The Christian God told Bush to invade Iraq????

Question

http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&q=God+told+Bush+to+invade+Iraq&meta=&btnG=Google+Search
http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2005/10_october/06/bush.shtml
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article317805.ece
LOL---there are over 3/4 of a million websites about it---& I have seen the video footage of it.--It's real--it happened!!---I wonder what Jesus would have thought???

Answer 1

Hmmm.
Bush is a perfect example of why 'the church' and the state should remain separate.

I am an American. I am not an evangelical. I am not a conservative Christian. I am not even a "mainline" Christian. I do NOT want decisions about whether or not other citizens are told to kill and be killed in MY name to be decided on the basis of an edict by Bush's conservative, absolutist, warmongering version of god.

If I had wanted Bush's god to be president I would have voted for him.

Answer 2

I did not find the exact words you stated in your question. Where did it state the words "The Christian God"? Is that just an assumption on your part? Are you so sure when the word God is used it is always talking of the true Christian God? Could it not be just a reference to the God of the one who uses the word God?

Please, I am not taking sides in this issue for to do so would be for me to in one way or another to pass judgment and I try my best not to do that. All I am doing is to set forth a different view of what was stated by Mr. Bush and what is posted on the Internet. In my view everything has its purpose and all should learn from it.

Answer 3

George Bush, Pat Robertson, Oral Roberts, and Jim Baker - any questions?

Answer 4

well now that we are failing to murder the insurgents as fast as proclaimed, the supporters of Crusade and Invasion for the Lord are dwindling

"onward Christian soldier, marching as to war...
with our tricked out SUV, going on before"

Answer 5

Put a link to the video on here if you have seen it. Surprisingly, you failed to include that. Or perhaps it just does not exist.

Answer 6

Do Buddhists believe in a creator god?

No, we do not. There are several logical reasons for this. The Buddha, like modern scientists, sociologists and psychologists, believed that religious ideas and especially the god idea have their origins in fear. The Buddha says:

"Gripped by fear men go to sacred mountains, sacred groves, sacred trees and shrines." *Dhammpada 188

Primitive man found himself in a dangerous and hostile world, the fear of wild animals, of not being able to find enough food, of injury or disease, and of natural phenomena like thunder, lightning and volcanoes was constantly with him. Finding no security, he created the idea of god in order to give him comfort in good times, courage in times of danger and consolation when things went wrong. To this day, you will notice that people become more religious at times of crises, you will hear them say that the belief in a god gives them the strength they need to deal with life. You will hear them explain that they believe in god because they prayed in time of need and their prayer was answered. All this seems to support the Buddha’s teaching that the god-idea is a response to fear and frustration. The Buddha taught us to try to understand our fears, to lessen our desires and to calmly and courageously accept the things we cannot change. He replaced fear, not with irrational belief but with rational understanding.

The second reason the Buddha did not believe in a creator god is because there does not seem to be any evidence to support this idea. There are numerous religions, all claiming that they alone have god’s words preserved in their holy book, that they alone understand god’s nature, that their god exists and that the gods of other religions do not. Some claim that god is masculine, some that she is feminine and others that it is neuter. They are all satisfied that there is ample evidence to prove the existence of their god but they laugh in disbelief at the evidence other religions use to prove the existence of another god. It is not surprising that with so many different religions spending so many centuries trying to prove the existence of their gods that still no real, concrete, substantial or irrefutable evidence has been found. Buddhists suspend judgement until such evidence is forthcoming.

The third reason the Buddha did not believe in a creator god is that the belief is not necessary. Some claim that the belief in a god is necessary in order to explain the origin of the universe. But this is not so. Science has very convincingly explained how the universe came into being without having to introduce the god-idea. Some claim that belief in god is necessary to have a happy, meaningful life. Again we can see that this is not so. There are millions of Atheists, free-thinkers and Buddhists, who live useful, happy and meaningful lives without belief in a creator god. Some claim that belief in god’s power is necessary because humans, being weak, do not have the strength to help themselves. Once again, the evidence indicates the opposite. One often hears of people who have overcome great disabilities and handicaps, enormous odds and difficulties through their own inner resources, through their own efforts and without belief in a god. Some claim that god is necessary in order to give man salvation. But this argument only holds good if you accept the theological concept of salvation and Buddhists do not accept such a concept. Based on his own experience, the Buddha saw that each human being had the capacity to purify the mind, develop infinite love and compassion and perfect understanding. He shifted attention from the heavens to the heart and encouraged us to find solutions to our problems through self-understanding.

But if there is no creator god how did the universe get here?

All religions have myths and stories which attempt to answer this question. In ancient times, when man simply did not know, such myths were adequate, but in the 20th century, in the age of physics, astronomy and geology, such myths have been superseded by scientific fact. Science has explained the origin of the universe without recourse to the god-idea.

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Answer 7

Nah, the voices in Bush's head are the CIA - did you not see the earpieces??

LOL

Answer 8

Wow, their God sent an idiot. Were all prophets and messengers of God this stupid?

Answer 9

That was Dick Cheney whispering into his ear, not God.

Answer 10

You just never know. God directs the lives of many men and in many ways. Throughout the history of man He has done so.

Eph 6:12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high [places].