George Bush never change, i dont get this article or what he is
trying to say at all
Thursday September 14, 2:05 AM Reuters
Bush says U.S. seeing religious reawakening
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush believes the United
States has embarked on the latest great religious awakening of its
history.
Bush, who counts on religious conservatives as a key base of
political support, was quoted as saying on Tuesday that the United
States appeared to be undergoing a cultural change on the scale of
that seen in the 1950s and '60s.
"There was a pretty stark change in the culture of the '50s and the
'60s. I mean, boom. But I think something is happening here," Bush
said at a roundtable with conservative columnists. His words were
reported by the National Review magazine.
"I'm not giving you a definitive statement -- it seems like to me
there's a Third Awakening with a cultural change," Bush said.
Historians have pointed to periods such as the early 1700s and
early 1800s, as times in which religious movements were
particularly significant in America.
Those eras are referred to as Great Awakenings, although there is
disagreement on how many there have been. In one such period, in
the 1730s and 1740s, religious revivals in the United States
coincided with similar movements in Germany and England.
An awakening in the 1800s is credited with helping to inspire the
movement to abolish slavery in the United States.
Bush, a Methodist, often talks about the importance of faith in his
life. Some critics seeing this as crossing a line between religion
and politics, and his frequent references to religion are viewed
with particular unease abroad.
Amid growing U.S. concerns about the Iraq war, The National Review
article linked Bush's rejection of a pullout to his religious
faith.
"I know it upsets people when I ascribe that to my belief in an
Almighty, and that I believe a gift from that Almighty is universal
freedom. That's what I believe," Bush said.
