While President George W. Bush is urging nations to use less oil, his administration has opposed major increases in US vehicle fuel standards that could save millions of barrels of oil a year and reduce carbon dioxide emissions.
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12 comments:
why can't you just support our president?
doesn't the bible say something about honoring the men that god has placed in leadership?
sorry brother,
couldn't help it.
peace
eric, trying to help make change is good. but let's not forget to keep the main issues...the main issues, we have a God fearing president, he's not perfect, he will make bad calls some times, but the main thing is God is being honored by the highest authority in the usa. the issues that are black and white in God's Word are staying black and white now. unlike with the past president. therefore God's protection and blessing can be and is on us. for this i am thrilled. for this reason i won't complain about the issues that (when put in perspective) are not as important.
p.s. your a good man eric, i appreciate you
anonymous...are you saying that the bible says nothing about being good stewards of this planet we've been put in charge of, or taking care of the 29,000 children dieing of starvation in Africa every day, or loving our enemies...this 'black and white' you speak of only seems to apply to homosexuality and abortion, as if those are the only two issues of importance the bible talks about.
no!!!! i'm just saying our president has the "big things" taken care of so lets pray for him in the other issues. pursue FIRST the kingdom of God and His righteousness and then all the other stuff will be taken care of. God (paraphrased)
anonymous...your "big things" and my "big things" must be pretty different. I think you are assuming that all believers place "moral issues" as top priority.
no, i assume that all believers priorities match up with the Word's priorities. again i quote...but seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Matt 6:33
and if not...what's the point?
this is my last entry.
This is my first entry:
George Bush is just another symbol, and sometimes The Symbol of all who believe in christianity as a religion relative to "the system" or culture.
I don't agree or disagree with him or his policies (Republican). I just simply don't trust him.
The people I trust are those who identify with the downtrodden, the oppressed, and the suffering of the world. These people, whether they verbally believe in Jesus or not, are usually following the narrow road, and in essence, following Jesus. (Gandhi, MLK, Mother Teresa, Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, Richard Rohr, etc.)
George Bush seems to be content with the wide road of wealth, power, and war. I would imagine almost any other white man in a suit carries the same ideals (religious right). Hyperindividualism is the term I use for this culture.
As I said before, individualism cares about protecting ones self before or instead of serving others. The American Government spends very huge amounts for military and homeland security, and very little amounts for the poverty of the world (less than one percent - one.org is trying to get it up to one percent). America is not a symbol of the "Kingdom of God", it is the opposite - and George Bush represents the American symbol perfectly.
I don't blame George Bush - I think he is truly ignorant of being the puppet for the religious right agenda.
When the American Empire falls, we will finally realize that we were selfish to think that God would bless us with power, wealth, and protection while allowing 62 other countries to starve, thirst, and suffer from illness while we horde all the resources for our well-being and hypercomfort.
Even my living in "simplicity" is a joke, when compared to most other living conditions in the world - I would look like a King.
We have much to learn about the true Gospel and its meaning. It has been manipulated far too long.
TB
I find it fascinating that President Bush is such a divisive figure among Christians. One side seems to think that questioning him is to be disloyal to God’s Kingdom, while the other side has an obvious contempt for him that boarders on hate. Are our choices only to drink the Kool-aid or to live contrary to Matthew 5:21-22? I don’t think so.
George Bush is a politician. Common, not the best public speaker, but certainly not the unintelligent simpleton his made out to be. You are kidding yourself if you think he is unwittingly being used by those who would like him to espouse their political beliefs. He very astutely used them to gain power and tapped them in a way that Ronald Reagan would have been proud of (and in a way that his father couldn’t do).
His authority has been given to him by God, as all authority is given. We have a responsibility to pray for him and our other national leaders without contempt. Jesus called us beyond worldly responses to a life where we love our enemies. Those that treat the President with contempt seem to have placed him in a category other than “friend” or “enemy” so that they can treat him poorly. Though I do not agree with much of the President’s apparent theology, I am no less responsible to pray for him and respect him (same goes for President Clinton and so on).
If we are following Jesus as members of God’s kingdom, our “political” agenda may be quite different than those in power (most certainly will). We have ultimate responsibility exclusively to that Kingdom. As such we will call our national leaders as well as our culture (and the Church for that matter) into question on many issues. Praying for and respecting our leaders while challenging them and living Kingdom lives are NOT mutually exclusive.
We have much to do in reshaping the Church to be that peculiar community which is both in the world but not of it. Keep being thoughtful about your faith! Peace,
Eric has not bashed the President. Simply pointed out a hypocrisy of the administration. I am sure W. would want someone like Eric by his side to help remind him of such things. By the way, while I support One it is not trying to get it up to 1% but rather INCREASE it by 1%. Our country does indeed spend more then 1% on helping the poor.
I feel I must now point out the obvious. The publisher of the article obviously has a bias and no one seems to have picked up on one simple fact. President Bush never did what the title of the article states. President Bush urged urged all countries to help develop alternative energy sources so we all can reduce oil usage. The bias become even more aparent when the connection to vehicle fuel standards is made. It is true that increased fuel standards may reduce oil consumption, but it is also true that this type of legislation has resulted in both the production of smalled and much more dangeous cars as well as making cars more expensive and seriously hurting the automobile industry. I read that to make a hybrid car economically equivalent to a standards gasoline car, one must drive more than 36,000 miles a year and keep that car for 7 to 9 years. This doesn't sound like a good choice. Additionally, although the economy is improving, it has been shaky in the past few years. It doesn't make much sense to pass legislation that will knowingly hurt the economy and put people out of work anytime, especially during war. I do believe it is important to conserve and you may disagree with me on whether this legislation should be passed, but it is important to realize that these decisions are not as simple as it has been represented. Also, when an obvious bias appears in an article like this, it should be reviewed with a little more scrutiny.
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