Bush and Hitler?

When ignorance reigns

When Jesus Christ looked out over Israel 2,000 years ago, He saw a nation that had fallen away from God into narcissism, nihilism and apathy.

This is what He said: "To what can I compare this generation? They are like children sitting in the market places and calling out to others: 'We played the flute for you and you did not dance; we sang a dirge and you did not mourn.'" (Matthew 11:16-17)

What would He say today to a nation such as the United States that has become so intellectually lazy and morally apathetic that its people corporately yawn when one of their presidents is compared to a notorious mass murderer?

Who is that president? He is George W. Bush. Who is the notorious mass murderer he's been compared to? He is Adolf Hitler, the infamous German Chancellor who murdered 10 million people including six million Jews during his reign of terror from 1933 until 1945. 

I wasn't fond of America's 43rd president. President Bush was a big spender who ran up considerable debt during his eight years in the Oval Office. He also dragged the nation into two wars that cost America a lot of money and a lot of blood. 

Nevertheless, it's an insult to anyone who possesses intelligence and a conscience to compare Bush to a vile monster such as Hitler. Hitler nearly wiped out European Jewry. Had he not been stopped, he would have committed mass murder on a scale not seen since Genghis Khan. 

Hitler had plans to exterminate all non-white races and establish a super race of Aryans who would repopulate the earth. He was truly a diabolical man influenced by and likely possessed by demons. 

Certainly, there have always been kooks throughout history who have made such frivolous comparisons. But when the kooks are firmly entrenched in such industries as education, the media and entertainment, they have the ability to spread their rotten influence and cause considerable damage. 

One such kook is a sixth grade English teacher at McKinley Middle School in Washington, D.C. She recently assigned her students a homework lesson that asked them to find commonality between Bush and Hitler. 

Fortunately, some parents became outraged after they learned of the dubious lesson and they complained to the principal and the local school board. The D.C. Public Schools system was forced to issue an apology that sounded more like a political press release.

How does this relate to the time we're living in? It provides additional proof that we're living in the wicked end times. (Matthew 24:12, 2 Timothy 3:1-5) 

Many folks mistakenly equate wickedness strictly with violence and murder. But wickedness is also selfishness, indifference, apathy, debauchery, immorality, greed, ignorance, foolishness and unholiness. 

When people no longer fear God, they become ignorant of His laws and His ways. Thus, they begin living by their own moral code, as in the days of ancient Israel when "everyone did as he saw fit." (Judges 17:6) 

And when folks reject God for their own moral compass, then anarchy prevails. If Americans truly want to save their nation and preserve their freedoms, then they need to wake up and realize that their nation is on the verge of collapse. They must return to God and stop looking for their heaven on earth.

And they must get out of their churches and into the streets and begin influencing the culture once again with the Gospel. Prayer vigils won't do it. Revival meetings won't do it. Electing the right politicians won't do it. 

What America and the rest of the world needs right now is a dedicated group of Christian apostles who aren't afraid to preach the Gospel in the streets and are willing to suffer the consequences for it--even if that means losing their lives.