chucklessnorts
10-18-2005, 07:20 AM
Dear God - Please Stop Talking To George :1chirol_r
October 17, 2005
Dear God:
As I write this on Thursday, it's been raining in Connecticut for six straight days, so I'm broaching this somewhat cautiously, in the event that you're trying to tell us something.
What the heck - I'm a journalist and a professor and just an all-around curious kind of guy, so I gotta ask.
But do understand that in my asking, it's not like I'm questioning your judgment or your infinite wisdom or your right to hold a conversation with whomever you choose. But dear God, the word here on Earth is you have been holding one-on-one conversations with our president, George W. Bush. In fact, it's been said you and George are on a first-name basis.
So dear God, I gotta ask: Is it true? Have you been talking to George? If so, how is it that of all the people, of all the places in this whole wide world, you happened to pick George?
That's presuming it's true that you have anointed George as your chosen one, which would mean those who have not already seen the light would need to convert - to Republicanism.
Please don't laugh, dear God. I'm serious. Although there are those who wonder if your talking to him was just George's imagination running away, there are others who say it's a way for him to present an image of his policies as being supported by the biggest backer of all.
That would be you, dear God.
It wouldn't be the first time folks used your name for their own purposes. It just seems to be getting more serious with George.
He's said to be a born-again Christian. And he's saying religion plays an important role in his life, which is fine.
But dear God, the word is that he's saying you told him to invade Iraq. That's right. In effect, George is saying, "God made me do it."
Granted, the reports about you telling him to do this are conflicting.
According to Palestinian Foreign Minister Nabil Shaath, at a June 2003 meeting with George and Palestinian Prime Minister Abu Mazen, George said that "God would tell me, `George, go and end the tyranny in Iraq ...' And I did."
I'm wondering, dear God, did you really tell George to invade Iraq? I mean, there are lots of your children getting killed there - Americans as well as Iraqis, and Christians as well as Jews, and Muslims as well as Catholics - and, well, lots of folks.
George's people have denied he meant you literally spoke to him in a Noah-build-me-an-ark kind of way. They say George meant it in a figurative sense.
So maybe it was all one big misunderstanding. But the thing is, dear God, when we have a president who makes his religion so public, it brings into focus the whole reason for the separation of church and state. Granted, you'd probably say you should be included in all things, but when you look at the results of the intertwining of religion and government, it's got to leave you shaking.
Consider how easy it is for people to evade responsibility when they can say, "God made me do it." Just consider the recent things George could place upon you.
Invading Iraq: "God made me do it."
Telling the country FEMA director Michael Brown was doing a good job handling the New Orleans crisis while, excuse the expression, all hell was breaking loose: "God made me do it."
Picking your friend and personal lawyer Harriet Miers as a nominee for the Supreme Court: "God made me do it."
So I'm wondering, dear God, if you've been having one-on-one talks with George, whether you might consider, well, not talking to him for a while. I say this with some reservation. He certainly needs help, but the danger is he might hear what he wants to hear.
Let's say, dear God, you awaken one morning and look down at the White House, where George and Laura are having breakfast, and you notice a plate missing. You say, "George, go quickly grab a piece of china." Next week we have troops on the ground in Beijing.
So, dear God, if you're talking to George, please stop.
http://www.courant.com/news/opinion...-headlines-oped
October 17, 2005
Dear God:
As I write this on Thursday, it's been raining in Connecticut for six straight days, so I'm broaching this somewhat cautiously, in the event that you're trying to tell us something.
What the heck - I'm a journalist and a professor and just an all-around curious kind of guy, so I gotta ask.
But do understand that in my asking, it's not like I'm questioning your judgment or your infinite wisdom or your right to hold a conversation with whomever you choose. But dear God, the word here on Earth is you have been holding one-on-one conversations with our president, George W. Bush. In fact, it's been said you and George are on a first-name basis.
So dear God, I gotta ask: Is it true? Have you been talking to George? If so, how is it that of all the people, of all the places in this whole wide world, you happened to pick George?
That's presuming it's true that you have anointed George as your chosen one, which would mean those who have not already seen the light would need to convert - to Republicanism.
Please don't laugh, dear God. I'm serious. Although there are those who wonder if your talking to him was just George's imagination running away, there are others who say it's a way for him to present an image of his policies as being supported by the biggest backer of all.
That would be you, dear God.
It wouldn't be the first time folks used your name for their own purposes. It just seems to be getting more serious with George.
He's said to be a born-again Christian. And he's saying religion plays an important role in his life, which is fine.
But dear God, the word is that he's saying you told him to invade Iraq. That's right. In effect, George is saying, "God made me do it."
Granted, the reports about you telling him to do this are conflicting.
According to Palestinian Foreign Minister Nabil Shaath, at a June 2003 meeting with George and Palestinian Prime Minister Abu Mazen, George said that "God would tell me, `George, go and end the tyranny in Iraq ...' And I did."
I'm wondering, dear God, did you really tell George to invade Iraq? I mean, there are lots of your children getting killed there - Americans as well as Iraqis, and Christians as well as Jews, and Muslims as well as Catholics - and, well, lots of folks.
George's people have denied he meant you literally spoke to him in a Noah-build-me-an-ark kind of way. They say George meant it in a figurative sense.
So maybe it was all one big misunderstanding. But the thing is, dear God, when we have a president who makes his religion so public, it brings into focus the whole reason for the separation of church and state. Granted, you'd probably say you should be included in all things, but when you look at the results of the intertwining of religion and government, it's got to leave you shaking.
Consider how easy it is for people to evade responsibility when they can say, "God made me do it." Just consider the recent things George could place upon you.
Invading Iraq: "God made me do it."
Telling the country FEMA director Michael Brown was doing a good job handling the New Orleans crisis while, excuse the expression, all hell was breaking loose: "God made me do it."
Picking your friend and personal lawyer Harriet Miers as a nominee for the Supreme Court: "God made me do it."
So I'm wondering, dear God, if you've been having one-on-one talks with George, whether you might consider, well, not talking to him for a while. I say this with some reservation. He certainly needs help, but the danger is he might hear what he wants to hear.
Let's say, dear God, you awaken one morning and look down at the White House, where George and Laura are having breakfast, and you notice a plate missing. You say, "George, go quickly grab a piece of china." Next week we have troops on the ground in Beijing.
So, dear God, if you're talking to George, please stop.
http://www.courant.com/news/opinion...-headlines-oped