First of all, this is not a direct quote from Bush, but an evaluation by a friend.

Quite so. I pointed out it was a "shaky" quote, and not to be trusted. Thanks for emphasizing, though.

Second, there is, if you will pardon the expression, a hell of a lot of difference between the ideas of being "called" by God and "chosen" by God. Ask a religious person to explain it to you.

Maybe. I'm not sure if the distinction would make any difference to my question, though. Would a person only "called" but not "chosen" (whatever that means) be less likely to believe that his actions were God's will? Instruct me.

I understand the concept of religion bothers a lot of liberals. My personal theory is that for many of them it's psychologically related to when they told their fathers to go jump in the lake in the 60's so they could go do whatever they felt like at the moment. But that's just my opinion. I could be wrong.

To the extent you are referring to me (I sense another "Oh, I meant those generic liberals" dodge coming on.), this is hogwash.