Sunday, April 20, 2003

In honor of Easter Sunday, we're going to play a fun game with a religious theme here at the Far-Flung Ryan-Silva Media Empire. Read the following quotes and see if you can tell which were said by President Bush, and which were said by a televangelist. Answers are in the comments section. Good luck!

1. “America mourns those who have been called home, and we pray that their families will find God's comfort and God's grace. His purposes are not always clear to us, yet this season [Easter] brings a promise: that good can come out of evil, that hope can arise from despair, and that all our grief will someday turn to joy, a joy that can never be taken away.”

2. “Many of the POWs who were rescued on Sunday know the power of prayer in their lives - and they know that they were battling a cruel and unrelenting enemy.”

3. “The liberty we prize is not America's gift to the world, it is God's gift to humanity. We Americans have faith in ourselves, but not in ourselves alone. We do not claim to know all the ways of Providence, yet we can trust in them, placing our confidence in the loving God behind all of life, and all of history.”

4. “As a nation, we continue to pray for all who serve in our military and those who remain in harm's way. We also pray for those who have lost people they love in this war.”

5. “[I urge you to] pray especially at this time for a quick and victorious conclusion to the war against Saddam Hussein. Pray that God would protect and comfort American POWs, that they would not be abused and would be rescued soon. Pray that God would shield and protect all members of the U.S. armed forces, as well as innocent Iraqi civilians.”

6. “Corporal Henry Brown, a 22-year-old soldier from Natchez, Mississippi, was lost in battle earlier this month. After the news arrived, his best friend, Frank Woods, Jr., said this about Henry: ‘He believed God was working through him and he was part of the plan. I guess part of the plan now is God calling his soldier home.’”

Don’t feel bad if you find it difficult. Many people all over the world have trouble telling the difference between George Bush and a televangelist. Click on “comments” below for the answers.
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