God told me to do it??!!

[GazAbdn]

 After seeing bush's latest speech where he claimed "god told me to invade iraq", wondered how this would be looked upon if say "god told me to assassinate Bush??" would god be called as a witness in court?!

[Piper-AK]

I know - poor auld God.  He must be spinning in his celestial orb at the lies being told on his behalf.

[Chessman]

On the same vein, God also told the Muslims they have to convert or kill everyone. (that, of course, only applys to certain sects).

[Octavius]

As God is my witness, as God is my witness they're not going to lick me. I'm going to live through this and when it's all over, I'll never be hungry again. No, nor any of my folk. If I have to lie, steal, cheat or kill. As God is my witness, I'll never be hungry again.
Gone with the Wind (1939)

[Gevs1966]

If i understand correctly the claims that bush said all this came from a Palestinian.

If you were being synical you could argue that it is just another attempt to turn middle eastern conflict into a holy war, which is exactly what many extremists would want.

[Kingnormie]

The old Bob Dylan song, "With God On Our Side", pretty much sums up the subject.

On another Forum I ran into a feller, calling himself [email protected], expressing his enlightened views.  Seemed like a web-site address to me so I went there!  Sure enough, "God" is offering Ministerial Ordination for as little as $28 and you get to chose your own Title, Rav., Father, Padre, etc.....

[bracknell]

I think God would say , "no, your'e on your own!!!" because God would be thinking as long as he's not in my place - who cares!

[Xollob]

This doesn't answer your question, but here's a nice cartoon by the Guardian's Martin Rowson on this topic.

[lastresort]

Billy Connolly was in the film "The Man Who Sued God".

His character was shafted by his insurance company when his claim for his written off boat was dismissed as an "Act of God". So he sued Him, and His representatives on Earth.