Comments on: No surprises http://blog.jmlynch.org/2006/08/05/no_surprises/ suffering under the sun Sat, 23 Jul 2011 23:46:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: dogmeatIB http://blog.jmlynch.org/2006/08/05/no_surprises/comment-page-1/#comment-1016 Mon, 07 Aug 2006 02:06:46 +0000 http://jmlynch.wordpress.com/2006/08/05/no_surprises/#comment-1016 Frankly I wouldn’t be surprised if he and his supporters weren’t aware that there were different sects/denominations of Christianity. I’ve had students arugue with me that Catholics weren’t Christians. I informed them that they were/are a different denomination of Christianity like Baptists, Methodists, etc. (rattling off a half dozen or so) and they gave me a blank stare like they had never heard of any of them before replying, “but they aren’t Christians.”

]]> By: Bruce Thompson http://blog.jmlynch.org/2006/08/05/no_surprises/comment-page-1/#comment-1015 Sun, 06 Aug 2006 02:14:04 +0000 http://jmlynch.wordpress.com/2006/08/05/no_surprises/#comment-1015 What’s sad is the President wasn’t prepped for this meeting by his staff, or worse he was. He either wasn’t given any background information on the culture or the people or given minimal information (their not Caucasians, most of the men have beards, the major exports are sand, 2 toed camels, and oil). So he ended up looking like a fool.

]]> By: John Lynch http://blog.jmlynch.org/2006/08/05/no_surprises/comment-page-1/#comment-1014 Sun, 06 Aug 2006 02:10:02 +0000 http://jmlynch.wordpress.com/2006/08/05/no_surprises/#comment-1014 Considering his brother Jeb is a convert to Catholicism, I’m guessing someone may have clued him in. Then again …

]]> By: Davis http://blog.jmlynch.org/2006/08/05/no_surprises/comment-page-1/#comment-1013 Sun, 06 Aug 2006 00:52:07 +0000 http://jmlynch.wordpress.com/2006/08/05/no_surprises/#comment-1013

Galbraith reports that the three of them spent some time explaining to Bush that there are two different sects in Islam — to which the President allegedly responded, “I thought the Iraqis were Muslims!”

I’m curious if Bush sees Christianity in the same light (there are only Christians and non-Christians), or if he is just too obtuse to see an analogy between the Sunni/Shiite and Catholic/Protestant distinctions.

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