George W. Bush wears his religion on his sleeve. He has learned well the words to use to pull at the heartstrings of his listeners, but seldom follows through on what appear to be his good intentions. He came into office promising that he would unite and that he would bring compassion to the conservative cause of Reagan and Gingrich.
Bush's words have not met action. Indeed, his words deceive us of his action.
Bush travels from community to community in pseudo-presidential/campagain visits where he is photographed and filmed meeting with various organizations, workers, Senior Citizens, teachers, students, Union Members, Church leaders, and healtcare workers, and he praises their programs; but then his budgets cut those same programs he has praised.
He talks about honest political campaigns, but generally runs with a smile on his face some of the most viciously and inaccurate campaigns in history. He is quick to distort facts and to use language that is purposely designed to inflame rather than to heal.
His programs are carefully named by his staff to appeal to the people and the media but deceive them as to the program's basic purpose. Clean Skies, Healthy Forests, and low cost drug programs are only a few of the ways the language is manipulated.
He is running a campaign on steady leadership, but his record is one of constant changes to meet the political needs of his base groups.
We are all aware of the Bush Flip Flop list. It is much more than a List. The whole essence of the administration, and the whole essence of Bush, the man himself, is a flip flop. A deception. A contradiction.
Bush often talks of his misspent youth, which by the way lasted into his forties, and then he talks about his decision to quit drinking and to become born again so as to engender forgiveness for his crimes in his youth (AWOL, Alcoholism, Drug Use, Abortion), but he does not forgive others for their failings. Unless of course it you contribute money to his campaign or you own a billion dollar oil or energy company.
He says he is a born again Christian, but I see little compassion or forgiveness in either his personal or public life. He approved the execution of hundreds of people in Texas, laughed about a plea for mercy by one of the inmates to Tucker Carlson, and seems to be more proud of his execution record than to admit he might have had some misgivings with respect to the guilt of anyone on the Texas death row.
So, is Bush a Christian? Catholics like myself believe that the test of faith comes through your deeds instead of what you say. The old familiar cliche Actions speak louder than words. Based on that cliche alone, you can say that Bush is not a Christian because he talks a good game, but does not follow through with action. However it is much worse than that. Bush talks a good game in order to deceive us, and then does the opposite.
That is a lie.
So not only is Bush not a Christian, he is evil. He is a false witness.
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