Terrifying TV: The Jesus Factor

[supercorgi]

Did any one else watch the Frontline program "The Jesus Factor" on TV last night? It basically presented Bush's spiritual journey/beliefs and explored how they have effected his political life and areas of US policy.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/jesus

Frankly the show terrified me. It plainly pointed out how Bush thinks his position has been ordained by God and that his moral code should be the basis for all his (and the country's) actions. In the program, he came across as sincerely believing that he's doing God's work by trying to stamp out "evil" in the world. It is truly scary that this man (and so many of the American public) thinks his own naive, simplistic, and narrow-mind view of the world is the correct one.

The comments on the Frontline site are interesting. Either people feel like I do and are seriously scared, or people love Bush even more because of his morals.

Any body elses reactions?

 

[AtheistArchon]

Any body elses reactions?

- Me? Cynicism. Unhappiness. Urge to have a drink or six.

- I'm not unhappy that Bush is a freak, I'm unhappy that the majority of Americans like freaks like Bush in office. It is depressing.

 

[Keneke]

I'm actually not that concerned. After all, if he was a true Christian, he'd be a a lot nicer, right? He'd not be going to war in Iraq and somesuch. This just shows that his view is more affected by the culture he lives in. And if cultural peer pressure makes him support a wholly un-Christian war, wouldn't peer pressure also make him back dowm from thoroughly unsound choices?

No, I'd be more worried about him succumbing to big business than to worry about any Crusade-like tendencies he might show. I know his environmental policies have nothing to do with the Rapture and everything to do with cost.

So yeah, be worried. Not about his religion, but about his spinelessness.