Robert Brady (
Pure Land Mountain ) is a word artist, a nature guy (what my nephew would have called him), a grandfather, an American living in Japan, and a prolific blogger whose varied interests are reflected in his posts and his 25 categories of "finest quality" links (what a hoot! -- remember
The Joy Luck Club, anyone?). In my 15 minutes of free time on the computer this week, I started catching up on my favorite blogs, and his June 18
What a Way to Start a Millenium spoke to my condition.
He quoted Neal Pollack's essay,
Church & State:
A lunatic Christian cult has the run of the White House and the ear of the president. What do they want? The end of the world. Be afraid.
...the president meets with the members of a radical, far-right millennialist Christian sect three weeks before he counteracts all known international law and opinion regarding the Israeli-Palestinian situation. That sect, known as the Apostolic Congress, opposes any deal with the Palestinians because it believes that Christ won't return to Earth until all of Israel belongs to the Jews and Solomon's temple is rebuilt.
...even if Reagan believed in Armageddon, he didn't actively try to bring it about. You can't say the same about George W. Bush.
I implore Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus, Wiccans, Protestants, Catholics, and even evangelical Christians to pray for a new president. Why should George W. Bush supporters hold a monopoly on prayer?
Finally, Neal Pollack refers to his new website,
Pray for Reason, where he tells us that "nearly 3 million people (are) praying for George W. Bush every day." He calls on "Americans of all religions and belief systems who want to see their country's policies at home and abroad based on facts, history, and reasonable thought processes" to join him in a pledge-pray-vote campaign to return reason and reasonable leadership to the White House.
I say
A M E N.
Visit his website to read his prayer, or others submitted there. Better yet, submit your own!
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