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	<title>Comments on: Palin: &#8216;Pray That&#8217; Our Leaders Are Sending Our Troops to Iraq &#8216;On a Task From God&#8217;</title>
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		<title>By: Teri</title>
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		<dc:creator>Teri</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 21:53:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Bravo! Thank you. Finally one sane voice. It is amazing how anti-Christian people take what this woman has said out of context. How many times in the past, and thank God, said, &quot;By God&#039;s will&quot;, and took out Hitler.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Bravo! Thank you. Finally one sane voice. It is amazing how anti-Christian people take what this woman has said out of context. How many times in the past, and thank God, said, &#8220;By God&#8217;s will&#8221;, and took out Hitler.</p>
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		<title>By: David Knapp</title>
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		<dc:creator>David Knapp</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Sep 2008 14:23:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Taken together, these comments show why America scares the hell out of everybody. Those few of you who&#039;re willing to see what Palin was actually doing--telling folks to beg God&#039;s blessing on Mr. Bush&#039;s misbegotten war--have a weakness for baiting the majority that guarantees they won&#039;t listen. One could get the feeling you wouldn&#039;t enjoy being right if everybody else didn&#039;t carry on being wrong.

The rest of you seem unable to accept that lots and lots of people (in America, anyway) deeply believe in a personal God, and that America is the country that listens closest to, and best pleases, Him. You want to believe Sarah Palin&#039;s just putting words in the mouth of straw God. Because nobody who disagrees with you could be sincere? Because it&#039;s more important to keep screaming &quot;Christians are loonies!&quot; than to hew to the truth? Or because political life in America has degenerated into a game of trying to crap on your opponents&#039; heads where nothing else counts?

Anybody who&#039;s spent much time with believers can see Palin really _is_ telling people to pray. She believes God will take as big a role in running America as we give Him. To me, that&#039;s an enormous stretch, putting it very mildly. But Palin and folks like her are our neighbors and fellow-countrymen, and as you might have noticed in the last few elections, they vote their beliefs.

I would love to be able to make them think like me. (God, if any, is unknowable. You become what you have done, and most surely will not be redeemed for what you merely believe. When you die, you&#039;re dead forever. Killing people because you think they might be up to something bad is terribly wrong. If you want to know how the world works and where it came from, look at the world, not old books. And so on.) I believe this is a much better way of looking at the world than the Christian way, for me and for all the people I&#039;m not blowing up.

But I can&#039;t change what Christians believe, and it looks like I&#039;m going to have to continue sharing the world with hundreds of millions of them. Ridiculing them isn&#039;t going to make anything better. Deliberately distorting what they say or believe, as that A.P. report and so many of you here have done, seems more likely to get them all out to vote for McCain than anything else. 

