Donna Zaccagni
What would jesus do?
Dec 3,2007
Comp 1 Section H
“ ……. throwing God out successfully with the help of the federal court system, throwing God out of the public square, out of the schools. The abortionists have got to bear some burden for this because God will not be mocked. And when we destroy 40 million little innocent babies, we make God mad. I really believe that the pagans, and the abortionists, and the feminists, and the gays and the lesbians who are actively trying to make that an alternative lifestyle, the ACLU, People for the American Way -- all of them who have tried to secularize America -- I point the finger in their face and say, "You helped this happen."
-- Rev Jerry Falwell, blaming civil libertarians, feminists, homosexuals, and abortion rights supporters for the terrorist attacks of Tuesday, September 11, 2001, quoted from John F Harris, "God Gave US 'What We Deserve,' Falwell Says," The Washington Post (September 14, 2001)
"God told me to strike at al Qaeda and I struck them, and then he instructed me to strike at Saddam [Hussein], which I did, and now I am determined to solve the problem in the Middle East. If you help me I will act, and if not, the elections will come and I will have to focus on them."
-- George W Bush to Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Abu Mazen when they met in Aqaba; reported in The Haaretz Reporter by Arnon Regular
One of the things that make democracy successful in comparison to other forms of government is separation of church and state. In this country, however, that is not the case 100 percent of the time, our political process, especially in the last 7 years, has become utterly contaminated with religion. Evangelical Christianity in the United States has ascended to the highest ranks of power in the Bush Administration, where conservative social values, drawn from, and justified by the bible are imposed upon people every day.
Christian ministers such as Pat Roberson and the...