Dear President Bush: I am praying for you

[Sapphire Blue]

You frequently profess your ‘Christianity’, and claim Jesus to be your favorite philosopher. However, your actions would lead one to believe that you are neither a Christian, nor familiar with your favorite philosopher’s teachings. So, dear Georgie, I am praying that you will discover these teachings and convert to Christianity. I realize you don’t like reading, so perhaps Laura could read to you... she was a librarian once upon a time, so I’m sure she could do this… perhaps in lieu of a bedtime story.

May I suggest the gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John? You will find Jesus’ teachings there.

Since you have such a short attention span, let me point out just a few...



Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.

- Matthew 5: 7





Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.

- Matthew 5: 8





Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God.

- Matthew 5: 9





Blessed are they that are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.

- Matthew 5: 10





"And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are. For they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men. Verily I say unto you, they have their reward.

- Matthew 6: 5





But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father who is in secret; and thy Father who seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.

- Matthew 6: 6





Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretense make long prayers; therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.

- Matthew 23: 14





Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye tithe mint and anise and cummin, and have left undone the weightier matters of the law, justice, and mercy, and faith: but these ye ought to have done, and not to have left the other undone.

- Matthew 23: 23





And the King shall answer and say unto them, `Verily I say unto you, inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these My brethren, ye have done it unto Me.'

- Matthew 25: 40











The War President

April 2004



My God, Georgie, what have you done?

[Flying Dream Blues]

1. Wow! Great job!

This is excellent...thanks!

[kliljedahl]

2. Excellent!!!

I'm an agnostic & I love it. You certainly pointed out the disconnect between his actions and his professed religion.

For some reason, the most vocal Christians among us never mention the Beatitudes. But, often with tears in their eyes, they demand that the Ten Commandments be posted in public buildings. And of course that’s Moses, not Jesus. I haven’t heard one of them demand that the Sermon on the Mount, the Beatitudes, be posted anywhere. - Kurt Vonnegut


Keith’s Barbeque Central

[Sapphire Blue]

6. The disconnect is obvious to anyone with a conscience

Oh, if only this pResident had a conscience.

Yes, those 'Christians' love to post the 10 Commandments... if only they would follow them.

[kliljedahl]

9. everyone who saw this nominated it

KICK!!! again


Keith’s Barbeque Central

[Sapphire Blue]

11. Thank you

In honor of the message I tried to convey, I sincerely appreciate each nomination.

[PsychoDad]

8. Maybe there is a stratagy there...

Perhaps we should start pushing for the sermon on the mount to be posted in public places.

[Sapphire Blue]

10. I like that idea

They can also be posted on billboards like these



http://www.grassrootdems.org

[teach1st]

3. Wow!

This is excellent!

[ailsagirl]

4. That is absolutely stunning... thank you so much n/t

[bvar22]

5. Print it and Mail it!!!

Superb. Nominating!!!!

[Bake]

7. Incredibly moving, undeniably true

You have captured the essence of Jesus' teachings in images too poignant for words.

Amen. And amen.

Bake
LIBERAL Christian

[Dervill Crow]

12. This is powerful.

[WLKjr]

13. WOW, my thoughts exactly, GREAT POST

This is what they claim to believe, yet they do not practice it.

[Sapphire Blue]

14. Rabidly vocal in their claims... viciously cruel in their actions

[Individualist]

15. kick

kudos to you Sapphire Blue!

[Sapphire Blue]

17. The kudos go to these Nobel Peace Prize Laureates

Nobel Peace Prize winners since the 2000 USA pResidential (s)election


The Nobel Peace Prize 2004 - "for her contribution to sustainable development, democracy and peace"

Wangari Maathai – Kenya





The Nobel Peace Prize 2003 - "for her efforts for democracy and human rights. She has focused especially on the struggle for the rights of women and children."