NEWS FLASH! Computers these days come with spelling checkers and dictionaries. Writing like an illiterate doesn&#039;t add zing to your post.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Taken together, these comments show why America scares the hell out of everybody. Those few of you who&#8217;re willing to see what Palin was actually doing&#8211;telling folks to beg God&#8217;s blessing on Mr. Bush&#8217;s misbegotten war&#8211;have a weakness for baiting the majority that guarantees they won&#8217;t listen. One could get the feeling you wouldn&#8217;t enjoy being right if everybody else didn&#8217;t carry on being wrong.</p>
<p>The rest of you seem unable to accept that lots and lots of people (in America, anyway) deeply believe in a personal God, and that America is the country that listens closest to, and best pleases, Him. You want to believe Sarah Palin&#8217;s just putting words in the mouth of straw God. Because nobody who disagrees with you could be sincere? Because it&#8217;s more important to keep screaming &#8220;Christians are loonies!&#8221; than to hew to the truth? Or because political life in America has degenerated into a game of trying to crap on your opponents&#8217; heads where nothing else counts?</p>
<p>Anybody who&#8217;s spent much time with believers can see Palin really _is_ telling people to pray. She believes God will take as big a role in running America as we give Him. To me, that&#8217;s an enormous stretch, putting it very mildly. But Palin and folks like her are our neighbors and fellow-countrymen, and as you might have noticed in the last few elections, they vote their beliefs.</p>
<p>I would love to be able to make them think like me. (God, if any, is unknowable. You become what you have done, and most surely will not be redeemed for what you merely believe. When you die, you&#8217;re dead forever. Killing people because you think they might be up to something bad is terribly wrong. If you want to know how the world works and where it came from, look at the world, not old books. And so on.) I believe this is a much better way of looking at the world than the Christian way, for me and for all the people I&#8217;m not blowing up.</p>
<p>But I can&#8217;t change what Christians believe, and it looks like I&#8217;m going to have to continue sharing the world with hundreds of millions of them. Ridiculing them isn&#8217;t going to make anything better. Deliberately distorting what they say or believe, as that A.P. report and so many of you here have done, seems more likely to get them all out to vote for McCain than anything else. </p>
<p>NEWS FLASH! Computers these days come with spelling checkers and dictionaries. Writing like an illiterate doesn&#8217;t add zing to your post.</p>
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		<title>By: Is Sarah Palin A Right-Wing Warmonger On A Holy Task From God? &#171; Start Thinking Right</title>
		<link>http://www.antiwar.com/blog/2008/09/02/palin-our-leaders-are-sending-our-troops-to-iraq-on-a-task-from-god/comment-page-2/#comment-160816</link>
		<dc:creator>Is Sarah Palin A Right-Wing Warmonger On A Holy Task From God? &#171; Start Thinking Right</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2008 20:18:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] not quite.  Here&#8217;s what Sarah Palin actually said: “Pray for our military. He [Palin&#039;s son] is going to be deployed in September to Iraq – pray [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] not quite.  Here&#8217;s what Sarah Palin actually said: “Pray for our military. He [Palin's son] is going to be deployed in September to Iraq – pray [...]</p>
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		<title>By: American Sentinel &#187; Sarah Palin: A Right-Wing Warmonger On Holy War From God?</title>
		<link>http://www.antiwar.com/blog/2008/09/02/palin-our-leaders-are-sending-our-troops-to-iraq-on-a-task-from-god/comment-page-2/#comment-160789</link>
		<dc:creator>American Sentinel &#187; Sarah Palin: A Right-Wing Warmonger On Holy War From God?</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2008 16:31:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] not quite.  Here&#8217;s what Sarah Palin actually said: “Pray for our military. He [Palin&#039;s son] is going to be deployed in September to Iraq – pray [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] not quite.  Here&#8217;s what Sarah Palin actually said: “Pray for our military. He [Palin's son] is going to be deployed in September to Iraq – pray [...]</p>
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		<title>By: The Ratnest &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Serious bias in the press</title>
		<link>http://www.antiwar.com/blog/2008/09/02/palin-our-leaders-are-sending-our-troops-to-iraq-on-a-task-from-god/comment-page-2/#comment-160783</link>
		<dc:creator>The Ratnest &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Serious bias in the press</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2008 14:07:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] then I listended to the clip. Palin actually said: &#8220;Pray for our military. He&#8217;s [Palin&#039;s son Trask] going to be deployed in September to [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] then I listended to the clip. Palin actually said: &#8220;Pray for our military. He&#8217;s [Palin's son Trask] going to be deployed in September to [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Dave</title>
		<link>http://www.antiwar.com/blog/2008/09/02/palin-our-leaders-are-sending-our-troops-to-iraq-on-a-task-from-god/comment-page-1/#comment-160690</link>
		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 02:45:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Nothing is sacred anymore. Not even a place of worship. She is speaking to an audience who understands the language that she is using. Therefore to take it out of context is perhaps one of the most inappropriate things that can be done. That is distorting her entire statement. She did not speak under the presumptions that the entire world would hear this service. Cut her a break. 

