Did you see this: http://www.democracynow.org/2009/8/5/in_explosive_allegations_ex_employees_link
I'm not a Christian but I know some. I'd like to see them strongly condemn the use of their religion in these ways. These people, with terrible agendas, who use the religion as a tool, should not be protected because they do the praises and rituals. Maybe some of them are mentally ill, but I think some are fully aware that their agendas have nothing to do with Jesus or the Hebrew God. I think it's very important that the Christians confront this stuff too! Glenn -----Original Message----- >From: Joe Clarke <[email protected]> >Sent: Aug 8, 2009 10:34 AM >To: Ucneighbors List <[email protected]>, Ucity Listserve ><[email protected]> >Subject: [UC] [ I guess we sorta knew this already...] > > >> >> >> >> >> >> >> A French Revelation, or The Burning Bush >> >> JAMES A. HAUGHT >> >> Incredibly, President George W. Bush told French President Jacques >> Chirac in early 2003 that Iraq must be invaded to thwart Gog and >> Magog, the Bible’s satanic agents of the Apocalypse. >> >> Honest. This isn’t a joke. The president of the United States, in >> a top-secret phone call to a major European ally, asked for French >> troops to join American soldiers in attacking Iraq as a mission >> from God. >> >> Now out of office, Chirac recounts that the American leader >> appealed to their “common faith” (Christianity) and told him: “Gog >> and Magog are at work in the Middle East…. The biblical prophecies >> are being fulfilled…. This confrontation is willed by God, who >> wants to use this conflict to erase his people’s enemies before a >> New Age begins.” >> >> This bizarre episode occurred while the White House was assembling >> its “coalition of the willing” to unleash the Iraq invasion. >> Chirac says he was boggled by Bush’s call and “wondered how >> someone could be so superficial and fanatical in their beliefs.” >> >> After the 2003 call, the puzzled French leader didn’t comply with >> Bush’s request. Instead, his staff asked Thomas Romer, a >> theologian at the University of Lausanne, to analyze the weird >> appeal. Dr. Romer explained that the Old Testament book of Ezekiel >> contains two chapters (38 and 39) in which God rages against Gog >> and Magog, sinister and mysterious forces menacing Israel. Jehovah >> vows to smite them savagely, to “turn thee back, and put hooks >> into thy jaws,” and slaughter them ruthlessly. In the New >> Testament, the mystical book of Revelation envisions Gog and Magog >> gathering nations for battle, “and fire came down from God out of >> heaven, and devoured them.” >> >> In 2007, Dr. Romer recounted Bush’s strange behavior in Lausanne >> University’s review, Allez Savoir. A French-language Swiss >> newspaper, Le Matin Dimanche, printed a sarcastic account titled: >> “When President George W. Bush Saw the Prophesies of the Bible >> Coming to Pass.” France’s La Liberte likewise spoofed it under the >> headline “A Small Scoop on Bush, Chirac, God, Gog and Magog.” But >> other news media missed the amazing report. >> >> Subsequently, ex-President Chirac confirmed the nutty event in a >> long interview with French journalist Jean-Claude Maurice, who >> tells the tale in his new book, Si Vous le Répétez, Je Démentirai >> (If You Repeat it, I Will Deny), released in March by the >> publisher Plon. >> >> http://www.secularhumanism.org/index.php?section=library&page=haught_29_5 >> >> <http://www.secularhumanism.org/index.php?section=library&page=haught_29_5> >> >> >> >> > > >-- >"Blessed are those who can laugh at themselves, for they shall never cease to >be amused." > > >---- >You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the >list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see ><http://www.purple.com/list.html>. ---- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see <http://www.purple.com/list.html>.