Shirin Ebadi – Iran





The Nobel Peace Prize 2002 - "for his decades of untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development"

Jimmy Carter – USA - 39th President of the United States of America





The Nobel Peace Prize 2001 - "for their work for a better organized and more peaceful world"

United Nations (U.N.) - 1/2 of the prize - New York, NY, USA



Kofi Annan - 1/2 of the prize – Ghana - U.N. Secretary-General





The Nobel Peace Prize 2000 - "for his work for democracy and human rights in South Korea and in East Asia in general, and for peace and reconciliation with North Korea in particular"

Kim Dae-jung - South Korea - President of South Korea





Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God.

- Matthew 5: 9

[AwakeAtLast]

16. Beautiful, just beautiful!!!!

Nominated and I hope I will see this soon on the main page.

Gave me chills, it did. :hi:

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

18. Most excellent

[Sapphire Blue]

19. A kick & a 'good night' to all

May God / Allah / Jehovah / YHWH / the Creator / Waheguru / the One have mercy on us, awaken our souls and restore our humanity

[Ladyhawk]

20. I'm an ATHEIST and I love it.

This should be one of those e-mails that get passed around the Internet(s)...what do you say, Sapphire Blue? I'd be willing to start sending. :D

[Sapphire Blue]

24. Ladyhawk, if you (or anyone else) would like to pass this message around

... the Internet(s) you are quite welcome to do so. Perhaps someone receiving the message might recognize some of the hypocrisy of this Administration.


(Hope your post wasn’t written ‘under the influence’;) and hope you're feeling reasonably well this AM :hi: )

[Ladyhawk]

26. Thanks, Sapphire Blue.

This is truly a work of art. Thanks for giving us permission to use it. And I'm OK...just crotchedy because some teenagers woke me up. :)

On Edit: It might be nice to add Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell to this part:

"And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are. For they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men. Verily I say unto you, they have their reward.

- Matthew 6: 5

Can you think of anyone else that deserves this rebuke?

[Ladyhawk]

28. Who were the right-wing politicians who recently went on

"Christian" television? So many things to inspire outrage...so little time. Ugh. Was it Frist? I can't remember who it was or what it was about. Every day these idiots do something outrageous.

[Sapphire Blue]

29. I think you're referring to 'Just Us' Sunday & I think it was Frist

A local 'religious' cable network carried that broadcast & I caught snippets of it... rabid bloodlust... never saw such hatred in my life.

It had to do with the evil :sarcasm: Dems blocking a handful of Herr Fuhrer's judicial nominations.

[Sapphire Blue]

30. DeLay, Santorum. Dobson, Randall Terry, ad infinitum

[Sapphire Blue]

31. Ratzinger might also qualify for this list

[Sapphire Blue]

39. Add Dr. D. James Kennedy

[TheUnspeakable]

21. Beautiful-kick !

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

22. Two thumbs up and a

:kick:

[doubleplusgood]

23. Great work !

kick

[Sapphire Blue]

25. Blessed are they that are persecuted for righteousness' sake,

... for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.

- Matthew 5: 10





(The image in the OP doesn't seem to be loading, at least not for me... the image above is a similar one)

[SalmonChantedEvening]

27. Wonderful! KIcked!!

:kick:

[mzmolly]

32. One of the BEST POSTS EVER.

:cry: :applause:

[Sapphire Blue]

33. I’ve been thinking about the story of a little boy, 5 or 6 years old

... at the time, I think. His baby sister had leukemia, and during her illness, this little boy was essentially banished by the parents, kept unaware of the severity of his baby sister’s illness… until her death. One would think that this little boy might grow up to have at least a hint of empathy toward the ill... however, this little boy didn’t. His name? George W. Bush.

[RedEarth]

34. Great post..........super work.......

[seito]

35. Excellent n/t

[unhappycamper]

36. kick

:kick:

[Chicago1]

37. I pray for IMPEACHMENT

The day this DICTATOR gets IMPEACHED can't come fast enough.


Waiting for the IMPEACHMENT WHILE THE SCANDALS KEEP UNFOLDING
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[Joey Liberal]

38. That is GREAT!

I'm passing it along:).........