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thistlechaserI read this news story for the initial quote: Religious broadcaster Pat Robertson says he warned President Bush before U.S. troops invaded Iraq that the United States would sustain casualties but that Bush responded, "Oh, no, we're not going to have any casualties." , but the real boggling started when I continued reading. Robertson is speaking:
"I had deep misgivings about this war, deep misgivings. And I was trying to say, 'Mr. President, you better prepare the American people for casualties.' 'Oh, no, we're not going to have any casualties.' 'Well,' I said, 'it's the way it's going to be.' And so, it was messy. The Lord told me it was going to be, A, a disaster and, B, messy."
WTF? God talks to both Bush and Robertson? How amazing! I wonder if these guys are hearing voices in their head? Or does god send 'em email? Maybe little yellow Post-It notes left on their desks? And if he is talking to both men, why aren't they on the same page?
(The point of this post isn't to mock religious folks, so long as you're not claiming to have conversations with whichever god(s) you choose to believe in.)
"I had deep misgivings about this war, deep misgivings. And I was trying to say, 'Mr. President, you better prepare the American people for casualties.' 'Oh, no, we're not going to have any casualties.' 'Well,' I said, 'it's the way it's going to be.' And so, it was messy. The Lord told me it was going to be, A, a disaster and, B, messy."
WTF? God talks to both Bush and Robertson? How amazing! I wonder if these guys are hearing voices in their head? Or does god send 'em email? Maybe little yellow Post-It notes left on their desks? And if he is talking to both men, why aren't they on the same page?
(The point of this post isn't to mock religious folks, so long as you're not claiming to have conversations with whichever god(s) you choose to believe in.)
