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[pynchonoid]

[...] George W. Bush is certainly the plaything of
such forces as the geopolitics of oil but it seems
that he is susceptible to other even darker archetypal
concerns. Let me be blunt. The man is delusional and
the shape of his delusion is specifically apocalyptic
in belief and intent. That Bush would attack so many
vital systems on so many fronts from foreign policy to
the environment may seem confusing from the point of
view of realpolitik but becomes transparent in terms
of the apocalyptic worldview to which he subscribes.
All systems are supposed to go down so the Messiah can
come and Bush, seemingly, has taken on the role of the
one who brings this to pass. 

The Reverend Billy Graham taught Bush to live in
anticipation of the Second Coming but it was his
friendship with Dr. Tony Evans that shaped Bush's
political understanding of how to deport himself in an
apocalyptic era. Dr. Evans, the pastor of a large
Dallas church and a founder of the Promise Keepers
movement taught Bush about "how the world should be
seen from a divine viewpoint," according to Dr. Martin
Hawkins, Evans assistant pastor.

S.R. Shearer of Antipas Ministries writes, "Most of
the leaders of the Promise Keepers embrace a doctrine
of 'end time' (eschatology), known as 'dominionim.'
Dominionism pictures the seizure of earthly (temporal)
power by the 'people of God' as the only means through
which the world can be rescued.... It is the
eschatology that Bush has imbibed; an eschatology
through which he has gradually (and easily) come to
see himself as an agent of God who has been called by
him to 'restore the earth to God's control', a 'chosen
vessel', so to speak, to bring in the Restoration of
All Thingss." Shearer calls this delusion, "Messianic
leadership"-- that is to say usurping the role usually
ascribed to the Messiah. [...]

January 4, 2003
Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory
Bush's Armageddon Obsession, Revisited
by MICHAEL ORTIZ HILL
http://www.counterpunch.org/hill01042003.html


-Doug





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