GWB and 'the third awakening'

[raycarey]

rove and GWB will try just about anything to get the evangelical christian rubes to the polls on election day....

President Bush said yesterday that he senses a "Third Awakening" of religious devotion in the United States that has coincided with the nation's struggle with international terrorists, a war that he depicted as "a confrontation between good and evil."

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"A lot of people in America see this as a confrontation between good and evil, including me," Bush said during a 1 1/2 -hour Oval Office conversation on cultural changes and a battle with terrorists that he sees lasting decades. "There was a stark change between the culture of the '50s and the '60s -- boom -- and I think there's change happening here," he added. "It seems to me that there's a Third Awakening."

The First Great Awakening refers to a wave of Christian fervor in the American colonies from about 1730 to 1760, while the Second Great Awakening is generally believed to have occurred from 1800 to 1830.

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The White House did not release a transcript of Bush's remarks, but National Review posted highlights on its Web site.

washingtonpost.com

i wonder when he's going to mention the crusades again?

[barbaro]

This is a strange statement, IMO.

What conditions would cause another Awakening.

The 50 and sixties? There was no awakening there.

Very strange comment.

[Boon Mee]

The opposite of the religious fanatic is not the fanatical atheist but the gentle cynic who cares not whether there is a G_D or not.
--Eric Hoffer

[Butterfly]

Be prepared for another 911, it's coming, I can feel it

[keda]

As it is inevitable, and tragic as it will be, I hope it is serious enough to awaken the complacent masses from their deep slumber, and not just for another yawn.

keda