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| Jul 29, 2010 - 06:39 PM |
Queen City News - Helena's FREE Weekly Newspaper |
Helena, Montana |
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Dear Editor,
Paul Cohen’s letter, “No peace sans God,” (QCN, Aug. 9, 2006) reminds me of our president’s recent comment that the foiled terrorists in the U.K. are “Islamic fascists.” Fascism is centralized government under the control of a dictator who enforces tight “socioeconomic controls, suppression of the opposition through terror and censorship, and typically a policy of belligerent nationalism and racism.” Is President Bush a “Christian” fascist?
If we accept Mr. Cohen’s reading of the Koran, the actions of these terrorists could be considered fascist in the sense of “suppression of the opposition through terror.” One could also argue the actions of President Bush in Iraq are “suppression of the opposition through terror.”
President Bush claims to be a Christian. Mr. Cohen claims to be a Christian. Let’s examine their assertions.
Mr. Cohen asserts the Koran justifies “murder, lies, pillage, woman-beating and more.” Our “Christian” president has committed all these crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan. Maybe that actually makes him an “Islamic” President. Perhaps President Bush is following the tenets of the Koran. He certainly isn’t following the teachings of Christ. The Bible implores us to love our neighbors as ourselves, to be peaceful, to turn the other cheek, to help those most in need, to tell the truth, not steal, not commit adultery, not covet our neighbor’s home. He continually ignores the Bible.
Can people justify actions by twisting the core teachings of their belief systems? Yes. It’s being done in the U.S. under a “Christian” president. Remember the atrocities at Abu Ghraib prison? Or the reason for going to war, viz., weapons of mass destruction? Remember the stealing of national artifacts from Iraq? The destruction of people’s houses? The raping of Iraqi woman by Marine Corps troops? The systematic dismantling of Iraqi water supplies? The killing of children? The burning of crops?
Where is your Christ, Mr. Cohen and President Bush? Does your Bible justify “murder, lies, pillage, woman-beating and more?” Have you considered what a Christian fascist might be? I implore you to examine your own justifications. Why is your “Christian” president justifying murder, rape, lies and pillage?
Michael Willing
570 State St.
Helena
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