Q & A with Bush No. 43

During the Q & A following Bush's speech on Iraq last Monday, a woman asked:

"[Author Kevin Phillips] makes the point that members of your administration have reached out to prophetic Christians who see the war in Iraq and the rise of terrorism as signs of the apocalypse. Do you believe this, that the war in Iraq and the rise of terrorism are signs of the apocalypse? And if not, why not?"

(Note: We extracted the quote from huffingtonpost.com.)

Apparently Bush didn't really answer the question and secular commentators are trying to make it a gotcha event, or damned if he does and damned if he doesn't believe in the apocalypse and what it portends regarding the Second Coming of Jesus Christ.

Well, folks, secular commentators—by and large—are not particularly up-to-date on Fundamentalist Christian nuances for situations like this.

The King James Version of the Bible reads:

"Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you."

Matthew 7:6

(Ref: Blue Letter Bible. "Dictionary and Word Search for 'pearls before swine ' " . Blue Letter Bible. 1996-2002. 25 Mar 2006.)

What this means is that the Born Again Christian does not have to—in fact, SHOULD NOT—reveal the wisdom of God to the unbeliever lest it then be used against the Christian. Lead the unbeliever to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior, then all the other stuff can be dumped on 'em ... but certainly don't be giving it out to the general public in a Q & A. The Bible has Bush covered on that.

You see, it takes having been raised "in the faith" to understand this stuff. And anybody who has, knows right off the bat that George W. is a True Believer. He gets his brand of wisdom from the pulpit not from any rational thought processes born in the Enlightenment. He is a Child of God, for crissake.

Combine that with the fact that he isn't too swift at connecting the dots ... and here we are.

So far in my reading of American Theocracy by Kevin Phillips ... Phillips has the Bushies nailed.

Now for the rest of you ... you gotta keep up. This is getting interesting. I don't mean with this blog necessarily, but with this "good vs. evil" crap. We have a self-fulfilling prophecy barrelling down upon us ... the end-times Battle of Armageddon ... Wake up! Get a grip! Act like a free citizen. Don't just sit there on the couch munching goodies. Do something. You would be surprised how much power we can generate as free men and women who are not afraid to speak up.

Cheers for the people!