{"id":2539,"date":"2007-10-10T07:01:48","date_gmt":"2007-10-10T11:01:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/?p=2539"},"modified":"2026-07-11T13:54:06","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T20:54:06","slug":"bush-believes-in-universalism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/bush-believes-in-universalism\/","title":{"rendered":"Bush Believes in Universalism?"},"content":{"rendered":"

by <\/strong>Kjos Ministries\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/a><\/strong>“I believe that all the world, whether they be Muslim, Christian, or any other religion, prays to the same God. That’s what I believe.” President George W. Bush<\/p>\n

“Americans of many faiths and traditions share a common belief that God hears the prayers of His children and shows grace to those who seek Him. … There is a power in these prayers [to various gods]…. I ask the citizens of our Nation to give thanks, each according to his or her own faith, for the freedoms and blessings we have received and for God’s continued guidance, comfort, and protection.” President George W. Bush<\/p>\n

Does our president really believe what he says he believes, or is he just trying to please his audience at the moment? What else could cause his changing views?<\/p>\n

During a recent interview with Charles Gibson (ABC News), Bush expressed his belief that Christians and Muslims worship the same God. “I think we do,” he said. “We have different routes of getting to the Almighty.'”<\/p>\n

Keep in mind, George W. Bush is neither a new nor a naive Christian. Throughout his presidency, he has assured us that he reads the Bible and believes in the Biblical Jesus. Various pastors have counseled and encouraged him through the years. Yet, he seems to have forgotten — unless He never really believed — that Jesus said, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.” John 14:6<\/p>\n

God makes it very clear in His Word that there is no other way to His Kingdom. While Jesus acknowledged that people will choose other routes, those shortcuts won’t lead to His peace and victory. Click here to read this entire article.<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

by Kjos Ministries\u00a0 “I believe…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":72,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-interspirituality","wpcat-54-id"],"yoast_head":"\nBush Believes in Universalism? - From the Lighthouse<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/bush-believes-in-universalism\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bush Believes in Universalism?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"by Kjos Ministries\u00a0 “I believe...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/bush-believes-in-universalism\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"From the Lighthouse\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LighthouseTrailsResearch\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2007-10-10T11:01:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-07-11T20:54:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Berit Kjos\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@LTrails\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@LTrails\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Berit Kjos\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\\\/blog\\\/bush-believes-in-universalism\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\\\/blog\\\/bush-believes-in-universalism\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Berit Kjos\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/bcd72e4c7c122fc6311533580714029a\"},\"headline\":\"Bush Believes in Universalism?\",\"datePublished\":\"2007-10-10T11:01:48+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-07-11T20:54:06+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\\\/blog\\\/bush-believes-in-universalism\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":294,\"commentCount\":0,\"articleSection\":[\"Interspirituality\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\\\/blog\\\/bush-believes-in-universalism\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\\\/blog\\\/bush-believes-in-universalism\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\\\/blog\\\/bush-believes-in-universalism\\\/\",\"name\":\"Bush Believes in Universalism? - From the Lighthouse\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2007-10-10T11:01:48+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-07-11T20:54:06+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/bcd72e4c7c122fc6311533580714029a\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\\\/blog\\\/bush-believes-in-universalism\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\\\/blog\\\/bush-believes-in-universalism\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\\\/blog\\\/bush-believes-in-universalism\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Bush Believes in Universalism?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"From the Lighthouse\",\"description\":\""A Light Shining in the Darkness"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/bcd72e4c7c122fc6311533580714029a\",\"name\":\"Berit Kjos\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/8216017fb5ae47826efc94d34268dd3b5674bf480a9f572a0f282803d910ae5f?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/8216017fb5ae47826efc94d34268dd3b5674bf480a9f572a0f282803d910ae5f?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/8216017fb5ae47826efc94d34268dd3b5674bf480a9f572a0f282803d910ae5f?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Berit Kjos\"},\"description\":\"Berit Kjos is a respected researcher, the author of many books and magazine articles, and a concerned parent (and grandparent) who has extensively studied religious trends, today\u2019s social changes, the roots and branches of the United Nations, the rising worldwide management system, and\u2014most alarming of all\u2014the transformation of the church. Berit first became aware of New Age and occult influences in our society at a 1974 conference on holistic health. As a registered nurse, she was interested in methods of healing but soon discovered that the occult powers found in New Age methods brought bondage instead of true healing. Her research website is; http:\\\/\\\/www.crossroad.to.\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/berit-kjos\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Bush Believes in Universalism? - From the Lighthouse","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/bush-believes-in-universalism\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Bush Believes in Universalism?","og_description":"by Kjos Ministries\u00a0 “I believe...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/bush-believes-in-universalism\/","og_site_name":"From the Lighthouse","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LighthouseTrailsResearch","article_published_time":"2007-10-10T11:01:48+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-07-11T20:54:06+00:00","author":"Berit Kjos","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@LTrails","twitter_site":"@LTrails","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Berit Kjos","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/bush-believes-in-universalism\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/bush-believes-in-universalism\/"},"author":{"name":"Berit Kjos","@id":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/bcd72e4c7c122fc6311533580714029a"},"headline":"Bush Believes in Universalism?","datePublished":"2007-10-10T11:01:48+00:00","dateModified":"2026-07-11T20:54:06+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/bush-believes-in-universalism\/"},"wordCount":294,"commentCount":0,"articleSection":["Interspirituality"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/bush-believes-in-universalism\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/bush-believes-in-universalism\/","url":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/bush-believes-in-universalism\/","name":"Bush Believes in Universalism? - From the Lighthouse","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2007-10-10T11:01:48+00:00","dateModified":"2026-07-11T20:54:06+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/bcd72e4c7c122fc6311533580714029a"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/bush-believes-in-universalism\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/bush-believes-in-universalism\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/bush-believes-in-universalism\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Bush Believes in Universalism?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/","name":"From the Lighthouse","description":""A Light Shining in the Darkness"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/bcd72e4c7c122fc6311533580714029a","name":"Berit Kjos","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8216017fb5ae47826efc94d34268dd3b5674bf480a9f572a0f282803d910ae5f?s=96&d=blank&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8216017fb5ae47826efc94d34268dd3b5674bf480a9f572a0f282803d910ae5f?s=96&d=blank&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8216017fb5ae47826efc94d34268dd3b5674bf480a9f572a0f282803d910ae5f?s=96&d=blank&r=g","caption":"Berit Kjos"},"description":"Berit Kjos is a respected researcher, the author of many books and magazine articles, and a concerned parent (and grandparent) who has extensively studied religious trends, today\u2019s social changes, the roots and branches of the United Nations, the rising worldwide management system, and\u2014most alarming of all\u2014the transformation of the church. Berit first became aware of New Age and occult influences in our society at a 1974 conference on holistic health. As a registered nurse, she was interested in methods of healing but soon discovered that the occult powers found in New Age methods brought bondage instead of true healing. Her research website is; http:\/\/www.crossroad.to.","url":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/author\/berit-kjos\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2539","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/72"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2539"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2539\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47555,"href":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2539\/revisions\/47555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}