Chavez Uses Religion – Latinos Turn To Islam
Atlas Shrugs pegs Chavez correctly as a sheer megalomaniac madman. It isn’t just about changing flags. It is about power, control and manipulation to stay there.
VenezuelandAnalysis.com is right that Chevez doesn’t run an Islamic country. Yet they cite the following as what might be taken as proof that he runs a Christian – Socialists country.
Venezuela is obviously not an Islamic country and its President, Hugo Chavez is not a Muslim. More famous for calling himself a Socialist, Chavez is a very Christian man and has put Christianity at the centre of his politics.
Posters for Chavez???s government with ???Christianity and Socialism??? written on them are everywhere in Venezuela. Combining these two philosophies the President has gone as far as saying, ???Jesus was the first socialist, and Judas the first capitalist.???
Despite the heavy criticism toward Pat Robertson, they cite Robertson’s concerns about the nation.
Pat Robertson, the US Christian evangelist and associate of George W. Bush said Chavez???s Venezuela is a launching pad for, ???Muslim extremism all over the continent.??? Robertson also claimed, without evidence, that Chavez sent money to Osama Bin Laden.
The concerns are legitimate. The Muslims are actively courting the Latinos community. Chavez only uses Christianity for his ends. The fact that the name of Christian is on the sign is meaningless. If it suits his purpose and enough of his nation was Islam, he would repaint the signs in an instant.
Even if he doesn’t change the religion he uses to control the people, he still has that very quality in common with the radical Jihadists. Now if only I could find the link with this to Cindy Sheehan.
Others on Chavez:
Power Clam here and here.
The Officer’s Club
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