The New York Times ran an article by Ron Suskind about President Bush’s faith. A couple of good commentaries (of the many), from warblogging and Greed & Arrogance

I watched Bush explain his faith during the debates with some curiousity, as I stopped drinking a year before Bush did. And, while Billy Graham did not attend to me personally, my sobriety has been based on something spiritual, that could be labeled ‘faith’ … and this is at the heart of sobriety for most of those I know in A.A.

Like most of us talking about something personal, and perhaps hard to express, I came away thinking that he sounded about like anyone else who might be pressed on the matter. You know, stuff about looking for guidance, innocuous quotes from aids: “his faith helps him in his service to people”

But this did not quite jibe with the stronger message, the black-and-white talk of evil, of ‘crusade’. Of the absolute certainty embodied in this endless repetition of ‘resolve’, the messianic tone of his speach. Bush is reported to have said “I trust God speaks through me”. Very unsettling.

Reading the article was scarey.
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