375]

57. The Patriot News. Harrisburg PA

PennLive.com it was in the Letters to the Editor section on Wednesday

[The Straight Story]

56. They actually said the same about Clinton and prayed for him

Didn't like him, but felt god had his reasons for him being president.

[jn2375]

58. You have to wonder what makes these type of people think

and act this way. It's like they have no capacity to think for themselves. We should come up with a medical term for people like that.

[Contrary1]

59. If you believe in God at all...

We are all "servants". And, if you believe in God, you understand that
He/She puts trials and tribulations along our path...a test, if you will.

And to this, George has failed...miserably. It's as simple as that.