Tag: George W. Bush
A French Revelation, or The Burning Bush
James A. Haught August 6, 2009.
Print: Council for Secular Humanism
Incredibly, President George W. Bush told French President Jacques Chirac in early 2003 that Iraq must be invaded to thwart Gog and Magog, the Bible’s satanic agents of the Apocalypse.
Bush’s Biblical Prophecy Emerges: God to Erase Mid-East Enemies Before New Age
Clive Hamilton June 2, 2009.
Print: Alternet
More evidence emerges that Bush’s decision to attack Iraq was at least partially driven by his fanatical religious beliefs. In a 2003 phone call to French president Chirac, Bush explained that the Biblical creatures Gog and Magog were at work in the Mid-East and must be defeated.
Pentagon briefings no longer quote Bible
Associated Press May 18, 2009.
Print: MSNBC
The Pentagon has stopped putting Biblical quotes on the cover of the daily briefing for the president. Under Bush, the Pentagon briefing had quotes such as “Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground.”
NEWSWEEK Poll: Americans’ Religious Beliefs
Daniel Stone April 7, 2009.
Newsweek
The latest NEWSWEEK Poll finds shifting American attitudes about religion and faith. Still, the U.S. remains a deeply religious land.
