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Post #75801

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Starboy
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Video of George Bush Misleading America
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4-Nov-2004, 5:24 PM
"Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. For I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. And a person's enemies will be those of his own household" - Matthew 10

Anyone who believes in truth must therefore believe in falsehood. Peace-lovers therefore must dismiss truth, for any adherence to "truth" breeds conflict. A Peacemaker does not avoid conflict, but rather address conflict when it arises in a way that pursues reconciliation and lays the foundation for a secure peace, rather than the absence of conflict. As another Christian, I do not fear the conflict but I long for the resolution and fear my own ability to address it in a Godly way.

The fact that there is division over this issue of war and over this presidency by no means proves that Bush is being led by God or proves the validity of Jesus' words. That would be a hollow argument. But believing that Jesus is the truth and what he spoke is true, and believing that Bush is a Godly man, seeing divisiveness flow out of it does not surprise me. Doesn't mean that Bush is infallible and absolutely does not mean that everything America does is right; that's preposterous. But I think even where we fail we are working towards good and good will come out of it. In a fallen world things have to be broken to be put together better.

The breaking is always a tragedy and the deaths that result will never ever be a good thing. But I put my hope in what God can accomplish. Even with impure tools, with a fallible president, corrupt global politics, and the evil of war.

Sorry to bring more religion into a political debate. And I know not everyone agrees with that. But like I said, believing that any Truth exists necessarily divides the world.