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> How the Vatican influences and supports the Bush Administration

8 April 2006, 01:17

It is rather humorous most of these people are pro-life and pro-war. Although the previous Pope, John Paul II, was against the Iraq war, the entire Catholic church, minus a few renegades, really didn’t say much against the war or Bush’s policies. I am Catholic, but not practicing, and I am disgusted at the silence of the church regarding the illegal and immoral war in Iraq and Afghanistan. It reminds me of WWII when the church had little to say about the Third Reich. If life is so sacred then war is wrong and to not speak out against it is equivalent to supporting it. This proves that only Christian life is sacred to these people and it also clearly demonstrates that the true teachings of Jesus Christ are not followed by the church or its followers. Jesus said to turn the cheek, not to viciously attack. Bush is no Christian and neither is any supporter of war. The only time violence is OK is when protecting ones own life or the lives of loved ones from a clear and present danger-not an imagined one.