"Cross Fire"

Robert Bartley writes at OpinionJournal today about (horrors!) the president's Christianity:

Easter Monday is an apt time to note that President George W. Bush has been taking darts as a born-again Christian. This tells us something about today's president, and something more about today's religion.

The president comes by his faith, of course, because he stopped drinking and found God at age 40. As a Methodist, he's not exactly a speaking-in-tongues Pentecostal, but he clearly does believe that good and evil walk the world. He also says things such as, "Behind all of life and all of history, there's a dedication and a purpose, set by the hand of a just and faithful God." This comes from the Presidential Prayer Breakfast, where other presidents have said similar things. But both friend and foe have the sense that Mr. Bush really means it....

Alas, he repeats the error that the pope declared the war "a crime against humanity". The pope did no such thing. Both Chris Burgwald and Bill Cork have directed us to War in the Gulf: What the Pope Really Said in the past few days. But your Humble, Faithful Blogster did so weeks ago. :)

Lane Core Jr. CIW P — Mon. 04/21/03 08:46:28 PM
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