Imagine if there were cameras filming in Obama&#039;s or Biden&#039;s or McCain&#039;s sacred and private areas of his life that would make no sense outside of the context of where he is. It wouldn&#039;t be appropriate. So it&#039;s time to stop complaining about anyone who says the word God in public and learn how to TOLERATE people that are different than you.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nothing is sacred anymore. Not even a place of worship. She is speaking to an audience who understands the language that she is using. Therefore to take it out of context is perhaps one of the most inappropriate things that can be done. That is distorting her entire statement. She did not speak under the presumptions that the entire world would hear this service. Cut her a break. </p>
<p>Imagine if there were cameras filming in Obama&#8217;s or Biden&#8217;s or McCain&#8217;s sacred and private areas of his life that would make no sense outside of the context of where he is. It wouldn&#8217;t be appropriate. So it&#8217;s time to stop complaining about anyone who says the word God in public and learn how to TOLERATE people that are different than you.</p>
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		<title>By: Obama fan</title>
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		<dc:creator>Obama fan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 21:10:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This is definitely taken out of context.  I&#039;m not a fan of her or McBush, but there is no goldmine here.  Her message is hopeful, religious and tailored to the audience (church people).  Rather than insisting that this is gods plan, she is asking people to pray that this is part of his plan.  As much as I want to see this as a strike against Palin, I can&#039;t.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is definitely taken out of context.  I&#8217;m not a fan of her or McBush, but there is no goldmine here.  Her message is hopeful, religious and tailored to the audience (church people).  Rather than insisting that this is gods plan, she is asking people to pray that this is part of his plan.  As much as I want to see this as a strike against Palin, I can&#8217;t.</p>
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		<title>By: ConcernedHuman</title>
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		<dc:creator>ConcernedHuman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 02:44:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Islam (the belief and living accordingly inline with THE One and Only Creator, &quot;muslim&quot; literally means “someone who tries to do Islam”) has already messaged many historical and scientific facts, including the big bang, the expanding universe, the atomic structure, creation and evolution of both the universe and human kind and the creation of other creatures besides humans and animals.

Try to overcome your misconceptions due to misinformation based on international politics and the wrong doings of some muslims and open up your mind and heart to Islam, learn Islam from Islam, not from biased mass media or luciferians pretending to be muslims or misguided muslims.

Learn that Jesus (peace be upon him) was practicing Islam and he foretold the comming of Mohammed (peace be upon him), learn that in Islam Mary the mother of Jesus (pbuh) is the most revered woman in all human history, and Jesus (pbuh) is expected by muslims to return as the Messiah to fight the anti-christ/dajjal, and all sincere muslims will be joining Jesus (pbuh) in his kingdom on earth.

Learn what you have been lied to about and were made to ignore for so long, learn the truth.

