The Word according to Dubya: 50 religious insights from George Bush

[BurtWorm]

The following inanities were brought to my attention by Pharyngula.org:


George W. Bush talks to God but he also talks about God. Here are his top 50 quotes about religion, the Almighty, and putting words into God's mouth.


http://timesonline.typepad.com/faith/images/2007/08/08/bush_3

1. I am driven with a mission from God. God would tell me, 'George go and fight these terrorists in Afghanistan'. And I did. And then God would tell me 'George, go and end the tyranny in Iraq'. And I did. Sharm el-Sheikh August 2003

2. I trust God speaks through me. Without that, I couldn't do my job.
Statement made during campaign visit to Amish community, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Jul. 9, 2004

3. I'm also mindful that man should never try to put words in God's mouth. I mean, we should never ascribe natural disasters or anything else to God. We are in no way, shape, or form should a human being, play God. Washington, D.C., Jan. 14, 2005

4. God loves you, and I love you. And you can count on both of us as a powerful message that people who wonder about their future can hear. Los Angeles, California, Mar. 3, 2004

5. I tell people all the time, you're equally American if you're a Christian, Jew, or Muslim. You're equally American if you believe in an Almighty or don't believe in an Almighty. That's a sacred freedom.
Washington, D.C., Mar. 10, 2006

6. Well, first of all, you got to understand some of my view on freedom, it's not American's gift to the world. See, freedom is God -- is God given. Interview with TVR, Romania, Nov. 23, 2002

7. I'm sure there is some kind of heavy doctrinal difference, which I'm not sophisticated enough to explain to you. Explaining the issues involved in his switching from attending an Episcopal church to attending a Methodist one, (date is approximate:), Jul. 1, 1994

8. I don't think you order suiciders to kill innocent men, women, and children if you're a religious person. Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin, Jul. 14, 2004

9. And there's nothing more powerful in helping change the country than the faith -- faith in Dios.
National Hispanic Prayer Breakfast, Washington, D.C., May 16, 2002

10. We believe in an Almighty, we believe in the freedom for people to worship that Almighty. They don't. Martinsburg, West Virginia, Jul. 4, 2007


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<plenty more Bushian theist-idiocy where this came from>

[spoony]

1. Jesus wept.

[AspenRose]

2. I love number 7

Pssst....John Wesley was an Anglican priest...you could start with that bit of history and go from there....sheesh

[SammyWinstonJack]

3. ...

:crazy: I'm convinced that he just loves the sound of his own voice. He certainly doesn't come across as actually understanding the subject on which he is speaking, ever. He's an IDIOT! And that pic is creepy.

[NMMNG]

4. Pfft

37. Tonight I ask you to pass legislation to prohibit the most egregious abuses of medical research. ...Human life is a gift from our Creator -- and that gift should never be discarded, devalued or put up for sale. 2006 State of the Union Address, Jan. 31, 2006


How many people have been killed in the Iraq war since then? How many have died for lack of food, shelter and/or health care? Only the blastocyte, embryo and fetus matter--not the born human being.

[driver8]

5. Don't tell "suiciders" to kill innocent men, women and children...just bomb

the shit out of them from 30,000 feet!

What a fucking hypocrite asshole.