Rick, in answer to your question, I heard that statement on the news a couple of days ago, and I set about trying to verify it. I came up with the following, which, fortunately, provided me with an incredible number of links—so one can verify this for oneself.

A Christian magazine called "The Monthly Messenger" contains an editorial entitled Counterfeit Christianity. This seems to be the prevalent view in most mainstream American Christian churches.

This states the position of the American Catholic Church, and here is the position of the Vatican.

The Episcopal Church.

The United Methodist Church.

The Presbyterian Church

A Statement by the Presiding Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America is reflected in an Editorial in the Lutheran Magazine (for twelve years, my wife was Regional Director of the Lutheran Peace Fellowship, so I have access to a lot of information, for example THIS).

And, interestingly enough, here is the position of the American Baptist Church.

Regarding the Southern Baptists, the following statement can be found in the Religion and Ethics Newsweekly, found on the PBS web site: "A diverse group of more than 100 prominent Christian ethicists issued a statement expressing 'a common moral presumption against a preemptive war.' So far, only a few religious leaders have publicly supported an attack against Saddam Hussein -- among them, Richard Land of the Southern Baptist Convention." If you scroll down a bit, you'll note that this web site contains a long list of links to articles about and statements by American religious leaders about the war on Iraq.

I didn't chase down some of the smaller denominations such as the Seventh-Day Adventists or the various Assemly of God churches, but the position of the Unitarian Church and the Friends (Quakers) is well known. The Mormons? Here.

And to really pile it on, this web site, provided by Las Cruces Religions for Peace, provides an overwhelming list of churches opposed to the war on Iraq, along with statements and links. Just scroll down. And keep scrolling . . . and scrolling . . . and scrolling. . . .

Don Firth