But... "the poor will always be among us." Isn't that saying that we need not be bothered by their existence while we happily go off in the pursuit of wealth. Doesn't Jesus want me to be happy and want me to be rich? If not, how will his messengers reach others with the Good News? And how can those vessels through which he acts get elected and do things that make us even richer?
Somebody needs to explain the whole "love your neighbor as yourself" message Jesus taught to these two.
O'REILLY: The secular progressives don't like you because you're a man of faith. BUSH: Yes. O'REILLY: You know that. BUSH: Yes. That causes me to be sad for people who don't like somebody because he happens to believe in the Almighty. O'REILLY: But you know that's in play. BUSH: Absolutely. O'REILLY: They think you are some kind of evangelical. God tells you what to do and you go out and do it. And they hate that. BUSH: I guess that I have pity for people who believe that. They don't understand the relationship between man and the Almighty, then. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/linkset/2005/04/11/LI2005041100879.html
Ugh. ____________ Top US general says Rumsfeld is inspired by God Thu Oct 19, 3:35 PM ET http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/2006101...8lNUxatOrgF;_ylu=X3oDMTA3MXN1bHE0BHNlYwN0bWE- The top US general defended the leadership of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, saying it is inspired by God. "He leads in a way that the good Lord tells him is best for our country," said Marine General Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Rumsfeld is "a man whose patriotism focus, energy, drive, is exceeded by no one else I know ... quite simply, he works harder than anybody else in our building," Pace said at a ceremony at the Southern Command (Southcom) in Miami. Rumsfeld has faced a storm of criticism and calls for his resignation, largely over his handling of the Iraq war. But he got a strong show of support from the military establishment at Thursday's ceremony, where Navy Admiral James Stavridis took over Southcom's command from General Bantz Craddock. "He comes to work everyday with a single-minded focus to make this country safe," said Stavridis who was a senior aide to Rumsfeld before taking on the Southcom job. "We're lucky as a nation that he continues to serve with such passion and such integrity and such determination and such brilliance," said Stavridis, 51. As head of Southcom, Stavridis will be responsible for military cooperation with Latin American countries, and will be in charge of the Guantanamo US military base in Cuba where more than 400 "war on terror" detainees are being held. Craddock, who was named supreme commander of allied forces in Europe, hailed the role Southcom has played. "Today I believe that we can say we were successful in our efforts and contributed to ensuring our nation's security through support on the global war on terror, and encouraged regional cooperation to enhance the security and stability in the region," he said.
When the supposed god tells him that all infidels will die and you should try to make the whole world muslim, you have to question this man's mental capacity. stop making excuses for him. what he is doing is against islam.
I don't think the dear leader is psychotic. He clearly is a very learned, astute, intelligent man. He is clearly trying to irk the Zionists and their supporters and the world is falling prey to his games.
So he's a lunatic for saying that he feels like he has a 'connection' with God? Don't religious folks generally feel a 'connection' with the deity? As I said, not a fan of the guy, you could 'get' him on a lot of idiotic things he's said in the past, but "I have a connection with God" is not one of them, IMHO. BTW, blazer_ben, Khomeini was probably much more 'rational' than you give him credit for. He did nothing out of the ordinary when you closely study the volatile history of the region over the past two centuries or so. The region is full of men who murdered their way to the top -- literally and figuratively speaking. I have extensively studied the revolution, and Khomeini hardly stands out; he was a student of Machiavellian realpolitik. He used a religious 'cloak' to rally his supporters behind him, while many Arab 'revolutionaries' appealed to nationalism or pan-Arabism -- i.e. secular forces -- to win support.
You wont get any argument from me that khomenie was a cunning and extremly smart man. noones denying that, but he also was a extremly hatefull individual too.
Also tiger, why are the people of midd east the unluckiest people on earth. there allways being rules by crazy madmen. ?..
Cool.. bosh are you from the middeast too?. i like to know howmany dear fellow middeasters i have here?
No doubt, he was a man determined to get his way, plain and simple. I don't know if they're the 'unluckiest people on earth' in that regard. The region has a long history of authoritarian rule, no doubt. However, other regions of the world have a similar history, in some cases even a 'bloodier' one. In the modern world, democracy has more or less become the universally acceptable model of government, with few exceptions; it's the 'trendy' thing to be democratic, hip, and 'Western'. However, we must remember that most Middle Eastern nations are politically 'immature' or have had to deal with prolonged periods of political turmoil, instability, and/or constant outside interference/sabotage -- i.e. neocolonialism. With that being said, there are a number of nations in the region that are undertaking political reforms and have in many cases introduced democratic measures into the political arena. For an instance, most Gulf Arab nations hold regular elections; Palestine has a democratic system of government, although ironically that is being sabotaged by supposedly pro-democracy nations; Lebanon is a full-fledged democracy; Egypt and Jordan hold regular elections to elect members of government, so does Morocco. So democracy is by no means 'absent' from the political realm in that region, although it's still far from ideal.
True. i think Iraq proved that they werent ready to have a fully fledged democracy yet. saddam kept them under the dark ages. it's like keeping a group of people under house arrest deperiving them of education and then releasing them after years of punishment and expecting them to be able to mesh successfully with everone else like nothing had happend. As for Ahmadinejad, he says god talks to him and vice versa. he hears god telling him all infidels will die and make the whole world moslim. this man is nuts.
To be fair, they sabotaged themselves by electing a terrorist organization to be the ruling party for their country. If Canada elected al Queda to be the ruling party, the US would have a big problem with it, and rightfully so. Likewise, Israel has a big problem with an organization that is dedicated to their destruction being elected next door. As allies of Israel (not to mention leaders of the War on Terror) we obviously share that view.
Any person who claims to have connection with God has to lead with example not with words. If the person claiming can't set himself as an example of righteouness then he has no connection with God. If you need to see someone who sets himself as an example for his followers, who cares for all humanity, then visit this website. Ismaili You can read from the history. His history traces all the way to Ali, cousin of Prophet Muhammad.
I understand, but then you shouldn't be going around preaching democracy if you're unwilling to live with the outcome. That's my point. You either accept the 'gospel' as a whole or you don't...
