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Who Would Jesus Bomb?

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Did Jesus not teach mercy?
Did Jesus not teach compassion?
Did Jesus not say "love thy neighbour" and "turn the other cheek"?

Our predominately Christian Western society has a lot to answer for.
If you really believe in your "peaceful" religion, and it is not merely a selfish comforting delusion, put an end to your own hypocrisy. You wonder why some atheists don't SEE Christianity as a positive thing when the things Jesus preached about go left forsaken. Sure, most of you try to live virtuously and apply some of Jesus' teachings to your own lives - but what's being committed in the name of your religion, in the name of your country, on the other side of the world? George Bush claimed that God told him to invade Iraq. Please listen to this song, and consider its message come election day.

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I've seen you in the markets
I've seen you in the streets
And at your political convention
Talking of your crusade
Talking of your nation
And other things too terrible to mention
And you proclaim your Christianity
You proclaim your love of God
You talk of apple pie and mom
Well I've just got one question
And I want an answer
Tell me, who would Jesus bomb?

Maybe Jesus would bomb the Syrians
'Cause they're not Jews like him
Maybe Jesus would bomb the Afghans
On some kind of vengeful whim
Maybe Jesus would drive an M1 tank
And he would shoot Saddam
Tell me, who would Jesus bomb?

I've seen you on the TV
And on the battleships
I've seen you in the house upon the hill
And I've heard you talking
About making the world safer
And about all the men you have to kill
And you speak so glibly
About your civilization
And how you have the moral higher ground
While halfway around the world
Your explosives smash the buildings
Ah, if you could only hear the sound

But maybe Jesus would sell land mines
And turn on his electric chair
Maybe Jesus would show no compassion
For his enemies in the lands way over there
Maybe Jesus would have flown the planes
That killed the kids in Viet Nam
Tell me, who would Jesus bomb

Yes I hear you shout with confidence
As you praise the lord
And you talk about this God you know so well
And you talk of Armageddon
And your final victory
When all the evil forces go to hell
Well you'd best hope you've chosen wisely
On the right side of the lord
And when you die your conscience it is clear
You'd best hope that your atom bombs
Are better than the sword
At the time when your reckoning is here

'Cause I don't think Jesus would send gunships into Bethlehem
Or jets to raze the towns of Timorese
I don't think Jesus would lend money to dictators
Or drive those SUV's
And I don't think Jesus would ever have dropped
A single ounce of napalm
So tell me, who would Jesus bomb?

created by charlatan on Sep 03, 2008 at 03:28:03 pm     Comments: 5

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Why would atheist SEE christianity as anything since they dont believe any of it. Dont recall Bush claiming GOD told him to invade Iraq, can you link it for me, would like to see that.

posted by Linecrosser on Sep 04, 2008 at 09:14:51 pm     #  

Here is your link, the BBC :

http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2005/10_october/06/bush.shtml

Be back, God just told me to invade Canada.

Blame Canadaaa
Blame Canadaaa!!

posted by prime3end on Sep 05, 2008 at 02:40:44 am     #  

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God told me to invade Iraq, Bush tells Palestinian ministers

Category: News

Date: 06.10.2005
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President George W Bush told Palestinian ministers that God had told him to invade Afghanistan and Iraq - and create a Palestinian State, a new BBC series reveals.

In Elusive Peace: Israel and the Arabs, a major three-part series on BBC TWO (at 9.00pm on Monday 10, Monday 17 and Monday 24 October), Abu Mazen, Palestinian Prime Minister, and Nabil Shaath, his Foreign Minister, describe their first meeting with President Bush in June 2003.

Nabil Shaath says: "President Bush said to all of us: 'I'm driven with a mission from God. God would tell me, "George, go and fight those terrorists in Afghanistan." And I did, and then God would tell me, "George, go and end the tyranny in Iraq …" And I did. And now, again, I feel God's words coming to me, "Go get the Palestinians their state and get the Israelis their security, and get peace in the Middle East." And by God I'm gonna do it.'"

Abu Mazen was at the same meeting and recounts how President Bush told him: "I have a moral and religious obligation. So I will get you a Palestinian state."

The series charts the attempts to bring peace to the Middle East, from President Bill Clinton's peace talks in 1999/2000 to Israel's withdrawal from Gaza last August.

Norma Percy, series producer of The 50 Years War (1998) returns, with producers Mark Anderson and Dan Edge, to tell the inside story of another seven years of crisis.

Presidents and Prime Ministers, their generals and ministers tell what happened behind closed doors as peace talks failed and the intifada exploded.

Israel and the Arabs: Elusive Peace - Mondays 10, 17 and 24 October, from 9.00 to 10.00pm on BBC TWO.


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posted by prime3end on Sep 05, 2008 at 02:42:10 am     #  

God made me do it.

posted by prime3end on Sep 05, 2008 at 02:45:22 am     #  

got a link to any video of him saying it?

posted by Linecrosser on Sep 06, 2008 at 01:17:05 pm     #  

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