Other countries hating Americans

[Guest His_Servant]

I also wanted to point out, that while some of us may not agree with President Bush completely OR at all, calling him names IS NOT something anyone who claims to be christian should be doing. In all the forums I have visited, I am absolutely amazed at the talk some who profess to be followers of Christ, allow themselves to handle. Much of the time, you see this kind of talk when Bush is mentioned, and it's ridiculous.

I don't agree with our President on all points, but I'm not going to resort to name calling or hateful put downs just because of it. If I did.....God help me. The same would be true if Kerry had won the presidency....its just pointless to resort to that. If we are christians, lets PRAY for the president. We don't have to support him in all that he does, and its okay to voice our opinions, BUT that can be done without words that suggest hatred.

Consider how foolish this sounds: some of us christians call Bush names while discussing the problems of this nation, THEN we turn around and say, "Lord please bless our Commander in Chief....may he look to you in every decision he makes...etc". Do you think our prayers for him would make it through the roof? Do you care?

PLEASE, as people who are supposed to be striving to be more like Christ, lets not go down to that level. I can see such hateful words coming from those who do not know Christ, but from a christian....NO. It should never be under no circumstances!

God Richly Bless You All!

[ann2]

I agree 200%

[other one]

I also wanted to point out, that while some of us may not agree with President Bush completely OR at all, calling him names IS NOT something anyone who claims to be christian should be doing.

[papasangel]

Amen His Servant I couldn't agree with you more.

[Work in Progress]

I haven't read every reply here, so forgive me if I repeat something that has already been said.  America has it's up and downsides just like any other country.  I don't have a lot to say about it, but I have always been of the belief that much of the rest of the world hates us because we back Israel...when much of the world HATES Israel.  As for the Islmaists, I think most of them hated us even before the whole Iraq ordeal.  Some will say this is only true for the extremists, but I'm not sure I agree.  If you have ever read from the Koran, you will see that christians are to be regarded as the lowest of the low pretty much.  I don't know if anyone is comfortable with reading the Koran, but there is a verse in there which pretty much tells followers of Islam to kill the Christians and Jews wherever they find them.  They are told to not be afraid of large armies even if there are only a few of them going against that army...that they will prevail.  I don't doubt that there could be some good hearted followers of Islam out there...perhaps some who don't know their scriptures too well, but Islam is a religion filled with hatred.  No one could convince me otherwise...it is in their bible.  There are many of them who would like nothing more than to see Western Civilization cease to exist.  They are sickened by the freedom our women have here, the majority who profess to believe in Christ (whether christian or not), etc.  SO, I just can't buy into the argument that it has been the war in Iraq that has caused them to hate us so much.  Many of the citizens of Iraq rejoice to see Hussein out of power, and those who are still fighting against us, are those very ones who have always hated us with a passion....fighters with links to terrorist groups, etc.  I don't see us accomplishing much else than having Hussein removed....I can't see any stability there, BUT I think the muslims who hate us now, have always hated us.  Maybe I will be torn apart for this, but I believe Islam is nothing but another religion that satan had a hand in bringing about.  He loves to deceive.

As for our contribution to the tsunami victims, I strongly believe any negative opinions about that is nothing but foolishness!  When Powell spoke about the amount our country was giving, he made it clear that the amount could very well go up.  Regardless of whatever figure has been thrown out there recently, we have no idea how much the final total will be when this is all said and done....which will be quite a while.  Besides that, some of our military is working in the areas affected right now....flying needed supplies into remote areas that are hard to reach.  Some might want to put us down over this whole situation, but I have seen the looks on those peoples faces on the news, and they are truly grateful.  Also, US citizens are still donating money here everyday to help with this crisis.

Anyway, this country is no worse than many others, and in ways, is no better either.  It seems that most people today just take anything they find or hear, and make it into something much worse than it is.  This tsunami crisis and our contribution is a perfect example of that.  I don't see that getting any better either.  God has always known the direction this world would go, and thats why the bibles prophesies are coming together quite nicely.  I don't think any of it can be changed.  Perhaps America could change some of it's ways for the better, but that means little when there are so many other countries who have taken a turn for the worst...just as we have.  My thing is...PRAY for our world, and spread the good news of Christ like there is no tomorrow!  America is hated, Israel is hated, MANY are hated.  Perhaps soon the antichrist will step onto the scene and have a seemingly perfect solution for peace, but it won't last.  There will only be real peace when our King returns...and not a minute sooner.

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Great post.

but I have always been of the belief that much of the rest of the world hates us because we back Israel...when much of the world HATES Israel

I think that's it in a nutshell. And, considering the message of the Scriptures, it's probably a no-brainer.

[Guest His_Servant]

What then does a person do if they truly believe this is the case...  Just pray for the man and hope, or try and show others that he is not what he seems.  The amount of inforamtion that has been presented on this board is un nerving that people overlook because he talks as a believer.

None of us know one way or the other if the man is a christian or not, we only have what he does as a clue, and what he does does not line up with what he says a lot of the time, and even what he says does not always line up with what most of us think as Christanity.

    Pray for him????  yes I do, and I pray that he does not get our nation destroyed in the process of what he is doing.

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I think I might be missing something, but I'm not sure what this has to do with my post. I agree with you that we cannot possibly know for sure if he is a christian or not. All we can do is pray for him and this nation, as we should do for any president in office. All I'm saying is, the name calling and hateful words that are directed toward him, is not very christianly at all. I have heard supposed christians calling him things like...a clown, stupid, idiot, etc. To me, those are words with no love in them. We are commanded to love, and our speech should not be filled with such anger and hatefulness.

It is perfectly okay to disagree with him and to discuss it. If you feel people are deceived in some way by him or anyone else, there is a right and wrong way to try to get your point across. Thats all I'm saying here. Why on earth would any decent minded person take seriously someone who is trying to make them "see the light", when that person speaks in such a way as I have described here? I don't know about most people, but I defintely wouldn't take someone like that seriously, and would not see Christ in them at all.

In no way am I suggesting you are guilty of doing this. I just couldn't understand why that response to my post. I know what you are saying, and like you...I don't agree with him on all points, and what I have said has nothing to do with whether I believe he is a christian or not. I don't know if he is, and that isn't why I feel this way. Regardless of who was in office, I would still say name calling and insults are absolute foolishness on the part of anyone who calls theirself a christian. Thats all I'm saying, and I don't understand how any christian could disagree.

Again, that is all I'm saying. If I have missed something you were tying to say, please let me know. By all means, stand up for what you believe in...theres nothing wrong with that. Theres nothing wrong with discussing it either. It's good that you pray for him, and I hope many others do regardless of what they think of him. We should pray for him, this nation, and even our enemies....and we certainly don't agree with our enemies.

MAY GOD BLESS YOU RICHLY!!!

[other one]

What then does a person do if they truly believe this is the case...

[Jacqueline]

Amen His Servant I couldn't agree with you more.

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Amen....emot-lwt:

God Bless You

Jacqueline :

[Guest korkie]

I think that some of them may think that we are so bad just because of what they see on the news but they need to know that all Americans are not like that. Yes people have their own probloms and they might show it in pubilc and you might think they are crazy but deep down inside everybody has a good heart. Your Friend needs to look down inside people and see that we can all be good people. Even though we may not show it we are all good at heart.

[Guest His_Servant]

I really don't know how I did that, but it was not meant toward you personally.  I'm sorry.......

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No problem at all!! BLESSINGS TO YOU!!