QuranMiracles(.)com

WhatsIslam(.)com

ShareIslam(.)com

BibleIslam(.)com

IslamCode(.)com

TurnToIslam(.)com

AllahsQuran(.)com

Peace to all.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Islam (the belief and living accordingly inline with THE One and Only Creator, &#8220;muslim&#8221; literally means “someone who tries to do Islam”) has already messaged many historical and scientific facts, including the big bang, the expanding universe, the atomic structure, creation and evolution of both the universe and human kind and the creation of other creatures besides humans and animals.</p>
<p>Try to overcome your misconceptions due to misinformation based on international politics and the wrong doings of some muslims and open up your mind and heart to Islam, learn Islam from Islam, not from biased mass media or luciferians pretending to be muslims or misguided muslims.</p>
<p>Learn that Jesus (peace be upon him) was practicing Islam and he foretold the comming of Mohammed (peace be upon him), learn that in Islam Mary the mother of Jesus (pbuh) is the most revered woman in all human history, and Jesus (pbuh) is expected by muslims to return as the Messiah to fight the anti-christ/dajjal, and all sincere muslims will be joining Jesus (pbuh) in his kingdom on earth.</p>
<p>Learn what you have been lied to about and were made to ignore for so long, learn the truth.</p>
<p>QuranMiracles(.)com</p>
<p>WhatsIslam(.)com</p>
<p>ShareIslam(.)com</p>
<p>BibleIslam(.)com</p>
<p>IslamCode(.)com</p>
<p>TurnToIslam(.)com</p>
<p>AllahsQuran(.)com</p>
<p>Peace to all.</p>
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		<title>By: Sarah Palin et la guerre des cultures - huyghe jimdo page!</title>
		<link>http://www.antiwar.com/blog/2008/09/02/palin-our-leaders-are-sending-our-troops-to-iraq-on-a-task-from-god/comment-page-1/#comment-160541</link>
		<dc:creator>Sarah Palin et la guerre des cultures - huyghe jimdo page!</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2008 15:51:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] pont vers l&#039;île de Gravina ou sur l&#039;utilité du rôle de vice-président - ses appels exaltés à prier pour la guerre d&#039;Irak, &quot;voulue par Dieu&quot; et même pour la construction d&#039;un gazoduc de 30 Milliards [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] pont vers l&#8217;île de Gravina ou sur l&#8217;utilité du rôle de vice-président &#8211; ses appels exaltés à prier pour la guerre d&#8217;Irak, &#8220;voulue par Dieu&#8221; et même pour la construction d&#8217;un gazoduc de 30 Milliards [...]</p>
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		<title>By: David Stolz</title>
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		<dc:creator>David Stolz</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2008 07:07:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The analogy to Cromwell is perfect.He coined the term Judeo-Christianity and created a fundementilist dictataorship in England.And as for sheets.Some Klansmen in my area are GOP committee people.Love there Bible,and idolize Bush,and the war.The USA is a violent country.It;s been Bolshivized,fundimentilized,Marxized,and Finance Capitalied since the end of FDRS war.The anti-war,anti-peace party is now not propmoted by the old left;Wilso&#039;FDR,Truman,Johnson.But by the neoconservative(right)There footsoldiers(Cromwells Roundheads)are the fundementilists.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The analogy to Cromwell is perfect.He coined the term Judeo-Christianity and created a fundementilist dictataorship in England.And as for sheets.Some Klansmen in my area are GOP committee people.Love there Bible,and idolize Bush,and the war.The USA is a violent country.It;s been Bolshivized,fundimentilized,Marxized,and Finance Capitalied since the end of FDRS war.The anti-war,anti-peace party is now not propmoted by the old left;Wilso&#8217;FDR,Truman,Johnson.But by the neoconservative(right)There footsoldiers(Cromwells Roundheads)are the fundementilists.</p>
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		<title>By: Mike</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 21:08:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>John, Eric is being totally honest, Palin says the task is from god: &quot;that our leaders, our national leaders are sending them out on a task that is from God, that’s what he have to make sure we are praying for, that there is a plan and that it is God’s plan&quot;  They actually believe their superstition guided them to this war; it ludicrous!  ...it&#039;s also the exact same reason the 911 guys did there deed.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>John, Eric is being totally honest, Palin says the task is from god: &#8220;that our leaders, our national leaders are sending them out on a task that is from God, that’s what he have to make sure we are praying for, that there is a plan and that it is God’s plan&#8221;  They actually believe their superstition guided them to this war; it ludicrous!  &#8230;it&#8217;s also the exact same reason the 911 guys did there deed.</p>
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		<title>By: GoldHybrid</title>
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		<dc:creator>GoldHybrid</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 17:08:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Are you implying that the baby is actually her daughter&#039;s?  That&#039;s the rumor isn&#039;t it?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Are you implying that the baby is actually her daughter&#8217;s?  That&#8217;s the rumor isn&#8217;t it?</p>
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