Albright: Bush's use of Christian belief in the absolute truth was worrying

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Albright: Bush is alienating Muslims​

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Monday 22 May 2006, 18:08 Makka Time, 15:08 GMT​

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George Bush's religious absolutism is alienating Muslims worldwide and making US foreign policy difficult for many countries to accept, according to a former secretary of state. Madeleine Albright said the president's use of Christian rhetoric and belief in the "absolute truth" was worrying. "Some of his language is really quite over the top," she told Reuters on Sunday during a trip to London to promote her book, The Mighty and Almighty, which examines religion and world affairs. "When he says 'God is on our side', it's very different from (former US President Abraham) Lincoln saying, 'We have to be on God's side'." "I worked for two presidents who were men of faith, and they did not make their religious views part of American policy," she said, referring to Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton, both Democrats.​

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Bush, a Republican, has said that his faith informs his decisions as president. He says, for example, that he prayed to God for guidance before invading Iraq. "President Bush's certitude about what he believes in, and the division between good and evil, is, I think, different. The absolute truth is what makes Bush so worrying to some of us," Albright said. Some Muslims have accused Bush of waging a crusade against Islam. The White House says it has nothing against Islam, but against those who commit terrorist atrocities in its name. In her book, Albright recalls how Bush, while he was governor of Texas, told Christians he believed God wanted him to be president. She quotes from his speech to his party convention of 2004, when he told Republicans: "We have a calling from beyond the stars to stand for freedom."​

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Albright, 69, who was secretary of state under Clinton from 1997 to 2001, says the war in Iraq "may eventually rank among the worst foreign policy disasters in US history". She describes it as arguably worse than the Vietnam War, not in terms of the number of people killed but because of the volatility of the Middle East. Asked about her own beliefs, Albright said she had "a very confused religious background". Born and raised a Roman Catholic in Czechoslovakia, Britain and then the United States, she converted to Anglicanism when she married and only later in life discovered she had Jewish roots. It is this legacy which makes her wary of any religion which claims a monopoly on truth, she said.​

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THE US HOLY WAR ​

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I hate how bush uses god to justify his crazy assed ideas. the problems with theocracy are obvious: it shuts down dissent, because if you are against the decision you are then against god, and thus, evil.
It's also silly, because god isn't talking to Bush, god doesn't really talk to anyone (unless you count the metaphorical). It's sad how many americans still believe him, and are actually grateful that he 'talks to god'.

 

I'm looking forward to front row seat on judgement day when all the neo-cons and their corrupt televangelist advocates are called front and center. What they hear then will be loud and clear and not at all akin to what they claim in the here and now!

 

Lucky me!!!

 

Exactly right. I think they're gonna be in for a big shock. Dies irae, dies illa....

 

Besides, Bush and his buddies are some of the most irreligious SOB's that have ever been in office anyway. Anybody that supports them for religious reasons deserves to live in a dictatorship. What very little religion that the Bushes and their buddies have is just used for political purposes, period.

 

By their fruits shall you know them....

 

Hmmm... I'm just surprised Bush hasn't convinced all of the Christians to drink a magic Kool Aid in the name of war. It is a good defense though "God made me do it". Beats the old "the devil made me do it".

I'm with the rest of you, religion has no place in politics, especially not in America. And yes, Bush might be offending Muslims, but what about all of the people here who he is supposed to be representing that he is offending.

 

I'm looking forward to front row seat on judgement day when all the neo-cons and their corrupt televangelist advocates are called front and center.

I personally don't believe in a judgment day. It is thus my religious "right" to declare that I want those murdering traitorous bastards to pay dearly today.

 

Oh make no mistake, SunLion, I too would much prefer to see them all, to the last, paraded out in chains to face domestic trial for treason followed by pubically televised trial for numerous war crimes and crimes against humanity before being fully dispossessed of all their decades of extorted and plundered fortunes and their progeny and supporters barred, in perpetuity, from ever holding any public office in the US or any other country.

I simply don't hold my breath waiting for even so much as a true investigation of all their crimes. That is one reason why I believe there must be an ultimate justice from whence these scum will have no ability to escape.

If there is, I want a front row seat.

 

"Vengeance is mine, saith the Lord, I will repay..."
"Whatsoever you have done unto the least of these, you have done unto me...."
Don't you worry, they'll get theirs. It probably won't be in this life, but they'll get it, you can be sure of that.

 

Matthew Chapter 7 is particularly relevant in this case.

I want to see the look on Robertson's, Falwell's, et al. faces when they hear: "depart from me, I never knew you...!"

 

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*Peace and love* ​

Yours Sincerely,​

Cat Stevens​