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If Christ Came Back
RECEIVED Tue., Dec. 28, 2004
Dear Editor,
As one who is still in awe that the American people could re-elect someone as president of our country when, at the very least, he should have been impeached because of his needless invasion of Iraq, I read Mr. Black’s beautifully written "Page Two" [Dec. 24] with a lot of, yes, sadness.
What are we doing in Iraq? Why have we killed an estimated 100,000 innocent Iraqis? Why have more than 2,000 of our brave fighters died?
Oh, it’s great to be rid of a despot, but there’s this nagging thought that it’s solely because of their oil. With no WMD and no clear threat to our country, can there be any other reason for war than to keep our SUVs contented with ample and cheap gas? Or to support Mr. Cheney’s Halliburton?
Unfortunately, in attacking a sovereign country on duped-up charges, I believe we have created a war that will never end. Simply stated, it has become a war of fundamentalist Christians against fundamentalist Muslims. No one can win in this fight – or can we simply kill everyone in Iraq and the Near East and the world who does not agree with our beliefs? Do we really know what is best for everyone else? Iraq is only the starting place. Can it ever stop?
Furthermore, I am sick and tired of Mr. Bush’s Christ. I almost hate him. He is not the Christ I loved as a child. Now I feel an outcast of the Christian faith. I fear that if the true Christ came back to earth tomorrow, the evangelistic Christians would not recognize him. The Christ I knew would be preaching love and acceptance. They quickly would crucify him.
As one who is still in awe that the American people could re-elect someone as president of our country when, at the very least, he should have been impeached because of his needless invasion of Iraq, I read Mr. Black’s beautifully written "Page Two" [Dec. 24] with a lot of, yes, sadness.
What are we doing in Iraq? Why have we killed an estimated 100,000 innocent Iraqis? Why have more than 2,000 of our brave fighters died?
Oh, it’s great to be rid of a despot, but there’s this nagging thought that it’s solely because of their oil. With no WMD and no clear threat to our country, can there be any other reason for war than to keep our SUVs contented with ample and cheap gas? Or to support Mr. Cheney’s Halliburton?
Unfortunately, in attacking a sovereign country on duped-up charges, I believe we have created a war that will never end. Simply stated, it has become a war of fundamentalist Christians against fundamentalist Muslims. No one can win in this fight – or can we simply kill everyone in Iraq and the Near East and the world who does not agree with our beliefs? Do we really know what is best for everyone else? Iraq is only the starting place. Can it ever stop?
Furthermore, I am sick and tired of Mr. Bush’s Christ. I almost hate him. He is not the Christ I loved as a child. Now I feel an outcast of the Christian faith. I fear that if the true Christ came back to earth tomorrow, the evangelistic Christians would not recognize him. The Christ I knew would be preaching love and acceptance. They quickly would crucify him.
Claude M. Gruener