News & Comment - Summer 2005

"I believe people have different ways of approaching the Word. For me, it's metaphor, written by people a long time after Christ died and interpreted by specific groups. I read the gospels that aren't included in the Bible. These make me feel good about calling myself a Christian."

Jane Fonda, whose 1998 conversion to Christianity made headlines.

On the second night of his three-day [New York] crusade, Billy Graham said of the former president: "I told him before an audience that when he left the presidency, he should be an evangelist, because he has all those gifts, and he could leave his wife to run the country."

Franklin Graham sent an e-mail clarifying those comments.

"Recently at my father's New York Crusade, he made comments in jest concerning the Clintons, which may have been misunderstood," the younger Graham said in the e-mail. "My father, of course, was joking. President Clinton has the charisma, personality, and communication skills, but an evangelist has to have the call of God, which President Clinton obviously does not have, and my father understands that. For a long time, my father has refrained from endorsing political candidates and he certainly did not intend for his comments to be an endorsement for Senator Hillary Clinton."

At his age, Billy Graham should know that there are some things a preacher shouldn't joke about.  This and the holocaust are a couple of those things!  (If you want to see some serious comments about all this, check this link:  http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=45083.)

"It is a decision of the Supreme Court. So this is almost as if God has spoken." --Nancy Pelosi reacting to the Supreme Court's decision on "eminent domain"

So the next time I contend that some people think of the government as God, I don't want to hear a peep out of any liberals.

According to a recently released report, there may be hundreds of Anglican clergy in the UK who do not believe in God, while less than two-thirds believe in miracles.

According to the report (entitled Fragmented Faith), in which over 9,000 were surveyed, one in 33 clerics doubts the existence of God. According to a story in the British website Christian Today, that means "that within the 9,000 strong clergy, there could be as many as 300 Church of England clergy who are not entirely convinced of the existence of God.

That's rather like the executives of Ford Motor Company not driving Fords or even being enthusiastic about Fords - which is a little scary because, if you have ever read the book The Suicidal Corporation you know that this is, to some extent, true!

---- Bush Gets Divine Message - Says California Man ----

WASHINGTON - Richard Weaver made news when he waltzed through security at George W. Bush's inauguration party to shake hands with the newly minted president. Now, in an interview from his Sacramento home, Weaver tells reporters that he was delivering a message from God and was granted a mystical ability to pass undetected. "I see it as a miracle," said the self-proclaimed Christian minister. "I believe God makes me invisible to the security." Capitol Police said that the trespasser at Bush's inauguration also pulled a similar stunt at President Clinton's second inauguration in 1997.

I would love to know just what the Bush message was.  Was the Clinton message different?