Which Christian denominations spoke out for and against the War?

I was wondering. I know Methodists were against it and thought the catholics were against it. But the Evangelicals were for it.

Well, JPII renounced it numerous times. Catholics themselves pick and choose.
The Quakers, obviously.

The Catholic Church opposed it. That's why * sent a bunch of fundie Catholics to visit the Holy Father. He sent them packing.

Evangelical Christianity is a type of Christianity that follows the same rules as fundies but they have to convert people. They tend to go door to door telling people the news of Jesus. Any denomination can join as long as they annoy people with thier shit.

the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. COMPLETELY different meaning of "Evangelical".

BTW - neither evangelical Christians nor fundamentalist Christians is a "denomination." The evangelicals are heavily into witnessing, but they come in more than one denomination. Some are non-denominational.

United Methodists opposed it.

really believe bush went to church prior to getting in the whitehouse and now i think he does it for photo op

just dont like to spread a rumor that isnt true.

he may say it is his church, but i dont beleive

...Bohemian Grove. They go through the ritual every July, robed like monks or druids, with the re-enactment of the boatman rowing "a human sacrifice" across the river to lay at the feet of the immense owl statue. These Republicans (most Repub politicians and CEOs since the robber baron days) jump around with torches and bow and scrape to the statue which signifies Money and Power.

They have denied it, until folks like Alex Jones and even "People" magazine were able to get pictures. Now they say, it doesn't really mean anything, or they say nothing at all, as with Skull and Bones.

I cannot for the life of me figure out how any "evangelical Christian" or any Christian of any sort, can see Bush as a practicing Christian himself. It is clear from his violent and deceitful behavior that Mollock is the god he serves.

BTW--check out the Gannon threads for more on the Franklin/MK-ULTRA scandals--Paul Bonacci connects these right to Bohemian Grove.

The Rev. Jim Wallis, founder of Sojourners (www.sojo.org - check it out!), was against the war, and he refers to himself as an Evangelical minister. He's been a terrific voice for morality and reason and is author of bestseller, God's Politics: Why the Right is Wrong and the Left Doesn't Get It. He's been appearing a lot on TV and radio and advocates strongly against single issue morality voting.

As far as I know, all the "mainline" Christian churches opposed the war, except for the Southern Baptist Convention.

For the record, I'm a practicing Catholic, and was very proud of the Pope's vigilance against the rush to war in early 2003. If he'd a been healthier, a live visit to Washington may have delayed (prevented?) it.

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The pope was actually pretty great before and during the war.

several American fundamentalist and evangelical churches?

Catholic Church--even though it was not ex cathedra.
Orthodox Church--even though they refuse to have a category such as ex cathedra.

I name the two above because of their HUGE membership in western AND eastern Europe.

Almost all European denominations, even those with American counterparts that supported the war, rejected the terms of the Iraq war.

But I may very well be wrong. I may have just been caught reading all of those European newspapers (oh, the bias!!!).

plus a few non mainstream churches opposed the war. Southern churches? I will let a Southerner fill us in. I can't remember hearing anyone here in South Jersey being pro war, or my PA friends.
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That was before the war. After the war, you had those who would support it because, the Americans are always right or Bush is soo Christian. I went to vote for the school board and ended up screaming at a woman that Bush is not great he is a murderer and he will get his on Judgment Day. I think they were ready to have me escorted out, but I regained it enough to walk out with my head in the air.

Pretty much against war in any form: All war is sin. Makes the search for alternative methods of dispute resolution a lot easier when by default you rule out killing your adversary.

"When Jesus said 'Love your enemies,' I'm pretty sure he meant don't kill them."

Against all wars and military. So I'm told.

http://www.ncccusa.org/about/about_ncc.htm

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When Marianne Williamson was the head pastor at my local Unity church, she made many anti-war statements from the pulpit.