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May 12, 2007

Prayer Wouldn't Have Stopped the War

The Archbishop of Canterbury said that Tony Blair should have prayed with George Bush before invading Iraq. If they had, he said, they might have received a different answer than the one they wanted. Blair and Bush are both Christians, and the Archbishop's comments were in response to Blair’s having told a reporter he and Bush had not prayed together before the war. The problem with the Archbishop’s suggestion is that God told Bush to invade Iraq, and seeing as how God doesn’t change his mind the answer probably would not have changed even if the two had prayed together.

For those who do not recall the President’s reference to instructions he received directly from the Big Man Upstairs, one of the Palestinian delegates attending a meeting with Bush during the Israeli-Palestinian summit at Sharm el-Sheikh in 2003 reported the following:

"President Bush said to all of us: 'I am driven with a mission from God'. God would tell me, 'George go and fight these terrorists in Afghanistan'. And I did. And then God would tell me 'George, go and end the tyranny in Iraq'. And I did."

Mr Bush went on: "And now, again, I feel God's words coming to me, 'Go get the Palestinians their state and get the Israelis their security, and get peace in the Middle East'. And, by God, I'm gonna do it."

Maybe it’s the Archbishop who should be praying for discernment of God’s will about the war. Come to think of it, I'm not too clear on it myself. Hey, God, what's up with that?

Posted by Becky at May 12, 2007 09:16 AM