Zeev's Turnips Talk Politics (ZTTP)

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>>>I am not the judge of George Bush's Christianity -- God is<<<


Maybe you misunderstood my question. You said:

"Arrogance is not a trait that a Christian should exhibit in his or her life"

So I ask........why then did the Christian Coalition pick as their new leader a man that has made arrogance his trademark? Maybe the Christian Coalition doesn't have a whole lot to do with true Christian values?


>>>No Bible believing Christian I know of ever even considered in his wildest dreams that George Bush would become the head of the American Christian Church<<<


I didn't say that. I said he was the leader of the Christian Coalition which thankfully is a different animal than the American Christian Church.


"Pat Robertson's resignation this month as president of the Christian Coalition confirmed the ascendance of a new leader of the religious right in America: George W. Bush.
For the first time since religious conservatives became a modern political movement, the president of the United States has become the movement's de facto leader -- a status even Ronald Reagan, though admired by religious conservatives, never earned.

"I think Robertson stepped down because the position has already been filled," said Gary Bauer, a religious conservative who challenged Bush in the Republican primary. Bush "is that leader right now.'

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines01/1224-02.htm