Looks like I’m not the only one concerned about the rapidly disappearing divide between church and state under Bush’s regime. According to Reuters, a fair amount of Europe is finding this to be cause for concern:
German President Johannes Rau, a Protestant preacher’s son who makes no secret of his own faith, reacted sharply this week on n-tv television to press reports that Bush believed defeating Iraqi President Saddam Hussein was part of a divine plan.
“George Bush has got a completely one-sided message. I don’t think a people gets a sign from God to liberate another people,” he said. “Nowhere does the Bible call for crusades.”
Belgian Foreign Minister Louis Michel, a vocal critic of the war, said before hostilities broke out last month that he saw Christian fundamentalism gaining influence in Washington and added: “That is, of course, a dangerous point of departure.”
French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin, asked about a U.S. weekly’s cover story on Bush and God, told Le Point magazine: “In no way can God be called on for a vote of confidence.”
(via Chronicle Corvidae)