http://www.radicalleft.net/blog/_archives/2006/5/14/1951764.html
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Bush's Bastardized Faith: Christian Supremacy and American Hegemony
by jo swift at 08:47PM (CEST) on May 14, 2006 | Permanent Link | Cosmos
Like other forms of religious fundamentalism, Christian fundamentalism is a
dreaded doctrine of supremacy, a cult of hatred and a recipe for disaster.
And with an avowed born-again Christian at the helm of affairs in America
who claims to be appointed to that position by God and to be dictated by
what he claims to be divine communication, one shudders to think of what
more brutalities are in store for the world if Christian fundamentalism is
allowed to remain unchallenged.
The Bush Jihad
George Bush’s personal commitment to and sympathy for Christian
fundamentalism are well-known. Indeed, it is becoming increasingly clear
that his foreign policies, as in Afghanistan, Iraq and now Iran, are
powerfully shaped by the Christian fundamentalist agenda of global conquest
for Christ and Capital.
Christian fundamentalists believe that Christ alone is the way to
salvation, and that the entire world must be brought to heel before him, by
force if necessary. In the past, this pernicious doctrine was used to bless
bloody Crusades and wars of imperial plunder.
The doctrine serves exactly the same purpose today, although in a somewhat
modified garb, as the bombing of Afghanistan, the destruction of Iraq and
the possible American invasion of Iran clearly indicate.
Although these acts are sought to be justified by America as a ‘civilising’
mission or as part of its ‘war on terror’, the underlying white Christian
supremacist vision behind American imperialism, a continuation of the logic
of European colonialism, is unmistakable.
What, then, is the Christian fundamentalist vision that is driving Bush and
his key advisors to world conquest, even if this could possibly mean
destruction and chaos on a global and unprecedented scale?
Stephen Mansfield’s recently published ‘The Faith of George W. Bush’
[Jeremy Tarcher/Penguin, New York, 2004], a hagiographic account of the
American President, provides an interesting, yet deeply disturbing, account
of Bush’s personal commitment to Christian fundamentalism and its bearing
on the policies of his administration.
The book’s cover describes it, obviously exaggeratedly, as a ‘national
bestseller’ and quotes the Wall Street Journal as commending it as ‘a story
of spiritual awakening’.
Mansfield would have us believe that Bush is almost a Christian saint or
sorts, only a short step from being canonised.
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You are invited to check out the following:
The Rise of the Theocratic States of America
http://members.tripod.com/~candst/theocracy.htm
American Theocrats - Past and Present
http://members.tripod.com/~candst/theocrats.htm
The Constitutional Principle: Separation of Church and State
http://members.tripod.com/~candst/index.html
[and to join the discussion group for the above site and/or Separation of
Church and State in general, listed below]
HRSepCnS · Hampton Roads [Virginia] SepChurch&State
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HRSepCnS/
[Its not just Hampton Roads folks who are members, there are members from
all over the US and a couple from overseas as well]
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.. . . You can't understand a phrase such as "Congress shall make no law
respecting an establishment of religion" by syllogistic reasoning. Words
take their meaning from social as well as textual contexts, which is why "a
page of history is worth a volume of logic." New York Trust Co. v. Eisner,
256 U.S. 345, 349, 41 S.Ct. 506, 507, 65 L.Ed. 963 (1921) (Holmes, J.).
Sherman v. Community Consol. Dist. 21, 980 F.2d 437, 445 (7th Cir. 1992)
.. . .
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USAF LT. COL (Ret) Buffman (Glen P. Goffin) wrote
"You pilot always into an unknown future;
facts are your only clue. Get the facts!"
That philosophy 'snipit' helped to get me, and my crew, through a good
many combat missions and far too many scary, inflight, emergencies.
It has also played a significant role in helping me to expose the
plethora of radical Christian propaganda and lies that we find at
almost every media turn.
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THE CONSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPLE:
SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE
http://members.tripod.com/~candst/index.html
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