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RE: virus: American Christian Fundamentalist Leader Calls For Global War
« on: 2005-11-20 16:08:10 » |
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[Blunderov] Abrahamic religion in full cry. How come these people are
regarded as sane?
http://www.disinfo.com/site/displayarticle14115.html
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Title: American Christian Fundamentalist Leader Calls For Global War
'Texas-based author and preacher Michael Evans is one of the most notorious
American Christian fundamentalist preachers today, a passionate advocate of
war in the name of Christ. In a recently published book, titled 'Beyond
Iraq: The Next Move-Ancient Prophecy and Modern-Day Conspiracy Collide'
(Whitestone Books, Florida, 2003), he spells out a grand design for American
global hegemony, blessed in the guise of a holy global war. Key players in
this 'divine' plot include the CIA, the American government and army, and
Israel, besides various Christian fundamentalist outfits. The book is
dedicated, among others, to what Evans describes as 'two old friends', Ehud
Olmert, former Israeli Vice President, and the former Israeli Prime
Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu. Equally revealingly, the book begins with a
quotation which graces the lobby of the original headquarters of the CIA.
'The invasion of Iraq, and the broader American 'war on terror', is, Evans
says, is akin to 'divine light [.] proclaiming like a trumpet a spiritual
battle of monumental proportions', pitting Babylon, the Biblical Iraq, the
'spiritual centre of darkness', against Jerusalem or contemporary Israel,
the 'spiritual centre of light'. But so that this 'divine light' should
spread beyond the confines of Babylon, Evans pleads for America to extend
its war all over the globe, to every country that dares to challenge
American supremacy and the state of Israel. This war, he says, should aim at
the elimination of all 'terrorists', defined as those who refuse to support
Israeli and American interests. In this, the invasion and occupation of Iraq
is of vital importance, Evans says, because it will 'become a US base' to
destroy 'terrorist' networks elsewhere in the Middle East and eventually to
usher in what he calls 'the apocalyptic battle' of Armageddon, 'the final
battles of the ages' as allegedly 'prophesied in Daniel, Jeremiah and
Revelations', chapters of the Bible.' (CounterCurrents article).
<snip>
The 'defence' of Israel, a central point in the Christian fundamentalist
agenda, is typically argued in racist terms. Israel, Christian
fundamentalists believe, are God's 'chosen people', and they quote the Bible
as making this claim, suggesting, therefore, that non-Jewish peoples are
somehow lesser beings. Evans, too, makes this point and argues that
according to the Bible 'God will bless those who bless Israel' and will
'curse those who curse it'. 'History records', he says, 'that God deals with
nations in accordance with how those nations deal with Israel'. Hence, in
the 'defence' of Israel, Christians, Evans argues, have no choice. If they
are true to their faith, he says, they must join hands with America in its
war for 'defending' Israel, and must 'support Israel in every possible way'.
'We must either choose Mount Zion [Jerusalem] and be among those who obey
the voice of the Spirit of the Lord', he writes, 'or we will be left to the
passions of our flesh, drinking the wine of her [Bablyon's or Iraq's]
fornication'*. </snip>
*Well I suppose at least there's that. Pretty bleak otherwise, it seems to
me.
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RE: virus: American Christian Fundamentalist Leader Calls For Global War
« Reply #1 on: 2005-11-20 18:00:40 » |
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Dear Blunderov
The answer is easy. Compared to Our Dear Leader and his chorus, this poor demented lunatic seems like a positive Micawber of good cheer and sense.
It was, you know, all based on a terrible mistake. A truly terrible mistake. A tragic mixup. Typical, yes. But tragic too. The original storyteller was referring to the Inuit, better known back then as "God's frozen people"*. Later the bowsprit got tangled up in the rudder (as it usually does with the deluded and the devout; but I repeat myself) and the religious, buying into conspiracy theory, and knowing that the Secret Jewish Societies are behind everything that happens (And they may be Right (they certainly are not Left), and I hear that there is a Cabal of them hiding behind the Burning ShrubTM), ascribed the story to the Jews. And we all know all the rest (Moses, Jesus, Crusades, Religious Intolerance, Bush, War in Iraq, McDeesism, etc.).
Kind Regards
Hermit
*As in, what do you call a dwarf Eskimo with an erection. Other than a “Blow Me Eskimo” Doll. (Scroll down)
A frigid midget with a rigid digit!
Sorry about that
Hermit
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RE: virus: American Christian Fundamentalist Leader Calls For Global War
« Reply #3 on: 2005-11-23 14:38:05 » |
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[Blunderov] Certainly I can agree that the dissenters against the war on Islamofascist terror should not be lumped in with al Qaeda.
The Abrahamic religions all have staring eyed fundamentalists. Choosing just one set to wage war on is prejudiced.
Posted by: Salamantis Posted on: 2005-11-20 23:12:00
The War on Islamofascist Terror should not be tarred with the brush of association with crazies like this fellow any more than its dissenters should be tarred with the brush of people such as Bin Laden, Zawahiri, Zarqawi, or Mullah Omar.
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