But.
Expecting divine intervention, as if "God is On My Side" is nothing but arrogance to believe a human being of any religious practice could SUMMON God as if a servant to their will.
It used to be called barbaric and uncivilized as if a Witch Doctor were summoning the spirits.
It is grossly unrealistic for any Congressperson to actually conduct their practice in the House as if they are not responsible for acting morally for all citizens in respect to them all and simply discharge their responsibilities 'to God' and not act according to their Oath of Office.
I suppose it could be called "Voo-doo Politics" when Repuglicans are so arrogant they don't abide by their own religious leaders in proper behavior and conduct in leading a nation of diverse beliefs and practices in the best interest of the American people and using 'spiritual' rhetoric to pander to their cronies, the Plutocracy.
Bush convinced God wants him to engage the forces of evil Bush puts God on his side (click title to entry - thank you)
By Tom Carver
BBC Washington corresponde
Last Updated: Sunday, 6 April, 2003, 00:30 GMT 01:30 UK |
"We are in a conflict between good and evil. And America will call evil by its name," Mr Bush told West Point graduates in a speech last year.
In this battle, he placed his country firmly on the side of the angels.
"There is wonder-working power in the goodness and idealism of the American people," he said in this year's State of the Union address.
This concept of placing America in God's camp sticks in the throat of a lot of American clergy.
"It is by no means certain that we are as pure as the driven snow or that our international policy is so pure," says Fritz Ritsch, Presbyterian minister in Bethesda, Maryland....
