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Joan wrote:

I believe firmly that the agenda of the Bush administration is deeply 
immoral.  What's more, it is the very antithesis of what it most strenuously claims 
to be: Christian.

I couldn't agree more.

What amazes me, has always amazed me, since I was a teeny tiny person, is how 
this moral directive is so conveniently tossed aside by those who profess to 
be devout followers of the author:

Matt 5:43-44 "Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy 
neighbour, and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them 
that curse you, do good to them that hate you" 

I know the Bible can be interpreted in numerous ways that make it very easy 
for anyone to find a passage to justify just about anything, but these words 
are very clear.  I have always found them to justify a nearly pacifistic ethic 
on the part of Christians, who currently in America seem inclined to want to 
kill rather than show love for their enemies.

Again I ask, as I did recently on V2020, would Christ have carried out the 
killing of 100,000 Iraqis in the name of Democracy, or the Lord?

For those answering "yes," we could discuss this view knowing we are engaging 
in a dialog critical to the vote that just supported Bush, with the 
Evangelical vote being perhaps Bush's most vehement and largest single voting block.

Ted Moffett


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