would jesus condem , condone or be indiffrent to the war in iraq?
814456
first we blew up iraqs infrastructure including food and baby formula factories then we sanctioned iraq killing a million or so babies .. now we're just killing hundreds of thousands of civilians ... to wat? protect our freedom? what do you think Jesus would say ?
420525
I really do not feel Jesus would belong to any of our "organized religions". It was the religious people of his day who had him crucified , and he called them whitewashed tombs, and a brood of vipers .\n\nThe Assembly of God is probably the closest to what Jesus wanted for us to be , but we are not perfect by far .
591328
The argument is that because Bush is a God-loving man and is "moral" (I don't know how moral it is to send our troops into a war under faulty intelligence or to side with corrupt corporations, but ok.), it is okay to look away from anything else that he does.  I don't have a problem with him being such, but I do have a problem of him using religion as a shield for everything that he does.
396672
Yes, I certainly do. If so, it will be a war against christianity.
313909
You want us to pray for war. Are you crazy, do you think Jesus will answer these prayers. People have a problem with what the troops are doing, i.e. an unprovocted invasion of a country that was no threat to the US, didn't have any links to terrorism (of course it does now), didn't have any WMD. The troops are human and I don't like to see humans die or get injured but the fact is they shouldn´t be there. Most of my sympathy goes to the Iraqi people who are carrying this burden, 12,000+ dead. You wake up if you think what the military is doing in Iraq is making the world safer. Rectuitment for terrorists have soared because of this war. We have bombs going off every week, egypt last week. We have attacks in London, Madrid etc. etc.
451041
none. He would be w/ common ppl. just like He was in the bible. He views all ppl as equals, besides, He wouldnt want to portay himself as that type. \n\n\nbtw, he is alive...
425095
I think that if Jesus walked the Earth as a human again He would fail to recognize many "Christians" as His followers.  Many have strayed far from His message of love, into hate and intolerance.  This includes those who use their Bibles to attack others.\n\nIt's certain that most if not all of his followers would not know him.  But I hope that some would treat Him with respect and dignity, as many have promised to do for all people, at their baptism.  \n\nAs far as that goes, most of the followers of Islam might not recognize Mohammed, either, for many of the same reasons.\n\nIn the Bible, God or His messengers are always showing up incognito.  Those who treat the messengers well are blessed, because they are the kind of people who treat everyone, even strangers, with respect and dignity.
1060636
So let me get this straight: you look at Jesus as your personal genie in a bottle, granting all your wishes? Personally, I see Jesus as be a bit more occupiued with important stuff.....you know, like innocent civilians being slaughtered in Iraq by leaders claiming to be there in the name of Jesus and God.\n\nThe Lord helps those *who help themselves*.
133992
I don't know, it's hard to take seriously a man who believes that Jesus helped him get elected as president. I'm sure he's got some smarts but it doesn't seem to be his shining feature.
1172617
You make a number of excellent observations, but trying to convince or convert in this type of forum is at best a crap shoot. Jesus related to people on a personal level. When someone is ready to accept the truth under the guidance of the Holy Spirit someone will be there to help them take their first step. If you're not called to save the whole world by all means don't try to do so.
1158857
But followers of Christ should not use hatred and ignorance to judge anyone else... that is not our place.  Our Lord will judge them in the end and that is His righful place to do so.  Not ours.  God bless you Brother.
960236
Maybe, but not really because he is a muslim, but because he is a liberal.  And he's not just a liberal, hes a LIBERAL, big time.  I've researched him.  He's very leftists, so I do think he'll try to appease the islamic countries, and if he must use his religion to gain those means, I don't see that stopping him.  However, he's just one Representative.  In most likelyhood he wont affect foreign affairs whatsoever, and instead just get alot of pork (no pun intended, I swear) for his district like every other Representative tries to do
873419
To answer your last question, yes, I feel this way too. Jesus did not condone hypocrites- like some people in our government, and he does not condone the rest of us blindly following them. I am not a libertarian, as you suggest you might be, but I definitely agree that the current people running things are not promoting  the best interests of the people. You should not be reported for speaking your mind, you should be commended. To answer your first question, Yes- I am going to vote.
504755
Technically, it would make Him less divine because the descendants aren't divine.  That would hint at the idea that Jesus was, in fact, just a normal man.
356254
No, I don't think it is possible. Jesus said that he would come again in glory to judge the living and the dead, so if this guy hasn't been heard and seen by everybody, he's just a Messiah-wannabe. Jesus said, "Many will come in My name and deceive many."
1085530
It may be viewed as a Crusade, although the battle is not in the Holy Land (aka Jerusalem). \n\nLest I mistake your question for purely rhetorical value, our involvement in Iraq is based upon:\n\n1. The assumption that Iraq had WMDs\n2. The assumption that Saddam Hussein was funding anti-American and anti-Israeli terrorism\n3. The assumption that Saddam posed a threat to stability in the region\n4. The belief that Saddam had committed crimes against humanity\n\nThere has been no evidence found of the first assumption, although credible evidence indicates that the U.S. provided chemical weapons to Iraq during its war against Iran, the latter of which was considered an enemy to the U.S.\n\nThere has been little evidence found of the second assumption, which makes sense given that Saddam was a secular person of Sunni descent, and the radical theology underpinning Al-Qaeda has far more support among Shi'ites than Sunnis (although terrorists represent only a small, radical fringe of Islam, and there are terrorist groups with chiefly Sunni members). The terrorist attacks on American troops are mostly opportunistic by pre-existing groups or precipitated by new groups that have sprung up in response to the invasion.\n\nThe third assumption is debatably true. Saddam's armies invaded Kuwait in 1991 and fired missiles into Israel in 1992. \n\nThe fourth assumption (I labeled it a belief) has strong evidence behind it, and currently forms the basis of the ongoing trial.\n\nThe motivation for the United States has nothing to do with religion, although it is an unfortunate coincidence that a mostly-Christian nation has invaded two mostly-Islamic nations, as this adds fuel to the fire of radical beliefs that hold that the United States is the enemy of Islam.\n\nThe next president elected will be a Democrat (since the GOP is out of political capital at this point), and will probably close out the current operations (since there's little public support behind them). Hopefully, whoever is in office next will be able to gain more credibility and provide a more effective diplomacy so the military solution is not resorted to.
489996
I think he sees himself as someone who is preparing the way for the return of Christ.  The anti-christ will be someone we all love and respect, that's definintely NOT Bush.