Bible In The News

Welcome. This is David Billington with you to comment on the Bible in the news. The spirit of our times found expression this week in the Durban II conference. A conference supposedly against racism. Yet on the opening day of the conference, the pariah President of Iran, Ahmadinejad, had been invited to speak. Ahmadinejad is a man who would like to see the murder of 6 million Jewish men, women and children that live in the Jewish State. This is equivalent to having Hitler speak on the opening day of a racism conference. Well, at least it should show everyone what a farce this is. Yet in the words of Jeremiah the prophet: "The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?" That is the problem, the people love to have it so. They invited Ahmadinejad to speak because they really agree with his triade against the Jews and their state. In fact by inviting him to speak they clearly revealed the true impetus behind their