tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543355.post110634193508568556..comments2023-11-15T17:55:18.051-05:00Comments on MarkDaniels.Blogspot.com: The Inaugural Address...Was It a Christian Statement?Mark Danielshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18205344762960756655noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543355.post-13146693459072878062008-01-08T09:34:00.000-05:002008-01-08T09:34:00.000-05:00You're not making too much of this at all! In fac...You're not making too much of this at all! In fact, because the self-proclaimed "evangelical" community of Christians (I refer here to the Dobsons, the D. James Kennedys, et al) didn't react in the same way demonstrates the extent to which so many of us are blind to the civil religion his address portrayed. There was nothing "Christian" about it.Tom Pattersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03014216512258614474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543355.post-1106529398377244562005-01-23T20:16:00.000-05:002005-01-23T20:16:00.000-05:00As a Christian, it was very disturbing to hear Pre...As a Christian, it was very disturbing to hear President Bush declare in his inaugural address that "there is only one force that can break the reign of hatred and resentment, and expose the pretensions of tyrants and reward the hopes of the decent and the tolerant, and that is the force of human freedom."<br /> <br />As presented by the President, the force of human freedom was equated with the force of American military might and seemed yet another desperate attempt to justify a war for which none of his administration's many excuses have been proven credible. Most disturbing, however, is that our President's comments have elevated the notion of military might above the notions exemplified by the gospel of Jesus Christ, who told us that blessed are the peacemakers.<br /> <br />As with many other areas of his governance, President Bush has once again used rhetoric that indicates his personal actions do not coincide with the values he infers by his constant references to his personal Christianity. Fortunately for the President, as for all of us, his failed nature does not preclude the availability of Christ's forgiveness.George Curciohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01699642498376129568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543355.post-1106427820177598082005-01-22T16:03:00.000-05:002005-01-22T16:03:00.000-05:00No, you're not making too much of it. In contrast ...No, you're not making too much of it. In contrast to all the press, I thought it was an oddly, thoroughly secular speech, and that the whole inauguration glorified human might and military power (not service men and women, but collective power) rather than God. I wrote a brief blog on the subject, on inauguration day, I think.Deborah Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07681456264047358861noreply@blogger.com