You need to read up on the "Religious Right" going back at least to the early 1990s and Ralph Reed and the "Christian Coalition" . Probably you need to go back to Ronald Reagan and the "Moral Majority". Bush is but the culmination of the Reagan Revolution.
The religious right has used similar tactics to the Islamic fundamentalists - control of education and defining politics in religious terms. It has, for instance, worked hard to win school board elections and strategically control school curriculum. There are quiet a few books out on this. They have also made politicians define themselves according to the homosexual/abortion (lifestyle) issues while ignoring ones which should be public.
Fundamentalist preachers and even Catholic priests get up in their pulpits and tell people how to vote (and what to think). This is creeping into mainstream denominations. Bush seems to have gained control of the communications and educational system for the United Methodist Church in the state where I hold membership and at least some on the national level and surely in many other states. I can't get anyone to even worry about this. Christianity is in trouble. Many seem willing to lie over the hidden agenda.
Of further concern is the Alpha program and other forms of Pentecostalism because this behavior may induce a trance state which could make people more suggestible. You may want to check out the trance research institute on this.
Another obvious problem is the media which endlessly told lies about Iraq and other things. There are virtually no reliable media sources in either English or French. There is talk radio as well as TV spouting lies.
They also expect people to have short memories and the media and the administration change "the truth" every 6 months.
Maybe the anti-christ is within the Bush administration, already.
I am worried about the state of Christianity and feel for you. I wish I could speak with you directly!
In the end, you can only trust God and perhaps yourself. You cannot depend on an earthly church.
2006-07-28 06:35:22
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answered by MURP 3
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All you Bush haters probably really loved clinton didn't you. Lets see, he took so much funding out of intelligence that we can't keep up with the threats today. The 1st world trade center bombing, on clintons watch...Al qaeda. The 2 embassy bombings in africa, under clinton, al qaeda. Ths USS Cole bombing, clinton, al qaeda.
world consensus pretty much says 9-11 took 3 years to plan and Bush was in office for 10 months. Who should we blame there.
Granted Bush has certainly made his share of mistakes, he hasn't reinged in the oil companies and frankly we probably should have never gone into Iraq. But at least the man makes a decision he believes in right for the country and our people and he follows through. Changing world effecting decisions as often as the wind blows wont get us anywhere.
Bush is far from perfect but he's far from the anti-christ too.
2006-07-28 06:24:28
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answered by Michael B 1
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I wouldn't worry about people succumbing to the anti-christ, how can there be an anti-christ if there is no god? Any religious war is simply a stupid and worthless cause to fight for. Shouldn't you and your fellow religious types try to get along and simply accept each others views? Maybe if you stopped trying to push your views about "the one true god" down each others throats you might be able to use your brain intelligently. Its time that this country comes together and remembers that church and state are separate. I know many people like to quote the bible, but just give a read to the constitution once when talking about the country. Church and state are separate entities, they do not belong in politics at all!
2006-07-28 06:12:48
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answered by Anonymous
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There a many alerts provided in the Bible which will make it attainable to nicely known this individual as quickly as he seems on the scene, yet till then, there is not any thank you to be responsive to for particular who The Antichrist would be. foremost as much as his rule although, catastrophic mess ups, the two organic and synthetic would be plenty worse than what we've witnessed with the Tsunami in Indonesia, the cyclone in Myanmar and the earthquakes China. The lives of hundreds of hundreds, if no longer tens of millions would be lost. the form of devastation expected ought to definitely reference a nuclear attack yet those catastrophes additionally will make the disappearance of many actual defined away. those catastrophes will reason entire governments to fall. as quickly as the worldwide is thrown into entire chaos, a frontrunner will upward thrust up and seem to be a savior of types. he will talk of no longer something yet non violent coexistence in the midsection East and with the aid of the worldwide and because Jerusalem is the Holy city that drives a variety of of as we talk's worldwide activities, he will declare it as a worldwide city belonging to no longer God, yet to the worldwide and this is the place he will set himself as much as rule the worldwide along with his one worldwide government. he will "be sure a covenant" (peace treaty) for 7 years between Israel and her associates. yet a million/2 way with the aid of, after he has confident many who he's the Messiah, he will ruin the treaty and the worldwide will start to make certain who he incredibly is. listed right here are some different clues. To the worldwide, he will seem to have been assassinated and resurrected from the ineffective. devil can't definitely make this happen although so this is going to likely be a counterfeit resurrection. The Antichrist could have a darkened suitable eye and a dried up arm. (Zechariah 11:17, Revelation 13:3) although many will scoff, there'll come a time whilst the worldwide would be divided into purely 2 categories. people who shop on with the Antichrist and take the mark of the beast and people who're committed to God.
2016-10-08 10:29:08
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answered by Anonymous
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Silly Bush trick are for Christian LOL
But I think President Bush is cool and okay'
I hate to see what the next President will be like
Now that is scary for the american people
Bush only want to take care of the American people
and do what best I think all the President before him did
2006-07-28 06:11:02
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answered by Linda 7
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For the same reasons so many non-Christian blindly fall for the lies of the liberals like Clinton and John Kerry...
As for churches kicking out members for not supporting Bush... that's pretty sad... if it's true... trouble is I believe it...
2006-07-28 06:14:26
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answered by Anonymous
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Q: "how did so many christians fall for the lies of bush,will they sucomb to the anti-christ so easily?"
A: No, most Christians don't like Hillary.
2006-07-28 06:20:25
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answered by Open Heart Searchery 7
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What? You've made several "assumptions" that I've never noticed. I live in the South. I've never heard anything about politics in any of the churches I regularly attend. Maybe you just need to take a nap, and things may be better.
2006-07-28 06:17:39
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answered by benlomand 1
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Gosh, and you have all of these facts researched from what source?
Can you tell me that only Christians voted for George Bush? I didn't vote for him---and I'm definitely a Christian.
Misinformation, blanket-statements without bases in fact, lacking research, and emotional "blips" really don't help anyone to better understand or come away from these types of statements feeling as if they haven't wasted their time reading a piece of sophomoric, childish gibberish.
Stand back---take a breath---and focus on what issue you are truly wanting to have people understand. We have absolutely no idea what your "question-statement" means, requests, or even infers, other than you're angry. If that's what you want everyone to know---then, we got it. Thanks for sharing.
2006-07-28 06:11:05
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answered by Anonymous
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I do not fall for the lies of any politician. At the beginning of the great tribulation there will be no true Christians on earth---they will all be raptured just before it begins.
2006-07-28 06:10:20
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answered by Preacher 6
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