Robert Kaplan describes American soldiers endearingly as "imperial grunts", but this fundamentalist subsection of American soldiers is more akin to "evangelical grunts" - soldiers who believe that there is no difference between American national interest and god's interest and are zealous to spread this message through the force of arms.
Do we want to follow the self or God? Individual interest or the real good?" he said.
Indeed, the equation of Israel's prosperity with God's interest generated the first appearance of the issue of "true" and "false" prophecy.
They've monopolised everything: the Holocaust, God, money, interest, usury, the world economy, the media, political institutions… they monopolised tyranny and oppression as well".
At University College London, a speaker declared that Jews "have monopolised everything: the Holocaust, God, money, interest, usuary, the world economy, the media, political institutions".
He believes "it was kind of a heart-warming moment when God took interest in a scrawny kid from a struggling family, in an after-school activity in the Salvation Army".
The cynic would ask how a 9-year-old could have a moment of enlightenment, but it was kind of a heart-warming moment when God took interest in a scrawny kid from a struggling family, in an after-school activity in the Salvation Army.
But God is interested in your heart, not your outfit.
So even a simple, colloquial expression mentioning God boosted interest in non-moral risk-taking.
God is interested in the freedom of the whole human race, the creation of a society where every man will respect the dignity and worth of personality.
