Why does it bother some that George Bush is Christian?

[The_Rorschach]

I would beg to differ there Proto. I used to think so too, but not anymore. Not for a few years now anyway, who knows, I could come full circle.

Jesus taught in parables, using stories to convey meanings, sometimes very deep meanings -but understanding was reserved for those who could pick up on innuendo. The OT is much the same, only those parables are historical accounts, and once you get a jist of the NT, you can almost see much of it to be foreshadowing. Some of it having already come to pass, other things yet distant.

The difference between the OT and NT is the difference between Judaism and Christianity. Judaism is about Justice, Christianity is about Mercy. They don't contradict one another, they complete each other. Like, here, you have a Bible I'm sure Proto, follow my reasoning for a moment.

Ezekial 3:1-3. Ezekial eats a book, the Book of the Damned, and he finds it sweet as honey to his lips right? The Book, contrast to the Book of Life which holds the names of all those who will be granted everlasting life, holds those who are sentenced to eternal damnation.
John, likewise, later eats the same book. Revelation 10:9. And at first he also finds it sweet, but then it turns bitter in his belly.

Does that make any sense? So yeah, I agree in as much as Christ wasn't a proponant of war on earth, but not in your take on the OT. It's all just information, raw data, that needs to be processed in order to have sense made of it. Reading the Bible without being a Christian is like reading hexidecimal display. Sure, its easy to understand superficially, but it lacks true depth.