Funeral outburst at Bush and Blair

[AlCzervik]

Fusilier Gentle's former colleagues attended the service

A church minister has denounced Tony Blair and George Bush at the funeral of a Scottish soldier who died in a roadside explosion in Iraq.

Fusilier Gordon Gentle, 19, from Glasgow, was killed while on a routine patrol in Basra on Monday, 28 June.

At St James' Parish Church in Pollok, Church of Scotland minister Dr John Mann spoke of his anger at politicians who had led the country into war.

Members of the Royal Highland Fusiliers regiment attended the service.

The soldier's family have already criticised the decision to send him out to Iraq just weeks after he finished his training.


I want to believe that if there is a God in heaven then there will be justice because I want someone to pay for Gordon's death



Dr John Mann

And in a message directed at the prime minister and the US president, Dr Mann said: "Shame on you."

The American reverend told about 800 people who gathered to pay their final respects that Fusilier Gentle was killed fighting an unjust war.

Speaking during the service, Dr Mann said: "I want to believe that if there is a God in heaven then there will be justice because I want someone to pay for Gordon's death.

"And only God may judge who is ultimately responsible. I can only admonish. I am just a preacher.

"If I were to point them out I would say to President George Bush and Prime Minister Tony Blair I have only three words of admonishment.

"And I pray that they may someday be inscribed on the tablets of your hearts. And those three words are 'shame on you'."

More at link

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/3871957.stm

[Screaming Lord Byron]

1. Good old Glaswegian straight-talking.

You can't beat them on that.

[muriel_volestrangler]

9. Except the minister is actually American

but obviously he's chosen to live in Glasgow, and so appreciates the Glasgow culture.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

16. Good old American straight talking then.

Glad to see it back.

[BillZBubb]

2. Imagine if a priest or minister here told the truth that way!

They'd be booted out of their order for being commies.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

3. We have a few, mostly in the United Church.

God, I love the Religious Left. You don't hear about them much, but they're out there, hollering the social gospel.

[jukes]

4. i may misquote this

but this morning there was a post that the council of presbyterian churches censored bush for starting the war & lying to the public about his reasons.


i may have misread or misremembered, but i took it to mean the ruling body for the presbyterian religion.

[Rose Siding]

15. Many have but they are not politically powerful

Only the voice of the religious right gets heard because they spend money to get the political message out.

[boobooday]

5. A true Christian!

Jesus would approve. It's the only Christian position.

SHAME ON YOU, BUSH AND BLAIR! You can't believe in heaven, or you would tremble in the knowledge that you aren't gonna make it there . . .

http://www.wgoeshome.com

[D-Notice]

6. Good, but...

A Glasgow-kiss would've been more interesting to look at!

[HjalmarPoelzig]

14. "Does your mother...."

...know how to sew?"

[geek tragedy]

7. I agree with his conclusion

but I wonder if that's what the family needed to hear. But, that's a personal thing, and it could be that they approved.

[muriel_volestrangler]

8. The mother has been even more outspoken

"Why don't Tony Blair and Geoff Hoon send their own families out to Iraq?" asked Mrs Gentle, a cleaner. "My son was just a bit of meat to them, just a number. They don't care about him. All they're worried about is the next election.
"This is not our war. My son has died in their war over oil and they haven't even taken the trouble of picking up the phone to say they're sorry for our loss."

http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/19127.html

[JNelson6563]

11. The Mom is right

How awful for her.

Ya gotta wonder about those who cling to "my son died in a just war" as if their lives depended on it. Poor, fragile souls.

The Bush Dynasty. Some dynasty! Only the poor will die-nasty.

Julie

[xchrom]

10. amen brother!

go ahead and preach!

[AspenRose]

12. Does this mean we can add the Church of Scotland

to the Roman Catholic Church, the Presbyterian Church, the United Methodist Church, et. al. as being AGAINST this war?!?

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