Coalition Of American Churches Denouce U.S. Policy

Here is an interesting story I came across today...

SeattlePI.com: U.S. church alliance denounces Iraq war

A coalition of American churches sharply denounced the U.S.-led war in Iraq on Saturday, accusing Washington of "raining down terror" and apologizing to other nations for "the violence, degradation and poverty our nation has sown."

The statement, issued at the largest gathering of Christian churches in nearly a decade, also warned the United States was pushing the world toward environmental catastrophe with a "culture of consumption" and its refusal to back international accords seeking to battle global warming.

"We lament with special anguish the war in Iraq, launched in deception and violating global norms of justice and human rights," said the statement from representatives of the 34 U.S. members of World Council of Churches. "We mourn all who have died or been injured in this war. We acknowledge with shame abuses carried out in our name."...

Part of the statement released by the groups reads-

"Our country responded [to the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks] by seeking to reclaim a privileged and secure place in the world, raining down terror on the truly vulnerable among our global neighbors ... entering into imperial projects that seek to dominate and control for the sake of national interests. Nations have been demonized and God has been enlisted in national agendas that are nothing short of idolatrous."

The statement released also spoke of how Katrina exposed those "left behind" in our country. It also says that the churches had "grown heavy with guilt" for not speaking out sooner on these issues.

When Al Gore says these things, he is labeled as "seditious" by the right.

But what do they say when the same honest sentiments are espoused by the Christian leaders whom they court for votes and whose views they misrepresent for political gain? I am sure, though, that there is friction between various U.S. churches on where they stand on this issue. But I am also sure that the majority of the religious community here has grown increasingly unable to square the moral teachings of Christianity with the decidedly immoral behavior of the Bush administration.

Karl Rove is no doubt thinking of a new boogeyman to scare them all into shape again.